DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration has expressed deep condolences over the sad demise of Ven. Tarha Tenzin Choenyi, former secretary of the private office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He breathed his last on 14 January 2013 at 11:13 am. The Kashag and the Central Tibetan (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Reports finally emerging from Tibet reveal that a Tibetan woman had set herself on fire in Beijing last year. She was reportedly protesting against illegal land grabbing by Chinese authorities in the Kyegudo region following the disastrous 2010 earthquake. Passang Lhamo, a 62 year (...)
Kolkatta, January 12, 2013: The North-East Zone Parliamentary delegation successfully concluded the first leg of its ‘All India Lobby campaign’ yesterday. During the final 2 days of the 5-day campaign, the 4-member delegation held a 30-minute meeting with the speaker of the Legislative assembly (...)
DHARAMSHALA:  Tsebey, a 22-year-old Tibetan man set himself on fire around 1 pm local time today (12 January) in Sangchu region of Kanlho in eastern Tibet. He is the first Tibetan to set himself on fire protesting against the Chinese government in 2013. He died on the spot. Local Tibetans took his (...)
(Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) Sarnath, Varanasi, India 10 January 2013 The weather was milder and the sky was blue for the first time in the morning since he arrived in Sarnath, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama made his way early to the teaching pavilion. He spent an hour performing the (...)
Press Release The Department of Education (DoE) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Dharamsala, welcomes the announcement made by Shri P. Chidambaram on the Government of India’s approval of the proposal requesting the transfer of schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (...)
MASSACHUSETS: Amherst Regional Tibetan Association has now officially become the 30th Tibetan Association in North America. It is located in North Hampton in the state of Massachusetts with around 100 Tibetan people. An inauguration function was held on January 05, 2013 presided over by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The standing committee members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile yesterday paid a cordial visit to congratulate the new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Virbhadra Singh. Tibetan Parliamentarian Dolma Tsering, Bawa Kelsang Gyaltsen, Geshe Rongpo Lobsang Nyandak visited the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Chinese authorities have launched a massive crackdown on satellite equipments used by Tibetans in Malho region of eastern Tibet. The move is believed to be part of a government clampdown on communications to stifle information on self-immolation protests against the Chinese (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay paid a courtesy visit to Shri Virbhadra Singh, new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh at the circuit house, Dharamshala, yesterday. Sikyong Dr Sangay was accompanied by Mr Tsering Dhondup, Kalon for the Department of Finance, Central Tibetan (...)