PATNA: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay met Shri Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar at Patna during the inauguration of the International Buddhist Sangha Conference by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Buddha Smriti Park, Patna, Bihar on 5 January 2013. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay was accompanied by (...)
The South Zone Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation during its week-long Tibet Solidarity and Lobbying Campaign in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala met with an array of top state officials including the Chief Minister, Governor, Speaker, Opposition Leader and leaders from across the political spectrum. (...)
The Times of India, 14 January 2013 VARANASI: “Many intellectuals in China have started appreciating our middle way approach,” Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said while talking to reporters at Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), Sarnath, on Sunday. He said that since 2008, (...)
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 (...)