DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday began his fortnight visit to the United States by taking part in a two-day conference on Common Ground for Peace Symposium at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Addressing the peace conference at Syracuse University on Monday, His (...)
SEATTLE/UDAIPUR: With the tragic self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet continue, the exile Tibetans seek global support to end the Chinese government’s repression in Tibet through the flame of truth relay campaign. The north America leg of the Flame of Truth relay started from Washington DC, US, (...)
HYDERABAD: As representatives from over 170 countries began deliberations in Hyderabad yesterday on the way forward to protect the planet’s biodiversity, a small contingent of Tibetan environmentalists are also voicing concerns, raising awareness and urging the parties and NGOs to help protect (...)
DHARAMSHALA: ‘Mobile Science Exhibition’, a project funded by US Embassy, New Delhi and supported by Department of Education, CTA kicked off at Upper TCV School on 7 October. The exhibition provides children and science teachers with an opportunity to witness interesting working models in science (...)
By Chris BuckleyRUETERSBEIJING | Sun Oct 7, 2012 (Reuters) – China risks economic malaise, deepening unrest and ultimately even a crisis that could shake the Communist Party’s grip on power unless its next leader, Xi Jinping, pushes through stalled reforms, experts close to the government (...)
Hopeful, not optimistic, on China [REPUBLICA] Tibetan exiles concluded their biggest gathering in four years on Sept. 28, with 31 recommendations, made with an eye on leadership change in China and in light of a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans. A total of 432 Tibetans from 26 countries had (...)
Press Release 8 October 2012 DHARAMSHALA: Sangay Gyatso, a 27-year-old father of two children, self-immolated near Dokar Gelug Monastery at Tsoe, Kanlho in north-eastern Tibet, last Saturday, 6 October. He became the third Tibetan to self-immolate in the last week alone. Sangay Gyatso set (...)
Leh, 6 October — Under a brilliant, sunlight sky in Leh, 11 experts on Tibet and the Himalayas discussed the ancient cultural and spiritual contacts between the two in a three-day conference organised by the Delhi-based Foundation for Non-violent Alternatives (FNVA) from 5 to 7 October.  The (...)
LEH, Ladakh: The director and deputy director of the Tibet Policy Institute gave talks to the senior students and teaching staff of the Tibetan Children’s Village here at Choglamsar in Leh, the remote and hauntingly beautiful capital of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir in north-west India. Mr Thubten (...)
The Central Tibetan Administration organises a prayer service at the main temple in Dharamsala on Friday, 5 October, to mourn and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, including Yungdrung and Jamyang Palden. After setting himself on fire in (...)