Daily Telegraph Vanya Kewley, who has died aged 74, was a brave and terrier-like foreign correspondent who specialised in television reports and documentaries that exposed human-rights violations worldwide. She worked from Chile to Saudi Arabia, via Vietnam, producing early profiles of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration organised a function to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, at the Kashag secretariat today. (watch video) Speaking to the press after hoisting the Indian national flag, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said, the Tibetan (...)
The Diplomat Could Beijing’s ruling elite succumb to the same fate as those in the former Soviet Union? Perhaps. Last Friday’s announcement in Beijing that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene its 18th congress on November 8 has brought much relief to those concerned that (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration will organise a function at the Kashag Secretariat to mark the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October at 9:30 AM. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, members of the Kashag, CTA officials above the rank of joint secretary will attend the ceremony. Gandhi (...)
Flame of Truth in Norgyeling Settlement, Bhandara, Maharashtra State BHANDARA, Maharashtra: The Flame of Truth torch relay arrived in Norgyeling Tibetan settlement in Maharashtra on 28 September from Phuntsokling Settlement in Orissa. The flame of Truth was received with a splendid welcome by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Yungdrung, a 27-year-old Tibetan man, set himself on fire in Zatoe town of Yushul county last Saturday (29 September). Dressed in traditional Tibetan clothes, Yungdrung set himself on fire in front of a row of shops in the town, calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (...)
NEW DELHI: Kalon for the Central Tibetan Administration’s home department, Dolma Gyari, attended a memorial service for former RSS Chief K.S. Sudarshan at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in Delhi this morning. Shri Sudarshan passed away in Raipur on 15 September 2012 after a heart attack. He was 81. (...)
By Andrew North BBC News, Delhi Dalai Lama: “Relying on using force and censorship, remain a closed society… is almost like suicide” The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, says he hopes for a new Chinese approach to Tibet with the expected change in its leadership next month. His comments (...)
Sohail Rahman / AlJazeera Sohail (So) Rahman is an award-winning news and programmes presenter based out of Doha. A four-day Special General Meeting has brought over 400 Tibetans from all walks of life to northern India. Dharamsala – the capital of the Tibetan government-in-exile – is the venue. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today presided over a grand prayer service for world peace and Tibet. Heads of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon religion took part in the prayer service. Addressing the prayer service, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said Tibetans are driven to set (...)