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 (...)
BERLIN: German Parliamentarians pledged to highlight the issue of 17-year-old Jigme Dolma who was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Chinese authorities for staging a peaceful demonstration in eastern Tibet. His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Representative Mr Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa this (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Exiled Tibetans pledged to make utmost efforts in getting global support to fulfill the wishes of Tibetans inside Tibet for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and the restoration of freedom for Tibetans. 31 recommendations on how to deal with the critical situation (...)
By Andrew North BBC News, Delhi 27 September 2012 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 (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay today ratified the recent amendments made to the Charter of Tibetans in Exile to change the official title of Kalon Tripa to Sikyong. Kalon Tripa signed the Charter amendment at a ceremony held this morning at the Kashag Secretariat. Members of the (...)
Lanxin Xiang says the rabid nationalism being peddled by mainland newspapers like the Global Times is hurting China’s interests at home and abroad, not least by staining its global image The South China Morning Post | OpEd article by Lanxin XiangWednesday, 26 September, 2012, 12:00am (...)