DHARAMSHALA: The Upper Tibetan Children Village (TCV) school began yesterday its 53rd founding anniversary celebrations. More than a thousand Tibetans gathered at the school to witness the opening ceremony. The three-day celebration include athletics meet, art exhibitions, debates and cultural (...)
Warsaw, Poland, 23 October 2013 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Warsaw airport from New York yesterday, he was received by Tibetan Representative Thubten Samdup and Health Kalon, Dr Tsering Wangchuk who did his medical training here, speaks Polish and is familiar with the city. (...)
[The Wall Street Journal] India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has just finished talks with his Chinese counter-part Premier Li Keqiang in which the two leaders signed an agreement aimed at ratcheting down hostilities on their disputed border that have vexed relations between the two (...)
Press Release  23 October 2013 China’s human rights record was reviewed at the 17th session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on 22 October, with several UN member states urging the Chinese government to take necessary measures to improve the human rights situation in Tibet. Canada, Czech (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Internet technology giant Google Inc has unveiled a new technology called uProxy to allow bypassing of government censorship and surveillance while surfing the web. The new technology was launched as part of its ‘Project Shield’ initiative to support free expression on the web. “The (...)
By Aya Batrawy And Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —Saudi Arabia took the highly unusual step on Friday of rejecting a rotating seat on the Security Council and castigated the United Nations for what it called a double standard — a move aimed at protesting the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: An arrest of a Tibetan man by Chinese police has sparked stand-off between local Tibetans and the police in Driru county in Tibet Autonomous Region. Tenzin Rangdol, 34, was arrested from Shakchu village in Driru. Following his arrest, around 40 Tibetans from Gochu village gathered (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Reiterating that Tibetans do not seek separation from China, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed hope that the new Chinese leadership will use common sense and follow Deng Xiaoping’s wisdom of seeking truth from facts. Delivering a public talk on ‘The Virtue of Non-Violence’ in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibet Museum and Chauntra Tibetan Settlement Office conducted a workshop on basics of photography, photoshop and picture news reporting at Chauntra Tibetan Settlement office on 18 October 2013. The workshop was conducted Mr. Tashi Phuntsok of Tibet Museum, Department of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Finance under the Central Tibetan Administration invites applications for a six-month food production (Cookery) course for newly-arrived Tibetans from Tibet at Sherab Gatsel Lobling school. The course will start from 16 December 2013 and will finish on 15 June (...)