DHARAMSHALA: The Public Service Commission released a revised syllabus and a model question paper for the Central Tibetan Administration’s staff recruitment examination. MODEL QUESTIONS FOR CTA (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Over five thousand people came to attend an interactive session entitled “Ru Ba Ru Roshni’ between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Indian spiritual leader J.P Vaswani at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune. The session was held as part of a week-long celebration of the latter’s 95th (...)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama appeals to Indians to uphold its age-old traditions of non-violence and religious harmony Pune, 28 July 2013: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today inaugurated Tibetan Pavilion at the FACT - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum on Indian History in Vadgoan Shinde, Pune. The (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Ahead of its annual human rights dialogue with China scheduled for 30-31 July, the US has underscored that promotion of human rights remains a key tenet of US foreign policy, including toward China. US Acting Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya and Chinese (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday began a three-day programme in the southern Indian city of Pune with a teaching for Indian Buddhists. Delivering a lecture organised by spiritual organisation, Buddhayan Mahasangha, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said India was a home of great (...)
[Kyodo News International] Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Friday voiced hope for an easing of tensions in China’s ethnic Tibetan regions during a speech in Hong Kong. Addressing the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Carr told reporters that negotiations on autonomy between (...)
This is Hepatitis. Know it. Confront it. My Dear fellow Tibetans and friends, The 28th of July 2013 marks the World Hepatitis Day. This day signifies the birthday of Professor Baruch Blumberg who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in discovering the hepatitis B virus. The day is an annual (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government is tightening its control over the Internet as a growing number of people in the country use it as a potent tool to vent their grievances and fight for their legal rights. A special report by Freedom House, a US based non-governmental organisation that (...)
ULAANBATAR, Mongolia: The 13th conference of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) is currently underway at Ulaanbatar in Mongolia from 21-26 July, where for the first time at the conference, the issue of climate change on the Tibetan plateau was discussed. Various speakers (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today organised a special prayer service in Dharamsala for all those Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest against the repressive policies of the Chinese government. Kasur Kirti Rinpoche, head of Kirti Monastery, presided over the (...)