DHARAMSHALA: The Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based in New Delhi has announced a new hotline telephone number (264-79-737) for information on the status of Identification Certificate (IC). The new hotline number directly connects you to the IC section of the Bureau. The usual phone (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A day-long meeting of Tibetan school administrators is underway to discuss safety and security of students, especially girls, in Tibetan schools. Administrators from four major Tibetan schools including the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV), Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF), Snow Lion (...)
BANGALORE, 23 June: Tibetan Entrepreneurship Development (TED), an initiative of the Department of Finance, organised a 4-day tour of Omidyar Network to Tibetan settlements and stakeholders in South India. The purpose of the visit is to provide an opportunity for Tibetan entrepreneurs, students (...)
[Associated Press] MADRID – Spain’s National Court has scrapped an investigation into several former Chinese leaders for alleged genocide in Tibet, a probe that had angered Beijing. A court statement late Monday said the court dismissed the investigation because it did not comply with a new law (...)
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT The Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala invites application for the post of Laboratory cum X-ray Technician at Hospital in Mainpat Tibetan Settlements. Criteria: 1. B.Sc. or Diploma in Laboratory or X-ray Technician with one year work experience. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has arrived in Zanskar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, to give a two-day teaching on Tsongkhapa’s Concise Stages of the Path to Enlightenment on the mornings of 23-24 June. On 25 June morning he will confer an Avalokiteshvera (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tashi Dhondup of Golok Serta and resident of Nepal won the by-election for the Domey Parliamentary seat with 586 votes (57.17%). Announcing the results of the final round of polling, the election commissioners said out of 3,986 registered voters, 1,025 cast their ballots with a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans in exile on Sunday remembered their brethren suffering repression under the Chinese rule while observing the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture scheduled on 26 June. The day was observed on 22 June in Dharamshala in view of a large of number of Tibetans (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay on 20 June met with the participants of ‘Little Lhasa Program’, a flagship program started three years ago by the Students for a free Tibet for Indian students and youth. It is a one-week intensive study of the Tibetan community-in-exile where the students (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Himalayan Parivar, a Tibet Support Group based in India, organised an educational event at Lower TCV school in Dharamshala last Saturday to foster friendship between Indian and Tibetan communities and mobilise international community’s support for the Tibetan cause. Eighteen (...)