[dalailama.com] Leh, J&K, India, August 7, 2013 – In a letter written to President George W. Bush, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed happiness and relief with the successful heart surgery the former U.S. President underwent after his doctors found an artery blockage. His Holiness wished (...)
DHARAMSHALA: More than 62 Tibetan students from 9 different schools across India are participating in the 3rd Tibetan schools philosophical debate on Tibetan Buddhist dialectics. The dialectic debate is organised by the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration, in an effort (...)
A new BPO venture by Uma Ling Technical Solution is opening up in Dharamsala soon. Uma Ling is providing business process outsourcing (BPO) services in India and abroad. The new venture aims to alleviate unemployment in the Tibetan community by creation of employment opportunities for Tibetan (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Dharamsala-based Tibetan Career Centre (TCC) held a convocation ceremony today to mark the conclusion of a 10-day JobAbility training for students and unemployed Tibetan youths. Over 16 Tibetan youths, including college students, graduates, and unemployed youths, have (...)
By RADHIKA OBEROI [The New York Times] DHARAMSALA, Himachal Pradesh — In a cramped office at the Tibetan National Sports Association in the north Indian town of Dharamsala, amid the disorderly rows of files and sepia photographs, a brand new jersey hangs from a nail on a bookshelf. Stitched on (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A four-day workshop to encourage entrepreneurship in the Tibetan community began yesterday at the Institute of Small Trade Learning Centre (ISTL), Neelamangala, in Bangalore in southern India. Thirty-four Tibetan youth comprising 19 females and 15 males are attending the workshop (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government has sentenced five Tibetans, including a writer and teacher, to prison terms ranging from 2-5 years in eastern Tibet, and intensified restrictions at a major religious festival near the capital Lhasa. A court in Nyagchu in eastern Tibet’s Karze region on 1 (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Public Service Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration has announced 4 seats available for junior clerk positions. Position: Junior Clerk Seats Available: 4 Qualification: Class 12 Passed Age Limit: Should not be above 40 and below 21 as of 7 September 2013 Selection: (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan people’s unity and concerted effort played a key role in sustaining and strengthening the Tibetan administration following the historic devolution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s political authority to the democratically-elected leadership, said Dr Lobsang Sangay, who (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The monk who died after setting himself on fire early this morning in Nepal has been identified as 38-year-old Karma Nyidhon Gyatso. Eyewitnesses said the monk set himself on fire after offering prayers and 200 lamps at Bouddhanath Stupa in Kathmandu. The police rushed him to (...)