Fifty-three years ago, on this day the 2nd September in 1960, the Tibetan democratic system formally came into existence with the first directly elected representatives taking oath of office in accordance with the advice and wishes of Tibetan people’s supreme leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, (...)
NEW YORK: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay completed a successful visit to Philadelphia and the West coast region of the United States from 22 to 29 August. He started his visit in Philadelphia and then travelled west to San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. He returned to (...)
By Rowan Callick / The Australian APPARENTLY I have told millions of readers in China that the people of Tibet are living “a wonderful life”, as in the title of Frank Capra’s sunniest film. My glowing words, replicated on several official websites in China, starting with that of the China Daily, (...)
By Philip Wen / China correspondent for Fairfax Media [The Sydney Morning Herald] Ambassador uses landmark visit to Tibet to “directly convey” Australia’s human rights concerns. Beijing: Australia’s top diplomat in Beijing, Frances Adamson, has used a landmark visit to Tibet to “directly convey” the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The new executive members of the Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association (IFTA) in Dharamsala yesterday paid a courtesy call on Kalon and Secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the Central Tibetan Administration. During the meeting, ITFA (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A delegation of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders from Arunachal Pradesh visited Dharamshala on 28 August. The leaders received an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They also met Kalon Dicki Chhoyang and Secretary Tashi Phuntsok of the Department of Information and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Continuing its crackdown on Tibetan singers, the Chinese government has sentenced a Tibetan singer to 5 years imprisonment on charges of “spreading information on self-immolation protests and singing politically sensitive songs,” media reports say. Shao Tashi, a 40-year-old singer, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration has begun its annual counseling programme in schools under its administration. Visit by counselors to the schools to provide counseling services to the students is one among many activities conducted by the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: China has conducted 3-4 nuclear blasts in Tibet to divert the Brahmaputra river, raising India’s concern that its share of water would be reduced and that China could use it as a leverage against India by releasing water at anytime it wished, according to The Times of India, a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan medicine is more effective than western approach in combating obesity and overweight, which are key risks factor for death of patients with heart diseases, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Cardiology. A group of researchers conducted a (...)