By Glen Johnson / Boston Globe President Obama and Mitt Romney enter the final formative stage of their campaign tonight when they square off in the first of three nationally televised debates. The incumbent Democrat and his Republican challenger will meet for 90 minutes at the University of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Two Tibetan teenage monks of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet – Lobsang Tsultrim, 19 and Lobsang Jangchub, 17 – were sentenced by the Chinese government to 11 and 8 years in prison in early September, reports coming out say. The two monks were arrested from Kirti (...)
[South China Morning Post] China’s outspoken elderly activists have spent a lifetime waiting for change. The 18th party conference is their last chance to see it happen Every time one of Du Daozheng’s friends passes away, he feels a growing sense of loneliness. At 89, the former propaganda chief (...)
Daily Telegraph Vanya Kewley, who has died aged 74, was a brave and terrier-like foreign correspondent who specialised in television reports and documentaries that exposed human-rights violations worldwide. She worked from Chile to Saudi Arabia, via Vietnam, producing early profiles of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration organised a function to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, at the Kashag secretariat today. (watch video) Speaking to the press after hoisting the Indian national flag, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said, the Tibetan (...)
The Diplomat Could Beijing’s ruling elite succumb to the same fate as those in the former Soviet Union? Perhaps. Last Friday’s announcement in Beijing that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene its 18th congress on November 8 has brought much relief to those concerned that (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration will organise a function at the Kashag Secretariat to mark the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October at 9:30 AM. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, members of the Kashag, CTA officials above the rank of joint secretary will attend the ceremony. Gandhi (...)
Flame of Truth in Norgyeling Settlement, Bhandara, Maharashtra State BHANDARA, Maharashtra: The Flame of Truth torch relay arrived in Norgyeling Tibetan settlement in Maharashtra on 28 September from Phuntsokling Settlement in Orissa. The flame of Truth was received with a splendid welcome by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Yungdrung, a 27-year-old Tibetan man, set himself on fire in Zatoe town of Yushul county last Saturday (29 September). Dressed in traditional Tibetan clothes, Yungdrung set himself on fire in front of a row of shops in the town, calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (...)
NEW DELHI: Kalon for the Central Tibetan Administration’s home department, Dolma Gyari, attended a memorial service for former RSS Chief K.S. Sudarshan at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in Delhi this morning. Shri Sudarshan passed away in Raipur on 15 September 2012 after a heart attack. He was 81. (...)