Visitors at the photo exhibition on His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibet in Shimla, the capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, on 8 July 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The Tibet Museum of Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) on the invitation of the Tibetan (...)
By Saurabh Shukla, India Today NEW DELHI: While Beijing spars verbally with New Delhi on a regular basis over Arunachal Pradesh and, more recently, displayed belligerence on the issue of oil hunting in South China Sea, the Communist neighbour could now be spoiling for an actual fight. The (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration said it is seriously concerned about the latest situation in Tibet involving a self-immolation of one more Tibetan in Tibet on 7 July. Reports coming out of Tibet say Tsewang Dorjee, 22, a nomadic herder, set himself on fire in the main market of (...)
South Africa The Office of Tibet in South Africa organised a reception to mark His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday. The event was attended by over 70 guests consisting of politicians, academicians, journalists, members of Tibet support groups, representatives of Buddhist centres, (...)
Dr Thupten Jinpa leading a session during the workshop in New York NEW YORK: A three-day workshop on Buddhism and retreat for university students of Tibetan, Himalayan, and Mongolian descent concluded here on 8 July. 60 students from 16 states and provinces in the United States and Canada (...)
Phayul DHARAMSHALA, July 10: The Tibetan man who set himself on fire on July 7 has now been identified as Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old nomad from Damshung, central Tibet. The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in a release today said Tsewang Dorjee set himself on fire in the centre (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Fresh reports coming out of Tibet say one more Tibetan has self-immolated in Damshung near Tibet’s capital last Saturday. Next day, the flame of truth relay to garner global support to end repression against Tibetans in Tibet kicked off from its designated zones in India. V R (...)
Associated Press BEIJING: A US broadcaster says a Tibetan man protesting against Chinese rule set himself on fire outside the tightly controlled region’s main city of Lhasa. Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday that the man self-immolated Saturday outside an old community hall in Dangxiong county. (...)
CANBERRA: Special celebratory events on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday were held in different parts of Australia on 7 July. Over 400 people, including members of Tibet Support Groups attended a grand ceremony in Sydney. Heads of Tibetan Buddhist learning centres led a prayer service (...)
Canadian Minister Jason Kenney with CTA Kalon Gyari Dolma accompanied by Tashi Phuntsok and Jigme Tenzin from Tibetan Association of Alberta and Nima Dorjee from Project Tibet Society CALGARY: Kalon Gyari Dolma met with the local Tibetans on 8 July . The Kalon spoke at great length on the (...)