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Tashi Delek sworn in as new Europe MP for 13-day term following Thubten Wangchen’s resignation
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 18: Tashi Delek was sworn in on Monday as the newest member of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile following the resignation of Europe and Africa MP Thubten Wangchen, who was recently appointed as the Representative for...
Panchen Lama’s 31st year of enforced disappearance marked by Exile Tibetans
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 18: The Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence organization in exile, on Sunday commemorated the 31st anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the 11th Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who was abducted by the Chinese government at...
Election Commission announces 2026 final election results, voter turnout drops to 45.71%
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 13: The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Central Tibetan Administration announced the results of the final election for the 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile on Wednesday. Out of 91,073 registered voters, 41,638 Tibetans cast...
Telo Rinpoche’s term as Dalai Lama’s honorary representative in Russia ends
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 13: Telo Tulku Rinpoche on Monday announced the conclusion of his tenure as the official representative of 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration in Russia, bringing to a close more than a decade...
Drepung Gomang Monastery expels Gelug MP Atuk Tseten, bars monks from electoral politics
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 11: One of the largest Buddhist monastic institutions in exile, Drepung Gomang Monastery, in an unprecedented move, has unanimously passed a resolution expelling Gelug Member of Parliament Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten from the monastery’s administrative...
CTA apex court rejects interim injunction plea in Choejor case ahead of election result
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 11: The Supreme Justice Commission (SJC), the apex court of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has rejected an application seeking an ex parte ad interim injunction in a high-profile legal challenge concerning the revocation of...
China hands suspended death sentences to former defence ministers
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 8: China has sentenced two former defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, to suspended death sentences on corruption charges, marking one of the harshest punishments handed to senior military officials under Chinese President Xi...
Apex court registers Case No. 22, Choejor petitioner seek injunction on election results
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The Supreme Justice Commission (SJC), the apex court of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday registered Case No. 22, a legal petition filed by Lobsang Tsering, representing the six monasteries of Nepal’s Choejor...
Three arrested in connection with murder of Tibetan monk in Karnataka
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 7: Three men have been arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Tibetan Buddhist monk whose body was recovered last week in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, the police said. The case has...
HRW report warns China’s preschool policy accelerating erosion of Tibetan language and identity
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 6: A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Monday has raised alarm over China’s early childhood education policies in Tibet, warning that recent reforms are rapidly eroding the linguistic and cultural foundations...











