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Tibet Policy Institute Holds International Symposium on Finding Common Ground

Dharamshala: The Tibetan Policy Institute (TPI) hosted an International Symposium on “Finding Common Ground: Strategic Responses in a Changing Global Order” today at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA). The symposium brought together a diverse audience, including...

Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang Attends the Enthronement Ceremony of Jey Tsang Khentrul Tenzin Lodoe Thaye Rinpoche

Dharamshala: Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang attended the enthronement ceremony of Jey Tsang Khentrul Tenzin Lodoe Thaye Rinpoche and the ceremony of his initiation into the path of dharma on 5 September 2024 at Sera Jey monastery in Bylakuppe,...

Australian Members of Parliament Tables a Motion on Tibet

CANBERRA: Andrew Wallace, member of the Australian House of Representatives, moved a motion on Tibet in the lower house of the Australian Parliament on 9 September 2024. The motion called out China’s systematic cultural assimilation of Tibetans. It affirmed...

Prominent Tibet activist detained at Hong Kong airport

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Sept.9:  A German activist working for Tibet rights was stopped and detained at the Hong Kong International Airport for over 13 hours on Monday. David Missal, from the Berlin-based advocacy group Tibet Initiative, in social media posts, said...

German Tibet activist could visit China, but turned away from Hong Kong

(TibetanReview.net, Sep09’24) – A Tibet activist from Germany was able to travel across China under the latter’s visa-free entry policy for citizens of his country but turned away from Hong Kong, supposedly a bastion of democracy and freedom under...

Chinese army intrusion in Arunachal alleged; China refutes border conflict rumours

(TibetanReview.net, Sep09’24) – Troops from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had allegedly camped for some time recently at a location at least 60 km inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh and left tell-tale marks to assert their territorial...

Kiren Rijiju dismisses reports of Chinese incursion in Arunachal

‘Mere painting of marks does not mean encroachment’ New Delhi, Sept 09: Amidst reports of incursion by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the mere painting of marks in undemarcated...

‘Mere painting of marks in .…,' Kiren Rijuju rejects claim of Chinese encroachment in Arunachal Pradesh

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that marking un-demarcated areas does not indicate encroachment, amidst reports of PLA activity in Arunachal Pradesh

CTA Expresses Concern Over China’s Strengthening of Colonial-style Boarding Schools in Tibet

Dharamshala: Recent reports from reliable sources in the Ngaba region of Tibet have raised serious concerns about China’s educational policies and practices that is targeted at young Tibetan monks and nuns and poses a significant threat to the preservation...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Speaks at His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birth Anniversary Organised by Monpa Community

Dharamshala: The Monpa community celebrated three significant occasions on 7 September 2024 with a grand long-life prayer ceremony. The events, held at the courtyard of Thekchen Choeling Tsuglagkhang, commemorated the 65th anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s...

Samajwadi Party MP meets with Dalai Lama, expresses Tibet solidarity

(TibetanReview.net, Sep08’24) – Dimple Yadav, a prominent member of parliament from India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, has on Sep 7 met with the Dalai Lama at his residence in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, for what she said was...

Tibet support group of Arunachal Pradesh visits D’shala, vows active campaign for the cause

(TibetanReview.net, Sep08’24) – As Chief Minister Pema Khandu of India’s Tibet-border state of Arunachal Pradesh visited Dharamshala, which included a meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sep 6 and leading a long-life prayer ceremony offered to the...

Mishra seeks people’s participation in safeguarding Ladakh’s fragile ecology

Attends closing ceremonies of Climate Cup 2024 & Ladakh Marathon Leh, Sept 08: Underlining the commitment to environmental conservation, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) urged the people of Ladakh to actively participate in preserving the...

CEC lays foundation of new Culture Centre and Dharmasala at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Leh, Sept 08: The Hon’ble Chairman/CEC of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Adv. Tashi Gyalson, today laid the foundation stone for a new Culture Centre and Dharmasala at the esteemed Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. The ceremony marks...

Monpa Community of Arunachal Pradesh Offers Long Life Prayers to His Holiness the Dalai Lama

–dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamshala, HP, India: The Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, was brightly decorated today as part of a ceremony to pray for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The pillars were wrapped in cloth...

Monpa community offers long-life prayer to Dalai Lama

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 8: The Monpa community from Arunachal Pradesh, led by Lama Ngawang Norbu, chairman of the Monyul Long Life Offering Organising Committee, gathered on Saturday at Thekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala to offer a Long Life Prayer...

Arunachal Chief Minister participates in long-life prayers offering to Dalai Lama

(TibetanReview.net, Sep07’24) – Chief Minister Mr Pema Khandu of India’s Tibet-border state of Arunachal Pradesh has on Sep 6 called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his exile residence at McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, to seek his blessing and...

Dozen-plus UN rights experts express deep concern over China’s repressive hydropower dam policy in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Sep07’24) – Over a dozen independent human rights experts and a working group with the United Nations have revealed Sep 6 that they had made a joint representation to the government of China in July this year, expressing...

Monpa Community and Tibetans Celebrate “Curtain-raiser” 90th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Presence of CM Shri Pema Khandu

Dharamshala: Earlier this morning at Tsuglagkhang, the Monpa Community of Arunachal Pradesh, joined by Tibetan residents and followers of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, gathered to celebrate the confluence of three auspicious occasions: the 65th anniversary of His Holiness the...

Arunachal: Pema Khandu calls on Dalai Lama, gifts his first dwelling after fleeing Tibet to trust

Khandu met the 89-year-old spiritual leader at the latter’s residence in McLeodganj near Dharamsala, where he participated in special prayers seeking long life for the Buddhist monk. DHARAMSALA- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday had an audience with...

Support-teachers from China claimed to help Tibetans ‘better understand’ history

(TibetanReview.net, Sep06’24) – China began a new phase of Sinicizing the education curricula in Tibet Autonomous Region in Aug 2014 with the dispatch of teachers from Beijing to teach the Tibetan children. It was a pilot project in which...