Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture, CTA, organised a two-day Tibet Fest at Thekchen Choeling Tsuklakhang, showcasing a rich array of Tibetan arts and crafts. The event was inaugurated by the abbot of Namgyal Monastery, Thomtog Rinpoché, who led...

Kalimpong: Tseten assumes charge as the new Tibetan Settlement Officer of Kalimpong from the outgoing acting Settlement Officer Tenzin Choeying on 24 June 2024. In the presence of Gangtok Tibetan Settlement Officer Dhondup Sangpo as the official witness representing...

Dharamshala: As a part of the ongoing Tibetan Digital Library Initiative, the Department of Religion and Culture (DoRC) completed the landscape assessment of the seven monasteries in and around Dharamshala. The north zone landscape assessment began on 15 May...

Dharamshala, 26 June 2024: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, extended his heartiest congratulations to Speaker Om Birla on his re-election as the Speaker of Lok Sabha. The Speaker wrote, “On behalf of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile...

June 26, 2024 A US State Department report on religious freedom in Tibet says, “CCP [Communist Party of China] regulations stipulate official control of all aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, including the recognition of lamas, religious venues, groups, personnel, and...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 26 June: The McLeod Ganj post office has set a record for earnings in the country in 2023-2024,  for any post office in India in 2023-2024, earning a record Rs 1.81 crore, The Tribune reported...

Taipei: Representative Kelsang Gyaltsen Bawa of the Office of Tibet in Taiwan paid a courtesy call to Deputy Minister Sawyer Mars of Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior, along with Director of the Ministry’s Immigration Affairs Division, Lee His-Zen, on...

Bylakuppe: The Organic Research and Training Center (ORTC) of the Department of Home, CTA, in Bylakuppe held a training on Agriculture and Watershed Management for 12 agriculture based Tibetan Settlement Officers from 24 to 26 June 2024. The training’s...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 25 June: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the inauguration of a new campus of Nalanda University near Rajgir, Bihar. Expressing his commitment "to creating...

Dharamshala: The Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration, organised a workshop on 20 and 21 June 2024 at the Administrative Training & Welfare Society Centre for the new members of eleven Regional Tibetan Freedom Movement based in Himachal Pradesh....

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 24: A tragic incident cast a shadow over the first-ever All Pala Football Association (APFA) Gold Cup in Dhondupling Tibetan settlement, Dehradun, as Tenzin Dakden, a 42-year-old football player from Potala FC Odisha, passed away following a...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 24 June: The president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, today slammed China’s threat of the death penalty for Taiwan’s independence advocates, saying, “Democracy is not a crime; it's autocracy that is the real evil,” alluding to...

Dharamshala: On 22 June 2024, Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened a meeting with USAID’s Deputy Mission Director Alexandria Huerta, joined by USAID’s Balaka Dey, Radharani Thakuria, Tenzin Norsang, and Grace Hwa, along with officials...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 24 June: Hundreds of Tibetans in the US gathered to welcome their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as he arrived in New York yesterday to receive medical treatment for his knees.

Dharamshala: The Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, announces a vacancy of dentist and a pharmacist at the Tibetan Primary Health Care Centre in Miao Choephelling. Interested candidates are required to submit their requisite documents to the following address...

Dharamshala, 24 June 2024: Passang Tsering, Principal of the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, was unanimously elected as a member of the Public Service Commission (PSC) today during the 154th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 17th Tibetan...

Dharamshala: A 3-day Reading Skills Workshop for the Primary Schools’ Heads and Tibetan Teachers organised by the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, concluded successfully on 21 June 2024. The workshop was held at CHTS, Sarah from 19 to...

India's growing diplomatic ties with Taiwan and Tibet, highlighted by a US delegation meeting with the Dalai Lama, have intensified tensions with China, signaling India's assertive foreign policy stance.

Washington DC: On 23 June 2024, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama safely arrived at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, following a brief stopover in Zurich, Switzerland. Upon arrival at the airport, His Holiness received a warm welcome reception...

By VIJAY KRANTI Unanimous passage of a new Bill by both Houses of the US Congress and the visit of a high-level bipartisan Congress delegation to Dharamshala and New Delhi are signs of beginning of a new era for...

Tokyo: Tibet House Japan organised a Yoga class online to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21. Yoga enthusiasts from different corners of Japan joined the class. Geshe Chaphur Rinpoche of the Gyalshen Institute in California conducted the Yoga class...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal The Chinese government has formulated mainly control administrations of monasteries and people in Chikdril county, Golok Tibet to intensify restriction on monks.  As China continues with crackdowns on religious freedoms in Tibet, recently it is...

Opening up the Tibet front?