Exile

DHARAMSALA, Aug 6: The 49th Working Committee Meeting of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence organization, began earlier today at Dekyiling Tibetan settlement in Dehradun.

DHARAMSALA, July 31: Expressing regret over the anti-Tibetan protest by a student group in the state, the Chairman of Religion and Cultural Affairs of Arunachal Pradesh has assured support to the Tibetans in the Northeast state.

DHARAMSALA, July 31: Amidst media speculation that the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje may not return to India from the US, the head of Tibetan Buddhism’s Kagyue tradition has said that he has no qualms about returning to India.

DHARAMSALA, July 27: To empower women, first we need to accept the existence of gender inequality, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said earlier today at a press briefing based on Civil Society Recommendations on the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Tibetan Women’s Empowerment Policy.

DHARAMSALA, July 27: A bipartisan bill that calls for denial of access to the United States Chinese officials who design and implement Tibetan travel restrictions from entering the United States has been unanimously approved by the United States House Judiciary Committee.

DHARAMSALA, July 27: Two leaders of the self-styled group, ‘The Students’ United Movement of All Arunachal’(SUMAA) who have been protesting against Tibetans in Arunachal Pradesh were detained by the police for their involvement in extortion.

DHARAMSALA, July 21: Tenzin Dhonyoe, a talented Tibetan singer from Kalimpong has swept the popular Indian music reality show Dil Hai Hindustani 2.

DHARAMSALA, July 21: Alarmed by the recent protests of the self-styled group, ‘The Students’ United Movement of All Arunachal’(SUMAA) in Bomdila and its adjoining areas against Tibetans in Arunachal Pradesh, support pours in for Tibetans in India’s border state in the northeast.

DHARAMSALA, July 20: Ani Choying Dolma, a popular Buddhist nun from Nepal has donated one crore rupees towards Nepal’s ‘Tuin Displacement Fund’ programme to replace the tuin, rope bridges from the country.

DHARAMSALA, July 20: Authorities in Nepal have detained two Tibetans who were trying to cross the border into Tibet through Tatopani border.