Beijing calls on India to cancel Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 31: Beijing has called on New Delhi to cancel His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s scheduled visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
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Sex racket busted in Mcleod Ganj
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March: Kangra police has arrested 4 Indians from Punjab and Noida in Mcleod Ganj late Thursday night after it raided a private guest house following a tip-off about a sex racket, The Times of India reported.
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Tibetans protest during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s Australia visit
Canberra, Australia, March 23: China’s Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Canberra yesterday to begin his Australian tour. His arrival after midnight at the Hyatt Hotel was marked by slogans of protest from Australian Tibetans as well as the presence of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners, as he entered the hotel through the back entrance.
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Former political prisoner Lukar Jam’s car smashed, says his family feels threatened
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 24: Lukar Jam, a former Tibetan political prisoner and a prominent advocate of Tibetan independence, who has been in the middle of controversy of late due to one of his Facebook post, has found his car smashed this morning, leaving his family feeling threatened by anti-social elements in the Tibetan community.
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SFT urges downstream nations to push for Trans-Boundary Water Sharing Treaty with China
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 22: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT)-India today observed World Water Day by highlighting the grave threat the downstream nations are exposed to with the rampant damming of Tibet’s rivers by China.
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China cries foul over Dalai Lama’s presence at Buddhist seminar
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 20: Beijing has issued a stern worded objection to India for inviting His Holiness the Dalai Lama to an international Buddhist Seminar in Bihar and warned India of serious repercussions in their bilateral ties.
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Tibetan youth self-immolates in eastern Tibet, toll reaches 147
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 20: A Tibetan youth has set himself on fire on Mar 18 in Nyarong county in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham.
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Kashag stages walkout of 3rd session of 16th Tibetan Parliament
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 18: The members of the 15th Kashag (Tibetan cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) staged a walkout of the 3rd Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(TPiE) on the fifth Day of the 2017-2018 budget session.
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Miss Tibet organizer Lobsang Wangyal obtains Indian passport, says I am Tibetan-Indian now
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 17: Lobsang Wangyal, a Tibetan journalist and organizer of Miss Tibet beauty pageant has finally obtained his Indian passport which was long over due in accordance with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1955.
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16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile commences its 2017-18 budget session
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, March 14: The Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel urged the Chinese government to resume peaceful Sino-Tibet negotiation on the issue of Tibet with the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he flagged off the budget session for the financial year 2017-2018 of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile earlier today.
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