Exile

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 17: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala along with Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Student’s for a Free Tibet (SFT), India today marked 21 years since the abduction of His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima by the Chinese Government.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 16: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today presided over the Tsechu (10th day) prayer ceremony for the sacred month of Saka Dawa, held at Tsug-lag-Khang, the main temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 16: Guru Tuklu Rinpoche, the abbot of 400-yr-old Gaden Namgyal Lhatse monastery, popularly known as Tawang monastery has offered his resignation to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama following an accusation by a section of monks for trying to disrupt the anti-big dam movement.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 13: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to grace the swearing-in ceremony of Sikyong Lobsang Sangay’s second term as the political head of the Tibetan people.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA May 10: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is currently on a five-day visit to Japan from May 9 – 13, after arriving in Osaka appeared for an interview yesterday on NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA May 07: An 18-year-old Tibetan immigrant who works at Amherst Chinese restaurant has reportedly killed himself in a company owned apartment.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA May 07: Penpa Tsering, the current Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile has been appointed the new Representative of the Office of Tibet in Washington DC.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA APRIL 30: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) has announced that Dharamsala will not host any IPL matches this season as well, continuing the trend from last year when the matches were cancelled amid controversies.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA APRIL 27: The Tibetan Election Commission (EC) today announced the official result of the final Tibetan election for Sikyong (Prime Minister) of the 15th Kashag and members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile (TPIE).

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Apr 25: Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the political head of the Tibetan people held a press conference today at the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), briefing Tibetan and Indian press about the new committees that the Central Tibetan Administration has decided to form to address various affairs related to the Tibetan administration.