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DHARAMSALA, July 3: A postage stamp will be made available in Germany to honour the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and to celebrate his 80th birthday.

DHARAMSALA, JUN 27: Forcing Tibetan political prisoners to vilify their spiritual leader and root lamas in prison can be termed “Torture with Tibetan characteristics”, said Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD), the Dharamsala-based Tibetan rights group at an event held on Jun 26 to observe the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

DHARAMSALA, Jun 23: The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh yesterday renamed the 2.5 Km road stretching from Mcleod Ganj to Dharamsala via Gangchen Kyishong, the headquarters of the Tibetan Administration as Potala Road.

DHARAMSALA, June 22: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said he will remain healthy at least for another 20 years as thousands of Tibetans and supporters gathered at Thekchen Choeling Tsug-lag-khang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala on Jun 21 to attend his 80th birthday celebrations.

DHARAMSALA, Jun 19: The 12th Religious Conference of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon tradition commenced in Dharamsala on Jun 18.

DHARAMSALA, Jun 17, 2015: In the run up to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday celebrations, the elected head of the Tibetan people Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay on June 17 launched a special video birthday greeting for His Holiness.

DHARAMSALA, June 11: Mundgod Doeguling FC won the 21st Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup tournament by defeating last year’s winner Pokhra Tashiling FC in the final match of the tournament played on Jun 10 at the Upper TCV football ground.

DHARAMSALA, June 10: Tashi Wangdu, the CEO of the Federation of Tibetan Co-operatives in India (FTCI) today announced his candidacy for the upcoming election for the new Sikyong (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan people.

DHARAMSALA, June 4: The democratically elected political head of the Tibetan people, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today announced Kashag’s decision to allocate 30 million Nepalese rupees for providing interim relief measures to Tibetans affected by the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal.

DHARAMSALA, June 3: A student from TCV School Suja has won the prestigious Sikyong Scholarship after scoring 95.8% in this year’s All India Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XI) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.