Exile

DHARAMSALA, 27 May: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today graced the occasion virtually as Sikyong-elect Penpa Tsering was swore-in as the new political head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in exile.

DHARAMSALA, 26 May: The political head of the Tibetan people, Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) President Dr Lobsang Sangay who is completing his second tenure of the office today thanked the Dalai Lama, Tibetans, both inside and outside Tibet and said that serving the Tibetan people as Sikyong has been “the greatest honor of my life.”

DHARAMSALA, 25 May: The Himachal Pradesh government has announced the further extension of the “Corona curfew” across the state till 31 May. 

DHARAMSALA, 24 May: The exile Tibetan democracy today headed into more uncertainty with the Chief Justice Commissioner and the two Justice Commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission impeached by the Tibetan parliament performing a u-turn and announcing their resumption to offices having accepted their removal earlier.

DHARAMSALA, 23 May: It marks a “grim occasion in the history of Tibet,” the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(TPiE) has said on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of China’s “violent armed invasion and occupation” of Tibet.

DHARAMSALA, 23 May: A political cloud of uncertainty now looms large over the Tibetan government in exile officially know as the Central Tibetan Administration after the Tibetan parliament failed to meet the quorum for an additional session scheduled on Monday.

DHARAMSALA, 21 May: The COVID- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration reported a new weekly high of 636 new cases and 18 deaths among exiled Tibetans in India and Nepal in the past week as India continues to battle the deadly second wave of the pandemic.

DHARAMSALA, 17 May: The 26th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s arbitrary detention by the Chinese government “is a grim reminder of the gross injustice inflicted on Tibet and Tibetans by the Chinese,” says the Kashag led by the President of the Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay.

DHARAMSALA, 15 May: As COVID-19 positive cases continue to rise in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government has extended the “Corona curfew” till 26 May.

DHARAMSALA, 14 May: The inoculation of the 18-44-year-old age group in the state will start from Monday, a health official from the Himachal Pradesh State government has said.