Exile

DHARAMSALA, Nov 18: Fifty bikers took off from the McLeod Ganj, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people for the Indo-Tibet border bike rally to expose China.

DHARAMSALA, Nov 16: The Tibetan Election Commission today announced the reopening of the voter registration window from 23 – 28 December for the Sikyong(President) of the Tibetan people and Chitue (members of Parliament) to register.

DHARAMSALA, 15 Nov: Gu-Chu- Sum Movement of Tibet, an organization of former political prisoners of Tibet, marked ‘Day of the Imprisoned Writer’ with a poetry night yesterday.

DHARAMSALA, 12 Nov: Reiterating his demand urging New Delhi to confer Bharat Ratna to the Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “India will be honouring itself” it it honours the Dalai Lama.

DHARAMSALA, 9 Nov: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next president of the US and stated that “humanity places great hope in the democratic vision of the US as leader of the free world.”

DHARAMSALA, 6 Nov: The Covid- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration, previously known as the Tibetan government in exile has reported 87 new Covid-19 positive cases among exiled Tibetans in India over the past week.

DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Calls were made to end human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in the Chinese occupied Tibet were made at a candlelight vigil by Tibetans here in the exile headquarters on Tuesday.

DHARAMSALA, 2 Nov: Inspired by peace march for Tibet from Manali-Delhi, a Tibetan youth embarked on a solo ‘March for Freedom’ from here, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people till Nathula (pass) in the Himalayas in East Sikkim district that borders Chinese occupied Tibet today.

DHARAMSALA, 30 Oct: Leading Tibetan NGOs today expressed grave concern over “China’s crimes against humanity in Tibet” and the “urgent and deteriorating situation” in Driru county in Nagchu, Traditional Tibetan Province of Kham.

DHARAMSALA, 19 Oct: Takna Jigme Sangpo, Tibet’s longest-serving political prisoner has passed away on Saturday at the age of 91.