Exile

DHARAMSALA, 23 Oct: The children of Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School were in high spirits as the three-day celebration of its 59th founding anniversary kick-started today at the school football ground with festival processions and cultural performances.

DHARAMSALA, 19 Oct: Calling on the NBA to resist China’s influence and stand up for human rights and freedom, Tibetan activists staged a protest at Friday night’s preseason game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors.

DHARAMSALA, 16 Oct: A former Himachal Pradesh Minister has urged the Indian Prime Minister to confer this year’s Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Prize to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

DHARAMSALA, 15 Oct: Dagpo Sonam Norbu was sworn in as the new Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA).

DHARAMSALA, 15 Oct: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission(TSJC) has cleared former Tibetan Representative of North America, Penpa Tsering of all charges cited by the Kashag(Cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) for his ousting as it announced its verdict on Tuesday night.

DHARAMSALA, 14 Oct: Tenzin Namdol was adjudged the winner of both the jury award and audience poll for his short film ‘Actor Tenzin’ at 10th Tibet Film Festival held at Blossoms Village resort near Dharamsala.

DHARAMSALA, 14 Oct: Amidst police high-handedness that saw scores of Tibetan activists and students being kept under preventative detention and house arrest in India, Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that threatening China will end in ‘crushed bodies and shattered bones on his arrival in Nepal.

DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: China may as well be calling the shots in Nepal as it has pressed Nepal to sign an extradition treaty to ‘clamp down on Tibetans’.

DHARAMSALA, 8 Oct: As many as nine Tibetan activists were arrested recently by police in Tamil Nadu allegedly for planning to carry out protests during the proposed Modi-Xi summit.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Oct: Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest Tibetan non-governmental organization in exile, marked its 49th founding anniversary by hosting the grand finale of 18th ‘Martyrs Memorial Basketball Tournament’ at the basketball court located near the headquarters of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).