Exile

DHARAMSALA, May 14: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he gets re-elected into power by the people of India.

DHARAMSALA, 22 May: Kunga Tsering has been elected the new Tibetan Settlement Officer (TSO) of Dharamsala.

DHARAMSALA, 22 May: The office of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has dismissed a claim made in a newly released book that India’s disapproval prevented a meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2014.

DHARAMSALA, 20 May: For the first time in the 16-year run of the Miss Tibet Pageant, there were no applicants at all for this year’s Miss Tibet competition.

DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Both the spiritual and political head of the Tibetan people have extended their congratulations to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his Liberal Coalition party’s remarkable victory in the general elections.

DHARAMSALA, 18 May: Russian President has said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not prohibited from entering Russia.

DHARAMSALA, 18 May: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala along with Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Student’s for a Free Tibet (SFT), India marked the 24th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s arbitrary detention by the Chinese government.

DHARAMSALA, 17 May: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended a long-life prayer offering (tenshug) offered to him by the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) on behalf of Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile and Tibetan spiritual traditions (cholsum choegyud).

DHARAMSALA, 16 May:  The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group, in its annual report said human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate with the introduction of China’s new policies and regulations.

DHARAMSALA, 16 May: A two-day Task Force meeting on Negotiation began 15 May in Dharamsala to discuss and review the prospects of dialogue process in the light of prevailing situation inside Tibet and China.