[dalailama.com] Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, 12 November 2015 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama reached the leafy campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which spreads over the northern reaches of the Aravalli Hills, this morning, he was received by the Rector, Prof Prasenjit Sen and Vice-Chancellor Prof SK Sopory.
Read more[REUTERS] BEIJING, Nov 12: China allowed a senior U.S. Congressional delegation to visit Tibet, including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, a long time critic of China’s human rights record there, a top Chinese leader said on Thursday.
Read moreLobsang Sangay, The Gaurdian | November 12, 2015
My beautiful country is suffering the effects of climate change. To avoid catastrophe, leaders need to act urgently at the UN Paris conference
Read more[Reuter] MYANMAR, Nov 10: Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat on Monday in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.
Read moreChennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 9 November 2015 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Chennai this morning after an early flight from Delhi, the city was awash with water.
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[dalailama.com] Theckchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, 4 November 2015 – This morning the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington DC based think tank, brought a delegation of 38 to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala. This is the second symposium the AEI has held with him. This time the theme is Abundance without Attachment.
Read moreNiranjan Kaggere, Bangalore Mirror |November 4, 2015
They will now hold lands in their own names under leases to grow crops but will not be eligible to transfer, mortgage or pledge leased lands to anyone else
Read more[ANI] Dharamsala, Nov 2 : Police arrested three accused for allegedly killing a Tibetan youth in hill town of Dharamsala.
Read more[REUTERS] BEIJING, Oct 31: A former top Chinese security official in Tibet will be prosecuted for suspected corruption, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said yesterday, in a rare example of corruption-busters going into the restive and remote region.
Read moreClaude Arpi, The Statesman| 29 October, 2015
Sometimes, though it is rare, one reads some good news in the national press. One of these refreshing items, for me at least, was the visit of the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posts in Gunji and Kalapani of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
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