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[TNN] DHARAMSHALA, June 7: Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), an organization of Tibetans united for the restoration of complete independence for Tibet, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of Tibet with China. According to them, Modi’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections

By Victor Mallet, Financial Times | June 5, 2014

Tibet’s leaders in exile have warned Beijing not to assume that Tibetan protests against brutal Chinese rule will always be non-violent – even if a spate of self-immolations by demonstrators has so far not harmed “even a Chinese bicycle”.

By Arvind Sharma, The Hill Post | June 4, 2014

Dharamshala: Tibetan Buddhist leader, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, arrived today in Berlin on his first European visit. The Karmapa will meet this week with members of the Jewish

By Indrani Bagchi, TNN | June 5, 2014

NEW DELHI: China has protested the presence of the political head of the Tibetan government in exile at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet last week.

[REUTERS] SHANGHAI, June 4: Movie star Brad Pitt is visiting China with his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, effectively ending an unspoken ban after he angered communist authorities by appearing in the 1997 film ‘Seven Years in Tibet’.

By Gaurav Bisht, Hindustan Times

SHIMLA, June 02: Half-a-century after the Tibetans-in-exile came to India along with their spiritual head Dalai Lama, the central government is now keen that the state government should

TI] MUMBAI, June 2: Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama today said he was more concerned about problems created by human beings like corruption than natural disasters.

By Amy Qin, The New York Times | May 28, 2014

A popular Tibetan singer was arrested in Sichuan Province last week after a concert at which he performed songs from his banned album, according to Free Tibet, a London-based advocacy group.

[Reuters] BEIJING, May 28: Local officials in China’s western Xinjiang region held a public rally for the mass sentencing of criminals on Tuesday, handing out judgements for 55 people and at least three death sentences for crimes such as “violent terrorism”, state media said.

[NDTV] NEW DELHI, May 27: Narendra Damodar Modi, 63, took oath as India’s Prime Minister on Monday evening. Almost 4000 people were present at the ceremony held in the forecourt of the