Tulku Orgyen Topgyal retracts his comments, tenders apology to Dalai Lama
DHARAMSALA, 1 June: Tulku Orgyen Topgyal has retracted his comments on the viability of offering empowerments and blessings online.
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Kashag issues statement over Tulku Orgyen Topgyal’s voice clip
DHARAMSALA, 28 May: The Kashag(Cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) has declared Tulku Orgyen Topgyal’s remarks on the HIs Holiness the Dalai Lama and other religious leaders empowerments and blessings online as “unfortunate” and “erroneous”.
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Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous from China’ says Pompeo, China warns of ‘strong countermeasures’
DHARAMSALA, 28 May: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told the Congress that Hong Kong
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Bill to recognize “Tibet Autonomous Region as a separate, independent country” tabled in US congress
DHARAMSALA, 26 May: US House Representative Scott Perry from Pennsylvania introduced a bill to “authorize the President to recognize the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China as a separate, independent country, and for other purposes.”
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Protests return in Hong Kong against new law
DHARAMSALA, 25 May: Thousands have taken to the street yet again to protest against Beijing’s plan to impose a new national security law in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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Dalai Lama saddened by Cyclone Amphan, praises efficient precautions, relief efforts.
DHARAMSALA, 22 May: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed his sadness at the loss of life and the magnitude of destruction and the hardship endured by so many people by Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha.
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COVID-19: CTA to disburse 1 crore Emergency Support Funds to distressed, stranded Tibetans
DHARAMSALA, 21 May: The Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) has announced 1 crore Emergency Support Funds to “Tibetans facing distress and are presently stranded due to the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Daily curfew relaxation in Kangra district to remain same for two more months
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district has decided to continue with the daily relaxation in curfew from 7 am to 2 pm for two more months according to the latest curfew order issued by the Office of the District Magistrate, Kangra.
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China fumes as Pompeo congratulates Taiwan President Tsai on her second term
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Exasperated by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s congratulatory statement to Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen as she began her second term, China’s foreign ministry has said that it “seriously damaged the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and China-US relations.”
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China says 11th Panchen Lama ‘a college graduate with a job’ now
DHARAMSALA, 20 May: On the heels of the 25th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s arbitrary detention by the Chinese government, Beijing has said that Tibet’s second-highest spiritual leader is now “a college graduate with a job.”
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