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By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Sep 26: Dr Ngawang Rabgyal, Secretary of Department of Education was elected today during the morning session of the ongoing 16th Tibetan Parliament in exile as new Justice Commissioner to replace Mr Tsering Dhondup Namey Lhakang.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Sep 26: Mewoen Tsuglag Petoen School is set to become middle school, says Ngodup Tsering, Education Kalon (Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, September 26: Students for a Free Tibet-India (SFT-India) successfully held its first International Seminar on ‘Damming Crisis in Tibet’ and its devastating consequences on the down stream Asian nations in New Delhi to globalize the call for protecting Tibet’s rivers.

DHARAMSALA, Sep 23: The Delhi High Court in a landmark judgment on Thursday ordered the Home and External Affairs ministries to issue passports to all Tibetan applicants born between 1950 to 1987 reasoning that they meet the criteria of being Indian citizens by birth under the Citizenship Act.

DHARAMSALA, Sep 20: An inter-school under-10 football tournament was held over Sep 17-18 at TCV Day School in Mcleaod Ganj, Dharamsala to commemorate World Peace Day.

DHARAMSALA, Sep 17: The seventh edition of Tibet Film Festival kick-started to a packed hall at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala on Sep 16 with a special screening of ‘Pawo’ (Tib: Martyr), a feature length Tibetan language film loosely based on Jamphel Yeshi, a 27-yr-old Tibetan who set himself on fire in March 2012 in India’s capital, New Delhi.

HARAMSALA, Sep 16: Lauding the spirit of the European Union for promoting the collective interest of all the sovereign states under the union, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sep 15 expressed that Tibetans will happily remain within the People’s Republic of China, provided that China guarantees genuine autonomy to the Tibetan people.

DHARMSALA, Sep 14: China on Wednesday warned Taiwan of ‘severe impact on relations across the Taiwan Strait’ if it allows the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit the country in any capacity or form.