[TNN] SHIMLA, Feb 4: With only two candidates in fray, election to the post of prime minister of Tibetan Government -in-Exile is set to witness direct contest between incumbent prime minister Lobsang Sangay and speaker Penpa Tsering.
Read moreBy Kerry Brown, The Diplomat | February 01, 2016
“Suddenly the country’s domestic repression has a strong international dimension.”
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The Daily Telegraph | February 1, 2016
NAYPYIDAW: Such a scene would have been unthinkable during the dark days of military rule in Burma.
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BEIJING, Jan 31: A Chinese court sentenced two men to death in the 2013 killing of Akong Rinpoche, a well-known religious figure who founded the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the West and built an international network of spiritual retreats.
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DHARAMSALA, Jan 29: Tibet ranks second among the worst places in the world for political rights and civil liberties, according to a report released by the US-backed NGO Freedom House.
Read moreCory Bennett, The Hill | January 26, 2016
A hacking group dubbed “Scarlet Mimic” with potential links to the Chinese government is targeting minority rights activists, as well as Russian and Indian government institutions.
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BEIJING, Jan 27: The head of the bureau that gathers China’s economic data is under investigation by the anti-graft agency in a possible expansion of an anticorruption campaign that has shaken state companies and securities firms.
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DHARAMSALA, Jan 26: No country has done more for the Tibetans than India, said the Tibetan political leader Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay at a ceremony held today morning at the Kashag Secretariat to mark the 67th anniversary of India’s Republic Day.
Read moreSanjeev Miglani and Greg Torode, Reuters |January 25, 2016
NEW DELHI, India/HONG IONG – India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Jan 22: Exiled Tibetan leadership has flayed China for its spiritual cataloguing system, terming it an attempt to control the reincarnation system of Lamas in Tibetan Buddhism.
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