DHARAMSALA, May 21: A Tibetan father of four has set himself on fire in eastern Tibet on May 20 to protest against ‘excesses’ by Chinese security forces that have been deployed in unusually large numbers in his hometown.
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DHARAMSALA, May 20: A popular Tibetan singer from Driru county in traditional Kham province’s Nagchu prefecture (now incorporated into Tibet Autonomous Region) has been sentenced to three and half years jail term.
Read moreClaude Arpi, Niti Central | May 18, 2015
A few months ago, a European diplomat confidentially told me, ‘in fact, the job of Modi is just to undo the knots in which the UPA tied up India in the past’. He was probably thinking of the complex Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) put in place by A.K. Antony, the UPA’s Defence Minister, who made the DPP so complicated that it became impossible for India to arm itself or even ‘make arms in India.’
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DHARAMSALA, May 19: A Tibetan Buddhist monk of Nyitso monastery in Tawu County in eastern Tibet was arrested by Chinese police on May 18.
Read more[The Tribune] DHARAMSALA, May 18: Tibetans and their supporters today observed the International Solidarity Day to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Panchen Lama going missing from Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, May 16: The democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan people, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay on May 13 emphasized the importance of building trust between the Chinese and Tibetan people through interaction and stated that the Middle Way Approach (MWA) was envisioned by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and implemented by the Central Tibetan Administration to address the enduring mistrust between the two people.
Read moreSutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times |May 14, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed the border question and the issue of terrorism with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the summit-level talks later described by officials as “substantive.”
Read moreMichelle Boorstein, The Washington Post | May 12, 2015
Are we about to enter the era of the political Buddhist?
On Thursday about 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders from across the spectrum will gather in Washington for what organizers say may be the biggest conference ever focused on bringing their faith communities into public, civic life. After the conference, the group will meet with officials at the White House, which longtime writers on U.S. Buddhism say is a first.
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DHARAMSALA, May 14: A Tibetan father has been rushed to Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) People’s Hospital in Lhasa on May 8 in critical condition with severe injuries after Chinese police officers in civilian dress beat him and his mentally challenged son in a restive Tibetan County.
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[dalailama.com] Sidhbari, HP, India, 10 May 2015 – Approximately 5000 people gathered today at the Gyutö Ramoche Temple in Sidhbari below Dharamsala to listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They included a large number of monks from the two Tantric Colleges of Gyumey and Gyutö and lay-people filling the large temple hall, its surrounding verandas and even the yard below.
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