[PTI] BEIJING, Sep 3: In a major political gesture, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to announce the opening of a new safe route for Indian pilgrims visiting Kailash and Mansarovar in Tibet via Sikkim during his forthcoming visit to India.
Read more[AFP] CAPE TOWN, Sep 4: South Africa has refused to grant a visa for the Dalai Lama to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town next month, his representative said Thursday.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Sep 4: Chinese authorities have detained two Tibetan villagers for taking photos of a protest by Tibetans in eastern Tibet on Aug 12, during which Chinese police opened fire on unarmed Tibetans, according to a report by the Washington based Radio Free Asia.
Read moreNaresh K Thakur, Hindustan Times|September 3, 2014
In blatant attack on China, Sikyong (Tibetan Prime Minister-in- exile) Lobsang Sangay on Tuesday said that the Communist government was concealing the reality of ongoing political repression in Tibet through a pre-meditated propaganda, painting an extremely pleasant and peaceful picture of Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, Aug 30: Upon receiving information on serious health condition of Trulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche (also known as Pangri-na Rinpoche), a prominent reincarnated lama from Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province,
Read moreSaibal Dasgupta, TNN|August 30, 2014
BEIJING: Chinese president Xi Jinping is expected to question the existence of the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala during his India visit in September, a Chinese expert told TOI.
Read more[Reuters] BEIJING, Aug 29: Three Tibetans in China have pleaded guilty to involvement in the death of a prominent religious leader and two other people, a lawyer representing the victims’ families said on Friday, in Tibet’s most closely watched murder case in decades.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Aug 29: A senior Tibetan monk of Rabten monastery in Driru County in former Kham Province of Tibet has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
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DHARAMSALA, Aug 28: Chinese authorities have arrested a young Tibetan woman writer in eastern Tibet for publishing articles on various websites that are critical of the Chinese government.
Read moreDHARAMSHALA, Aug 28: The pregnant wife of a Tibetan teenager, who died from untreated gunshot wounds sustained at the hands of Chinese police, has killed herself.
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