DHARAMSALA, Sep 18: Within two days, at least ninety Tibetan students have been detained by Indian police in two different Indian states to make sure that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to India, since he became China’s President a year ago, goes on smoothly.
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Jesse Pesta, The Wall Street Journal | September 17, 2014
For New Delhi’s Tibetan community–one of the largest in the world outside of Tibet—Wednesday is a big day.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Sep 15: The current Auditor General of the Central Tibetan Administration, Mr Kargyu Dhondup has been elected as the new Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission and the current Secretary of the Department of Health, Mr Sonam Choephel Shosur has been selected as the new Chief Election Commissioner cum Chairman of Public Service Commission during the ongoing 8th session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.
Read morePrashant Jha, Hindustan Times | September 13, 2014
In the run-up to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to India this week, a close aide and envoy of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama has asked India to ‘proactively take up the Tibet issue’ with China, and ‘find a peaceful solution to the issue’.
Read moreAshwani Kumar, Headlines Today | September 14, 2014
Amid reports of incursions by China in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, its army has once again stopped Indians from using water supply and construction work at T-point in Demchok area, 300 km from Leh.
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DHARAMSALA, Sep 12: The 8th session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile began today in the hill town of Dharamsala.
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DHARAMSALA, Sep 11: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today expressed sadness at the loss of life and property caused by a massive flooding in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and offered his condolences to the families who have lost the loved ones.
Read moreNiharika Mandhana, The World Street Journal | September 9, 2014
Underlying Dispute Between Chinese Government and Tibetan Exiles
The Dalai Lama has suggested he may not have a successor, casting uncertainty on the choice of the next Tibetan spiritual leader, a subject of dispute between the Tibetan exile community and the Chinese government.
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DHARAMSALA, Sep 10: A Chinese court in Lanzhuo, the capital of Gansu Province has sentenced a senior Tibetan monk, who was detained for the fourth time in 2011 following his return to Tibet after attending Kalachakra teachings in India, to five years’ imprisonment for engaging in “splittist activities”.
Read more[REUTERS] Beijing, Sep 9: Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first visit to India as head of state on a regional visit starting this week which will also take in Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Tajikistan, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
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