DHARAMSALA, June 30: Indresh Kumar, a senior functionary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-largely regarded as the parent body of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which recently won the Indian general election, said Tibetan people should continue their peaceful struggle for self rule
Read more[PTI] LEH/NEW DELHI, June 29: After making incursion bids in Ladakh through land route, Chinese troops have made several attempts to enter Indian waters at Pangong lake nestled in the higher reaches of Ladakh with the latest incident reported on Friday.
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DHARAMSALA, June 30: The Fourteenth Annual Working Committee meeting of North America Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NARTYC) was held from June 28-29, 2014 in Madison, Wisconsin.
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DHARAMSALA, June 27: Torture strikes at the core of the physical and psychological integrity of a human being, stated Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan advocacy group based in Dharamsala while presenting the first-cut screening of a new
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DHARAMSALA, June 25: In a strong and symbolic message to highlight Nobel Prize-winning Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo’s unjust imprisonment and underscore US commitment to safeguard human rights around the world, the House Appropriations Committee, on June 24 voted to rename the stretch of land that runs directly in front of the Chinese Embassy as “Liu Xiaobo Plaza”.
Read more[AP] MADRID, June 24: Spain’s National Court has scrapped an investigation into several former Chinese leaders for alleged genocide in Tibet, a probe that had angered Beijing.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, June 24: The Tibetan Election Commission today announced Tashi Dhondup as the winner of the final by-election for a single parliamentary seat from Domey constituency.
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DHARAMSALA, June 24: The headmaster of a Tibetan school in Nepal was arrested by Nepali police for alleged molestation and rape of school girls, according to a report by the Tibetan section of the Washington-based Radio Free Asia.
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DHARAMSALA, June 21: Two Tibetan writers jailed for four years for writing articles described by the Chinese government as “reactionary” and “endangering state security” were released from Mianyang prison on June 20 after completing their prison term.
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The Economist|June 20, 2014
When it opened eight years ago, the railway from Golmud to Lhasa was one of the most ambitious rail ventures ever attempted. At a cost of $4 billion, tracks were built across 550km (340 miles) of
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