By Arvind Sharma, The Hill Post | June 4, 2014
Dharamshala: Tibetan Buddhist leader, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, arrived today in Berlin on his first European visit. The Karmapa will meet this week with members of the Jewish
Read moreBy Indrani Bagchi, TNN | June 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: China has protested the presence of the political head of the Tibetan government in exile at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet last week.
Read more[REUTERS] SHANGHAI, June 4: Movie star Brad Pitt is visiting China with his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, effectively ending an unspoken ban after he angered communist authorities by appearing in the 1997 film ‘Seven Years in Tibet’.
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DHARAMSALA, June 4: After a quarter century of association with the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) in various capacities, Mr Lodi G. Gyari will be retiring from the Board of Directors of ICT and also as its Executive Chairman, ICT announced in a statement released on June 2.
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Tenzin Yangzom Palkhang, the only contestant for this year’s Miss Tibet competition will be crowned and given a cheque of one lakh rupees that usually accompanies the title at a
Read moreDHARAMSALA, June 3: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give teachings over June 4 to 6 to Tibetan youth at the Tibetan Children’s Village School (Upper TCV).
Read moreBy Gaurav Bisht, Hindustan Times
SHIMLA, June 02: Half-a-century after the Tibetans-in-exile came to India along with their spiritual head Dalai Lama, the central government is now keen that the state government should
Read moreTI] MUMBAI, June 2: Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama today said he was more concerned about problems created by human beings like corruption than natural disasters.
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DHARAMSALA, June 1: Two Chinese activists, Liu Xia bo and Xu Zhiyong who were put behind bars by their government for championing human rights and democratic reforms in China have been honored on May 29 with the “2014 Democracy Awards” by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US government-funded grant-making foundation.
Read moreBy Amy Qin, The New York Times | May 28, 2014
A popular Tibetan singer was arrested in Sichuan Province last week after a concert at which he performed songs from his banned album, according to Free Tibet, a London-based advocacy group.
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