Washington DC: The president and the executive members of the Utah Tibetan Association called on former Congressman Christ Stewart from Utah’s 2nd District and sought his support for the U.S. Tibet bill last Thursday as per the resolution of...

Kathmandu: Representative Tsepri Lopan Tulku Ngawang Chokdup from the Office of Tibet (formally known as Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office) in Nepal attended the opening ceremony of the 13th Jang-Gun-Choes, the extensive winter debate, as chief guest on 25 September...

He was sentenced to 2 years in a prison in China’s Sichuan province. -by Radio Free Asia  Chinese authorities have arrested a Tibetan man for a second time for being in possession of a photo of the exiled Tibetan...

Dharamshala: Smiling friends and well-wishers thronged the street as His Holiness the Dalai Lama set off for Tashi Jong this morning while the early morning sun shone out of a cloudless sky. The entire Gyutö Monastery turned out to...

Dharamshala: In the gracious presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile spoke at the inauguration and consecration ceremony of the Khamgar Druk Dharmakara College of Buddhist Cultural and Welfare Charitable...

Dharamshala: The Department of Education (DoE), Central Tibetan Administration, began its 18-month training course for aspiring teachers at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS), Sarah, earlier this morning with a brief inauguration ceremony. Additional Secretary Tenzin Dorjee from...

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering extended Kashag’s congratulations on the inauguration of Khamgar Druk Dharmakara College of Buddhist Cultural and Welfare Charitable Trust this morning at Tashi Jong. He commended the organisation for its philanthropic service and the achievements they...

Nayanima Basu for ABP LIVE Dharamshala: Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, believes that Tibet had been for the last many decades considered to be the “buffer state” between India and China, but it can now play the role...

Kathmandu: The Office of Tibet in Nepal and the Himalayan Buddhist Library and Cultural Centre organised the first Non-Sectarian Tibetan Buddhist Scholars’ Conference in Nepal at the Hyolmo Monastery in Tinchuli, near Boudhanath stupa, on 22 September 2023. This...

By RFA Tibetan and Jim Snyder for RFA Investigative On his first visit back to the Tibetan Plateau in nearly a decade, Sengmo was surprised to hear his youngest nieces and nephews converse in Chinese rather than their native...

Dharamshala: The UN, EU and Human Rights Desk at the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration, together with the Tibet Museum, has completed its 2-week-long speaking tour covering four institutes and one school across West...

Dharamshala: A delegation of journalists from the Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents (IAFAC) visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile earlier today. Meeting the senior journalists, Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang delved on the current alarming situation inside of Tibet, significance...

Dharamshala: Rafal Rohozinski, the CEO of Zeropoint – a cyber security analytics group- visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and had a very productive meeting with Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang earlier today on digital security. Zeropoint has been supporting the...

Taiwan: A delegation of Japan’s Flame of Hope led by its president Ryoko Endo paid a visit to the Office of Tibet in Taiwan last Friday, 22 September. The purpose of their visit as per the information reiterated by...

SUHASINI HAIDAR for Hindu Tibetans are asking for more autonomy, but not political separation, asserted Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, and said that while he wishes to revisit Lhasa, he would prefer to live on in Dharamshala. Speaking to...

Bhandara, Maharashtra: Women’s Empowerment Desk organised SGBV Guideline Orientation, Internal Complaint Committee Training, Settlement SGBV Committee Training and Gender Sensitisation workshop to Bhandara Norgyelling Tibetan Settlement and STS Gothangaon School from 21st Sept – 25th Sept 2023. This workshop...

Switzerland: His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent greetings to the board and members of the Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Association on their 40th anniversary which was celebrated on Saturday, 23rd Sept in Zurich, Switzerland. Tenzin Choesang of the Tibet Bureau presented...

Dharamshala: A delegation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from North Zone visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and met with Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang today on 23rd September 2023. During their interaction with the Deputy Speaker, the RSS delegates were briefed on...

Dharamshala: An integrated healthcare meeting was held in Dharamshala on 15-16 September organised by the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Insitute.  Additional Secretary of Health attended the inaugural meeting which had participants from ten settlements who discussed and deliberated on...

Dharamshala: During the ongoing session of Vidhan Sabha at the state capital Shimla, Tibetan Settlement Officer Kunchok Migmar paid a call to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the latter’s office. The Tibetan Settlement Officer, after expressing his good...

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is set to inaugurate the Khamgar Druk Dharmakara College of Buddhist Cultural and Welfare Charitable Trust located in Tashi Jong on 27 September. His Holiness will give a short teaching...

Dharamshala, 21 September 2023: Presided by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the third day of the sixth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile deliberated on the reports of the Department of Religion and Culture (DoR&C). Today’s session also had a delegation...

Dharamshala, 21 September 2023: A delegation of Bharat Tibbat Sangh visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today and had an interactive meeting with Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang at the Standing Committee’s hall. The visiting delegation observed the ongoing session where...

Brussels: On Wednesday, Representative Genkhang met with David Lega, Member of the European Parliament. During the meeting Representative Genkhang expressed her gratitude for his support to the initiatives undertaken by the Office of Tibet, Brussels, in the European Parliament....

-by International Campaign for Tibet BERLIN—At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has once again highlighted the worrying pattern of enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests in Tibet. In...

Dharamshala, 20th September 2023: Chaired by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the second day of the 6th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened at 9:30 am with the continuation of debate over the official solidarity resolution from the previous...

Mundgod: Abbot of the Gaden Shartse Thoesam Norling Monastery, Kyabje Jangchup Sangye, conferred a teaching to the residents of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement in Mundgod on Gesha Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training Mind” on 20 September 2023 at the...

Washington DC: Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association (NWTCA), a Tibetan Weekend School affiliated to Portland Tibetan Association, commemorated its 30th founding anniversary on 16 September 2023 with the gracious presence of Representative Dr Namgyal Choedup from the Office of Tibet,...

  Canberra: The Tibet Information Office in Canberra organised a virtual training for Tibetan weekend school teachers based in Australia on 18-19 September 2023. During the inaugural day of the training, Representative Karma Singey of Tibet Information Office briefed...

Representative Telo Tulku Rinpoche of the Office of Tibet in Mongolia, Russia and CIS countries completed a four- city tour across Mongolia organised by “Diluv Hutught Foundation” (DHF) and Moscow based “Tibet Culture & Information Center” (Office of Tibet)....