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Tenzin Choegyal’s ‘Whispering Sky’ wins Australian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: Tibetan-Australian musician and Grammy-nominated artist Tenzin Choegyal has won the 2025 Australian Folk Music Award (AFMA) for Contemporary Album of the Year for his latest work, Whispering Sky. Sharing the news on his social...

Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin resumes seventh solo cycling campaign for Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin has resumed his seventh solo cycling campaign on October 18 from Wani in Maharashtra, after a brief hiatus due to health complications. The 65-year-old activist had originally launched the...

Satellite images reveal China’s missile base expansion near Golmud, Qinghai

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: New satellite imagery and open-source analysis reveal large-scale construction near Golmud in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, pointing to an expansion of China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) and its long-range...

Dalai Lama congratulates Sanae Takaichi on becoming Japan’s first woman Prime Minister

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 22: The exile spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Wednesday extended warm congratulations to Sanae Takaichi on her election as the Prime Minister of Japan, acknowledging her decades of public service and the...

China will retaliate if UK blocks China’s plans for new embassy in London, says Victor Gao

Tenzin  Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 21: Victor Gao, former translator for late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and a prominent defender of Beijing’s policies, has warned that China would “retaliate in kind” if the British government decides to block plans for a...

Chinese authorities raid monasteries, homes in Amdo, confiscate Dalai Lama photos

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: Chinese authorities have reportedly conducted widespread searches at religious institutions and Tibetan households in Amdo, eastern Tibet, forcibly confiscating photographs of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to Tibet Times, a Dharamshala-based Tibetan-language media outlet....

Tibetan singer Ah Sang remains in custody despite reports of release

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: Tibetan singer Ah Sang, also known by his online alias Tsugte, remains in Chinese custody without access to his family, despite earlier reports suggesting his release in August, according to sources inside Tibet cited by the...

China expels nine generals in sweeping purge amid so called anti-corruption drive

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: In one of the most extensive military purges in decades, China has expelled nine top generals from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday and the Communist Party of China (CPC) amid a widening...

China’s soft power looms over former Tibetan President Lobsang Sangay’s event in France

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 18: The Harvard Club of France organised a talk with Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the former President of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday, despite facing repeated rejections...

Rights group renews call for monastic leader in critical condition following torture

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA. Oct. 18: The London-based research and advocacy group Tibet Watch has renewed its urgent appeal for the release and medical care of Gonpo Tsering, the head of Yena Monastery in Shiba village, who is reportedly in critical condition...