By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 11: The printing blocks housed at the Derge Printing House in Tibet have been included in this year’s UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific regional register of memory of the world on May 8. Listed among this year’s 20 successfully...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 6: As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for a high-profile summit, a group of student activists affiliated with Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) and the International Tibet Network (ITN) staged a...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 5: On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anticipated arrival in Paris for a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, student activists of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) held a peaceful protest...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 5: Rinchen Griffithsgolha, a Tibetan mixed martial artist from London, United Kingdom, marked a historic moment in his career on last week by clinching his first victory in the professional circuit.  The event Bloodline Fight...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 25: The mood in the air was bitter sweet as Tibetans in Dharamshala, the exile seat of the Tibetan diaspora community commemorated the 35th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima on...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 25: Helmut Kutin, the long-serving president of SOS Kinderdorf, a humanitarian organisation that supports children, has passed away in Thailand at the age of 82 on Tuesday.  Kutin, born in 1941 in Bolzano, South Tyrol,...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement in South India, the spiritual and cultural seat of the Panchen Lama in exile, has issued a poignant statement urging the general public to demand accountability...

By Kyisar Ludup His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the embodiment of the existential spirit of the Tibetan people. Going against your own people’s existential spirit is ultimately going against yourself. Commenting on perspectives from legal, ethical, cultural, and...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 19: A heavy torrential rainstorm has damaged a Buddhist monastery, among other properties in the Tibetan Settlement of Mundgod in South India on Thursday evening. Heavy wind and rain broke trees on the main...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 6: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, known for his advocacy on environmental issues, recently concluded a 21-day fast during which he urged the people of Ladakh to participate in a border march on April 7, to...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 6: Venerable Dr. Waskaduwe Mahindawamsa Nayaka Thero, head of Amarapura Sambuddha Sasanodaya Maha Nikaya from Sri Lanka in an interview with Wion, disclosed that China exerted pressure on the Sri Lankan government against inviting...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 6: A Tibetan monk named Pema hailing from Surima village in Ngaba County was arrested during a peaceful protest along the renowned ‘Martyr’s Road’ on March 26, reported by Tibetan news outlet Tibet Times. According...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 5: The foremost Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was presented with a revered relic of Lord Shakyamuni Buddha. This offering was made by a group of Sri Lankan Buddhists led by...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 5: At least nine individuals have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured following a magnitude 7.2 tremor off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning. On Thursday, the National Fire Agency reported, “1,038 people...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 3: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma suggested on Tuesday that India should rename 60 places in the occupied Tibet in response to recent actions by Beijing renaming 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh.  Speaking to journalists after...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 2: China has organized celebratory events in newly built border villages close to the borders with India and Bhutan to commemorate the anniversary of its annexation of Tibet last week on March 28. Chinese state-run...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 2: Netflix’s recent global sensation, “3 Body Problem,” has ignited controversy due to its portrayal of the Chinese Communist Party. Adapted from Liu Cixin’s 2006 acclaimed Chinese science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem,” the...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 2: The US has earmarked $23 million to support Tibetan programs, according to the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). This allocation forms part of the extensive $1.2 trillion government funding bill recently passed...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 2: China has announced the renaming of 30 additional places within a disputed border region with India, in a move seen as a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the area. The Chinese Ministry...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 2: Three months after the incident, police have arrested a 35-year-old bar bouncer in the case of Tsering Wangdu who was killed on New Year’s Day in New York City, according Daily News. Torrence Holmes was apprehended...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 29: The Tibetan Parliament in Exile has passed a resolution to extend the registration period for new Green Book (Tib. Chadrel Lakdep) by an additional six months until September 30, 2024, during the 10th day...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 29: Gonpo Kyi and her husband, Choekyong, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the police over their ill-treatment in December 2023. The duo has said that they were treated harshly during a protest outside the...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 28: During the ongoing budget session of the Tibetan parliament in Exile on Wednesday, Tsewang Dorjee, a Thangka artist residing in Dharamshala, distributed documents to ministers and members of Parliament which proposed a bill aimed...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 28: There is no breakthrough in the matter regarding the amendment to the articles of the Charter regarding the nomination of judges of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, as proposals for the same failed the...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Mar 27: The United States and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on individuals and groups allegedly involved in state-sponsored cyber espionage activities linked to Beijing. The operation, purportedly orchestrated by a division of China’s...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 25: Ahead of the much anticipated proceedings for amendments in the charter of the Tibetan government in exile, the house committee on amendment submitted its report to the parliament on Monday, during the ongoing budget...

By Bhuchung D Sonam About a week ago, a minor-league Swiss-based Tibetan singer named Dechen Shak-Dagsay attended an event organised in Geneva by the China Society for Human Rights – one of many propaganda fronts of the Chinese Communist Party...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Mar 23: A controversial remarks by a Tibetan musician named Dechen Shak-Dagsay based in Switzerland advocating the colonial-style boarding schools run by China in Tibet, has sparked condemnation and censure from fellow Tibetans. In a...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Mar 21: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), based in Dharamshala, has released its 2023 annual report, shedding light on the deteriorating situation within Tibet over the past year. Published in Tibetan,...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, March 20: A fire reportedly broke out on the evening of March 15 on the slopes of a mountain near Petse village, compelling over 3000 Tibetans from approximately 11 villages in three areas of Nyagchu County,...