Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 17: Chinese authorities in Kashi village, Kham Zachuka, Sershul County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, detained around 80 Tibetans following a protest against illegal gold-mining activities, with the whereabouts of seven individuals still unknown. The information...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 16: Chinese authorities have reportedly deployed a heavy presence of police and paramilitary forces in Lhasa on Sunday during the annual Ganden Ngamchoe festival, a key religious observance commemorating the parinirvana of Je Tsongkhapa, the...

By Vijay Kranti In late November when I received invitation to participate in an international conference on Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso, the famous and controversial 6th Dalai Lama at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, I alerted some journalist and diplomat friends...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 12: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence organization in the Tibetan diaspora, on Friday strongly condemned the recent remarks by the China-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen (Gyaincain) Norbu, calling them a political ploy aimed at tightening...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 11: Widely known as the fake Panchen Lama, Gyalsten (Ch. Gyaincain) Norbu asserted that all reincarnation processes must comply with Chinese laws and receive approval from Beijing, an implicit reference to the succession of His...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 10: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) known also as the Tibetan government in exile, along with the local Tibetan community marked the 36th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize being conferred on His Holiness the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 10: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, who completed his 7th and final solo cycling rally on November 20, has now embarked on a 90-day nationwide bike rally from Dharamshala’s Tsuglagkhang temple on Wednesday. The launch...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 9: Tsering Tso, a Tibetan human rights defender and professional tour guide, has been placed under house arrest at her residence in Trika (Ch. Guide) County, Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, eastern Tibet. According...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 9: The Tibet Advocacy Alliance–India began its advocacy week in New Delhi from December 6–13, bringing together major Tibetan NGOs such as the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), National Democratic Party of...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 8: Chogtrul Dorje Tenzin, a highly respected Tibetan educationist and head of Minthang Monastery Osel Thegchog Ling and the Minthang Ethnic Vocational School in Golog, has been detained by Chinese authorities on December 4, according...