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Update: Glacial lake burst in Tibet led to devastating Tibet-Nepal flood
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in Tibet, reported Reuters...
India rescues Tibet-Nepal flash-flood stranded Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrims
(TibetanReview.net, Jul10’25) – Indian pilgrims returning after visiting Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in eastern Tibet’s Ngari prefecture, stranded by the devastating Jul 8 Tibet-Nepal border flash floods, were safely evacuated via the Zhangmu (Tibetan: Dram) Port in Nyalam...
Permafrost collapse triggered devastating flood at Tibet-Nepal border, no info sharing
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Eleven people are missing and 350 displaced on the Tibetan side while at least nine have died and 19 remain missing in Nepal after flash floods hit Gyirong (Tibetan: Kyirong or Kyidrong) Port area on Jul...
Paris museum sued for pro-China attempt to ‘Erase the Existence of Tibet’
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – After ignoring sustained criticisms from experts and protests from activists over many months, the Musée Guimet, a Paris museum known for its rich collection of Asian art, is facing a lawsuit from several groups who accuse...
Former Tibet vice chairman gets suspended death sentence for corruption
(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Wang Yong, a former vice chairman of the Chinese government of Tibet Autonomous Region has on Jul 8 received the death sentence, with a two-year reprieve, after being tried for accepting bribes during his years of...
US House committee greets Dalai Lama on 90th birthday, condemns China’s cultural genocide in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – While China has sought to demonise the Dalai Lama for no real reason at all, condemning the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for greeting him on his 90th...
China criticizes top US diplomat for his Dalai Lama birthday greetings, calls it interference in China’s affairs
(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China has targeted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for having messaged greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday on Jul 6. Asked to comment on Rubio’s mesage...
The Panchen Lama’s Disappearance and China’s Assault on Religious Freedom
OPINION Ashu Maan* sees China’s narrative behind its plan to appoint its own “reincarnation” of the 14th Dalai Lama – as in the case of the Panchen Lama before him – as a perfect synthesis of imperial control and...
Senior US State Department official meets with Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A senior US government official has on Jul 6 met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, India. Bethany Poulos Morrison, deputy assistant secretary in the US Department of State’s Bureau of...
China protests PM Modi’s Dalai Lama birthday greetings
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – As expected, China has on Jul 7 protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian ministers at the birthday celebrations, demanding that...
Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday commemorated in Kathmandu
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – Tibetans in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu have commemorated the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on Jul 6 without facing a clampdown as in past many years for alleged violation of the country’s “one China” policy. The celebrations were...
Forum of Indian lawmakers rally for nation’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A cross-party forum of Indian Members of Parliament has passed a resolution, urging the government to confer the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and invite him to address...
Religious, rights groups, EU lawmakers condemn China’s meddling in Dalai Lama reincarnation
(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) –India has chosen not to take “any position” on the Dalai Lama reincarnation issue, apparently given the complexity of its relationship with China. However, not only the country’s Buddhist community as well as others but also great...
China’s past criticisms fail to deter PM Modi from greeting Dalai Lama on his milestone 90th birthday
(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) – For the fifth year in a row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has extended greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on X on the occasion of his birthday on Jul 6, despite China’s criticisms...
Dalai Lama hopes to keep China waiting another up to 40 years on his reincarnation
(TibetanReview.net, Jul05’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jul 5 assured Tibetans, other devotees, and supporters, that he hopes to live for up to 40 more years, addressing a long-life prayer ceremony offered by the Central Tibetan Administration on...
In message to China, India says it doesn’t interfere in religious matters amid Dalai Lama reincarnation conundrum
(TibetanReview.net, Jul05’25) – India has on Jul 4 clarified its position on the Dalai Lama reincarnation issue by saying it does not take any position on matters of faith. The clarification came amid reports that India’s Minister for Minority...
China to uproot 20 Qinghai Tibetan villages to build yet another hydropower dam
(TibetanReview.net, Jul04’25) – China is demolishing 20 Tibetan villages in the upper reaches of the Yellow River (or Huang He, called Machu in Tibet) to make way for a major new hydropower dam despite evidence from Chinese scientists of...
Int’l Tibetan youth meet held to discuss campaign activities, issues
(TibetanReview.net, Jul04’25) – Hollywood star and Tibet activist Richard Gere has on Jul 3 presided over the 3rd International Tibet Youth Forum (ITYF), being organized by the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)...
India stands with Dalai Lama on reincarnation issue
(TibetanReview.net, Jul03’25) – Rejecting China’s assertion of a false historical right to select the next Dalai Lama, India’s Minority Affairs Minister Mr Kiren Rijiju has said Jul 3 that the exile spiritual leader of Tibet alone could decide his...
Top religious leaders of Tibet meet at D’shala amid Dalai Lama reincarnation concerns
(TibetanReview.net, Jul03’25) – A total of 115 lamas, tulkus, and monastery representatives are attending the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference at Dharamshala over Jul 2-4. Its main objectives include the discussion of unity among Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the preservation of...
Dalai Lama declares Gaden Phodrang Trust’s exclusive mandate on his reincarnation discovery
(TibetanReview.net, Jul02’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jul 2 made public to reaffirm what he has already repeatedly indicated before, including in his most recently published book, that his reincarnation will continue and the search for the 15th...
Archaeological discovery cited as origin of prehistoric culture in central Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Jul02’25) – Humans had settled in the central part of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) around 4,000 years ago and site has been identified as the “origin” of prehistoric culture there, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Jul 2. Recent archaeological...
Ghoton Homage: A Tribute to His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama
OPINION Phuntsog Wangyal* remembers the Dalai Lama as a bearer of timeless message for the good of humanity I had the privilege of serving as the first Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his office in London...
Dalai Lama to work out a framework for continuing his reincarnation
(TibetanReview.net, Jul01’25) – The Dalai Lama said Jun 30 that a framework for continuing the institution of his reincarnation will be in place while assuring that he continued to be physically healthy. He dedicated the rest of his life...
China’s Panchen given grand Tibet welcome after President Xi meeting in Beijing
(TibetanReview.net, Jun30’25) – The Chinese government appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu, who is not recognized by mainstream Tibetans, is back in Tibet on Jun 27 for his annual months-long tour. He had earlier received an earful from President...
President Xi seeks stability from India-border Tibetan villagers
(TibetanReview.net, Jun29’25) – As an expected time for the Dalai Lama to announce a plan for his succession, most likely by reincarnation, approaches near, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attention to the situation in Tibet seems to be growing, After...
India seeks permanent Tibet-border delimitation with China in defence ministers’ talk
(TibetanReview.net, Jun28’25) – As India and China appear to remain stuck in a state of uneasy coexistence with Beijing aligning itself firmly with India’s arch enemy Pakistan even on the issue of terrorism and with military support for it...
Lawmakers celebrate Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday with ‘Tibet Lobby Day’ participants from across the US
(TibetanReview.net, Jun27’25) – A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers has joined Tibetan-Americans, advocates, and international supporters who had gathered on Capitol Hill to lobby support for Tibet, to celebrate the upcoming 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,...
Tibetan Sikyong stated to have met with high-level German Foreign Office officials
(TibetanReview.net, Jun26’25) – Mr Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (executive head) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has concluded on Jun 25 a two-day visit to Germany, highlighted by a “significant diplomatic milestone” in which he met, among others, with...
Miffed India has refused to sign host-China’s pro-Pakistan crafted SCO joint statement
(TibetanReview.net, Jun26’25) – The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet hosted by China in the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province over Jun 25-26 has ended without being able to issue a joint statement as India refused to sign...
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