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EC bars Tashi Topgyal from Sikyong election, announces 91,042 registered voters for 2026 elections
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 23: The Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced that 91,042 Tibetans have been registered as voters for the upcoming 2026 general elections, while also declaring disciplinary action against Sikyong candidate Tashi...
Tibetan rights defender Tsering Tso sentenced to one year in prison
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 22: Tibetan human rights defender Tsering Tso has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Trikha (Ch. Guide) County People’s Court in Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, eastern Tibet, on charges...
Exile Tibetans condemn China’s illegal gold mining in Kham Zachuka, demand international action
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 19: A coalition of five NGOs, including the Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s Association, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Gu Chu Sum Movement Association of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet India, strongly condemned...
Collected works of sixth Rakra Rinpoche posthumously launched at LTWA
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 19: The collected works of the sixth Rakra Rinpoche (Rakra Thubten Choedar), comprising 17 volumes, were posthumously launched at the Dharamshala-based Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) on Wednesday. The launch, jointly organised by...
Dalai Lama’s old sniffer dog Olive retires, Nima takes charge of security
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 18: Olive, a highly trained sniffer dog who played a crucial role in the security of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeodganj, has been formally retired from active...
Around 80 Tibetans detained after protest against illegal gold mining in Kham Zachuka
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...
Chinese authorities deploy police, paramilitary presence during Ganden Ngamchoe in Lhasa
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...
Opinion: China fuming over 6th Dalai Lama conference in Tawang
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...
TYC slams ‘Fake Panchen’ for backing Beijing’s political claim over Dalai Lama’s succession
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...
Fake Panchen reasserts China’s claim over Dalai Lama reincarnation
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...














