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TSJC bench holds second hearing for Case No. 23
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: A three-judge bench of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), the highest judicial body of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Wednesday held a proceeding for the framing of the issues in Case No. 23,...
“Arunachal is inalienable and integral part of India”: India rejects China’s fresh objections
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 11: India on Tuesday rejected China’s latest objections over Arunachal Pradesh, reiterating that the north-eastern state is an “inalienable and integral part of India” and that attempts by Beijing to challenge its status cannot alter...
India seeks river data from China as mega-dam construction advances on Tibet’s Yarlung river
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 11: India has renewed its demand for China to resume sharing hydrological data on the Brahmaputra and provide information on upstream river projects, as Beijing moves ahead with the construction of what is expected to...
International Tibetan studies conference pushed online after pressure from China
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug.10: The 17th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (IATS), scheduled to bring more than 700 scholars and researchers to Kathmandu from August 23 to 29, has been moved online after the Government of...
Opinion: The Cost of Being Tibetan
By Kaydor Aukatsang The struggle for our homeland must be financed by us. If we don’t, no one will. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi launched the Tilak Swaraj Fund, which raised around one crore rupees in six months through mass...
CTA to hold peace march and prayer service for martyr Lobga Rangzen
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 8: The Cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) will jointly hold a prayer service and peace march in Dharamsala on August 20 to commemorate the 49th day since...
Obituary: In Memory of Gen Lobsang Samten la (Former Artistic Director of TIPA)
By Tsering Youdon ( Ex-TIPA) One person’s journey through life encompasses countless stories. Some are told by others, while some we are fortunate enough to witness ourselves. This is one such story of Gen Lobsang Samten la—a story in...
Tibetan monk critically ill two years after detention over Kamtok dam protests
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 7: Gonpo Tsering, 46, an administrator at Yena Monastery in Derge, Sichuan Province (Tibetan area of Kham) who was detained during protests against China’s controversial Kamtok hydropower project in eastern Tibet remains in critical condition...
Amnesty calls for release of Chinese pro-democracy activist arrested in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 7: Human rights watch dog Amnesty International has called on Chinese authorities to immediately release veteran Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi, condemning his arrest in Tibet after he allegedly showed a photograph of the Tibetan spiritual leader His...
Solidarity actions sweep Dharamshala to honour late martyr Lobga Rangzen
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 6: A series of coordinated activism unfolded in Dharamshala on Thursday as Tibetan non-governmental organisations and individuals intensified calls for Tibetan independence and renewed international attention to China’s policies in Tibet, with initiatives paying tribute...













