The epicentre of the first earthquake was in Nagqu in northern Tibet, at a depth of around 10 km, according to CENC.

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 22: The Cabinet Secretariat of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), in an official circular issued on Wednesday, announced the diplomatic appointments of Chhime Rigzin Chhoekyapa and Tashi Tsering as Representatives for the Offices of Tibet...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 22: A five-member bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, met with Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala...

At least 1,455 people were killed after the August 26 flood originating at Nepal’s border with China's Tibet region.

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 22: In a sharp escalation of Beijing’s forced assimilation policies, Chinese authorities in Machen (Chinese: Maqen) County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, have forcibly shut down three renowned private and community-run Tibetan educational institutions. According to...

Bir, 21 October 2026: Health Kalon Pema Tso of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) conducted her maiden official visit to the Tibetan settlements of Chauntra, Bir Dege, Bir Tibetan Society, and Tashi Jong. During the visit, she met settlement...

Dharamshala: In a circular issued on 21 October 2026, the Kashag announced the appointment of Chhime Rigzin Chhoekyapa, Secretary of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Tashi Tsering, Secretary of the Human Rights Network for Tibet...

By Khedroob Thondup For decades, Beijing has pursued the project of Sinicisation in Tibet—an attempt to erase Tibetan identity and replace it with a homogenised Chinese one. Schools are stripped of the Tibetan language, monasteries are surveilled and hollowed...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: Eight Tibetan homes and three large residential compounds were forcibly demolished by Chinese authorities on 16 October in the Nyi-woe residential area of Darlag County, located in the Golok region of Amdo, eastern...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 21: A three-judge bench of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), the apex judicial body of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Wednesday issued its final judgment in Case No. 23, ruling that the plaintiff,...

Raising Fresh Concerns Over Religious Freedom in Tibet The reported imprisonment of Lobsang Tenpa, former abbot of Ragya The post China Sentences Former Tibetan Monastery Abbot to Five Years in Prison, Raising Fresh Concerns Over Religious Freedom first appeared...

Chinese police searched his quarters and allegedly found portraits of the Dalai Lama and Shingza Rinpoche, the monastery's head lama, along with a USB drive containing the Dalai Lama's teachings and videos.

– Source: dalailama.com Dharamshala, 21 October 2026: This morning, the sun shone brightly in a clear blue sky, and the Dhauladhar peaks behind were cloaked in fresh snow, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the gate to...

Dharamshala: On 17 October 2026, Education Kalon (Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Urgen Tenzin, attended the 33rd Inter-House Athletic Meet of Tibetan Homes School in Mussoorie as the chief guest. The opening ceremony began with the two...

The 14th Dalai Lama attended a special long-life prayer ceremony, known as “Tenshug” in Tibetan, at the Main Tibetan Temple, Tsuglagkhang, in Dharamshala on Wednesday, as thousands of devotees gathered to pray for his good health and continued guidance.

By Khedroob Thondup In the high grasslands of Golog, where nomadic families have long relied on community schools to preserve their language and culture, three doors have been slammed shut. The Golok Tadrak Orphan School, the Ra‑Gya Jigme Gyaltsen...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 Oct: Chinese authorities have forcibly closed at least three privately run Tibetan schools in occupied Tibet’s Golok region of Amdo between August and September 2026, depriving children of educational institutions that prioritised Tibetan language,...

– Source: dalailama.com Dharamshala, HP, India: In the morning of Sunday, 18 October, Geshé-ma Tenzin Jorgyal, President of the Nuns’ Jang Gunchö Committee, Geshé-ma Ngawang Chökyi, President of the 9th Geshé-ma Exams Committee and Youdon Aukatsang, Director of the...

Dharamshala: As part of the Australia Tibet Council (ATC)’s Little Tibet Tour, a delegation led by ATC Executive Director Dr. Zoe Bedford visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on 20 October 2026. Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang and Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam...

By Khedroob Thondup For sixty-seven years, Tibet has endured the heavy hand of Communist China’s occupation. If Tibetans were ever given a genuine choice, the majority would not choose to remain under Beijing’s rule. The lived experience of generations—marked...

These thousands upon thousands of troops were dismissed from 2015-18, in a move designed to make the PLA Ground Force leaner. It is believed the army now makes up slightly less than half the PLA’s two million members. Nonetheless, despite the...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct20’26) – Chinese authorities in one prefecture in Qinghai province have ordered the closure of at least three more privately-run Tibetan schools in the past three months under Beijing’s recently passed language laws, said Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for...

(TibetanReview.net, Oct20’26) – After previously preventing a German company from exporting tunnel boring machines manufactured especially for India from its factories in China, Beijing has announced new export controls on such machines and related vital items. Such machines are...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: Lobsang Tenpa, also known as Tenpa Gyatso, a former abbot of Ragya Monastery in Amdo, has reportedly been sentenced to five years in prison following his re-arrest by Chinese security personnel and transferred to...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 19: Chinese authorities forcibly closed the Tadra Orphan School in Tawu Village, Machen (Chinese: Maqin) County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, on September 2, ending the operations of an institution that provided shelter and education to...