Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 29: The Department of Finance of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has announced the launch of a new Green Book Online Application Portal, a step forward in digital transformation aimed at making services more accessible for...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 29: Prominent Tibetan community leader and environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra, who was scheduled to complete his seven-year prison term next month, has had his sentence extended by Chinese authorities, Tibet Watch reported. Sengdra, known for...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 28: Torrential rains in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu-Manali have unleashed devastating floods and landslides, cutting off the popular tourist hub from the outside world and affecting Tibetan settlements in the region. Two days ago, Manali witnessed one...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 28: The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, has quietly removed Christmas tree ornaments bearing the image of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from its gift shop following a wave of criticism over the discovery...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 27:  India has raised alarm over China’s planned construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet, warning that the project could reduce water flows of the Brahmaputra River by as much as 85% during the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 27: Sai, a Myanmar artist and curator who fled Thailand after Chinese authorities forced the removal of Tibetan and other exiled artists’ works from an exhibition in Bangkok, says he does “not feel safe at all” even...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 26: The departure of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama from Leh, Ladakh was postponed on Tuesday due to unfavourable weather conditions, officials confirmed. Originally scheduled to leave after a six-week-long visit to Ladakh,...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 26: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) has honoured its France chapter and Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok with the Lhakar Award for Activism in Exile, while imprisoned Tibetan environmentalist A-Nya Sengdra received the...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 25: Three mixed martial artists from eastern Tibet’s Ngaba region in Amdo province recorded stunning victories at UFC Fight Night 257, held on Saturday, at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in China.  The fastest win of the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 25: The UK government has pushed back its ruling on China’s proposed “mega” embassy in London after Beijing declined to provide full, un-redacted architectural drawings for several buildings in the scheme, intensifying a long-running row...