Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 13: The late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee, revered abbot of Lung Ngon Thubten Choekor Ling Monastery in Golog, Amdo, eastern Tibet, was posthumously honoured with the 2025 ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’ on Monday. The...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 10: Former political prisoner and one of the founding members of the Gu Chu Sum Movement Association of Tibet, Yeshi Togden, has been elected the new President of the organisation after securing 26 votes out...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 10: China’s infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction have pushed the Tibetan Plateau towards “extreme ecological stress”, warns a new report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs. Released ahead of COP30, the report...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 9: The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art has announced Wednesday that Khadhok – Tibetan Artists’ Collective, based in Dharamshala, India, as the recipient of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, the world’s largest international award...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: One of India’s leading China experts, Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, speaking at the 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies organised by the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), stressed the importance of independent scholarship to counter Beijing’s...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: United Nations human rights experts have pressed the governments of Vietnam and China to account for the detention, disappearance, and disputed death in custody of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who died earlier...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 7: Gyaltsen (Ch. Gyaincain) Norbu, the Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama widely regarded by Tibetans as a “political puppet” or “fake Panchen,” is set to confer the Kalachakra empowerment and teachings at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery—the traditional seat...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct 7: The Central Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has officially announced the schedule for the 2025–26 elections of the Sikyong (president) and the  Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile during a press conference held at Lhakpa Tsering...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 6: Foremost Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has extended his warm congratulations to Dame Sarah Mullally, currently Bishop of London, on her appointment as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.  In a letter dated October...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 6: Two Tibetan households in the Pokhriabong area of Darjeeling sustained damage after trees toppled onto their homes during heavy rainfall and landslides that struck the hill district last Saturday evening.  While no Tibetan casualties were...