By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 31 March: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest pro-independence Tibetan NGOs, today commenced its “Black Hat March” from McLeod Ganj, a journey that is scheduled to culminate at the United Nations office...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30 March: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained and tortured a Tibetan monk during the first-anniversary memorial ceremony for Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche at Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golok, Amdo — a Tibetan Tulku whose...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 March: In a significant step toward expanding educational opportunities for Tibetan students in India, the Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education in Bangalore, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan to...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 24 March: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning China’s new law on “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” adopted on 12 March during the Chinese Communist Party’s 14th National People’s Congress.

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 March: The Tibetan parliament raised serious concerns over alleged voting irregularities in Nepal, including the reported use of cloth sacks in place of standard lockable ballot boxes during the preliminary election and warned of...

Sacks of Votes, Lack of Rules, EC Confirms Nepal Irregularities; Investigations Ongoing

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 March: China’s unveiling of its Tibetan large language model, DeepZang, in Lhasa earlier this week has drawn pushback from the Tibetan exile community, which disputes Beijing’s claim that the system is the “world’s first”...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, March 18: The Election Commission (EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Wednesday announced the shortlisted MP candidates for the final phase of the 2026 Tibetan General Election. The announcement was made at a...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 March: The second day of the budget session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile saw Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President (Sikyong) Penpa Tsering, who also serves as the Finance Minister, respond to questions raised...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 March: The final session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(TPiE) began today, with lawmakers set to debate and finalise the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) proposed consolidated budget of ₹3,407.42 million for the 2026–2027 fiscal year.

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 March: The 8th All India Tibet Support Group’s Conference concluded its meeting in Dharamsala on Friday, with a declaration reaffirming solidarity with the Tibetan people and calling for the resumption of dialogue between Tibet...

On March 12, 1959, two days after the March 10 uprising in the Tibetan capital, thousands of Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa, demanding freedom and protested against the illegal occupation of Tibet by the Chinese regime....

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 March: Hundreds of Tibetan refugees took to the streets of Dharamsala on Monday, raising the Tibetan national flag and chanting slogans of “Azadi” to mark the 67th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising...

Throughout the course of its historical evolvement since the very beginning of human society, the management and control of the Tibetan nation with regard to its political matters, governance, and legal system have been carried out by its own...

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising, when Tibetans from all three provinces, monastics and laypeople alike, rose in unison with indomitable courage in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, to protest the illegal invasion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and to safeguard...

Veteran Indian journalist, Long-time Tibet supporter and Tibetologist Vijay Kranti on Friday launched his new book “China’s Colonial Games in

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 March: Dr Dorjee Damdul, Associate Professor in the Department of Sowa Rigpa at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, was honoured with the Yuthok Award by the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine (CCTM)...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 Feb: Eleven days after the Election Commission (EC) declared him elected on 13 February, Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering released a post-election address on Tuesday via CTA-run broadcaster Tibet TV, acknowledging...

Chess is a game played in silence. And for Dawa Tenzin, that silence has always felt like home. Born to Tibetan refugee parents in India, he lost both his parents at a tender age. Cared for by his aunt,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The incumbent Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, secured a second consecutive term by winning the preliminary round of the 2026 Tibetan general election with over 60% of the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) today jointly commemorated the 113th anniversary of the Proclamation of Tibet’s Independence by the Great 13th Dalai Lama today at the...

DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has “designated Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues,” a spokesperson...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after serving seven years and five months of unjust imprisonment on Saturday. Exiled Tibetans caution that his freedom...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Feb: The US has restored Tibet-related foreign assistance under the FY2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, allocating $23 million for Tibetan cultural, refugee, and institutional support programs despite the Trump administration’s broader push to scale back...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 Feb: Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a Chinese national in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala - the residence of the Dalai Lama- for allegedly staying in India without a valid visa. Preliminary investigations suggest that...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARMSALA 3 Feb: The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, at 90, has won his first Grammy Award for Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording for his audiobook “Meditations: The Reflection of His Holiness the Dalai Lama”,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 28 Jan: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan government in exile, issued a warning letter to Geshe Dorjee, translator of the Nechung Oracle, for violating electoral rules...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 Jan: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today marked India’s 77th Republic Day by congratulating the nation on its remarkable journey from independence in 1947 to its emergence...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 January: In an unprecedented ceremony marked by contradiction, the Gelug MPs of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) appeared for a mandated apology ceremony on Tuesday. While expressing remorse as instructed by the Nechung Oracle's pronouncement, the...