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Global press watchdog condemns China’s Tibet-blackout on Aug 26 flash flood crisis

(TibetanReview.net, Sep05’26) – One of the world’s top press freedom organisations has on Sep 2 strongly condemned China for imposing sweeping restrictions on media professionals from accessing vital information on the Tibetan side of the border following the devastating...

Nepal flash floods: Death toll surges to 1,344 as rescue efforts continue; around 5,000 still missing

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal surged to 1,344 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered from the eight affected districts, officials said. Rescue teams continued to search for around 5,000 people, including at least...

Chinese national rescued alive from Nepal flood tunnel after 10 days

A Chinese national has been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, 10 days after catastrophic flooding, the Nepali Army said on Saturday. Major rescue operations were underway at hydropower projects in flood-affected districts, where hundreds of men...

Nepal floods: Death toll surges to 1,344 as rescue efforts continue; around 4,900 still missing

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,344 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, police said. Rescue teams continued to search for around 4,900 people who remain missing. Of...

China Tightens Control in Disaster-Hit Regions in Tibet

The Chinese authorities have prohibited Tibetan businessmen and voluntary aid workers from travelling directly to the areas affected by the recent flood and landslides.

Nine days after Nepal deluge, 2 pulled out alive from tunnel

Two men were rescued alive on Friday from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, nine days after a devastating flashflood trapped them inside, even as the Nepal tragedy death toll rose to 1,295 while more than 5,000...

China restrict Tibetan volunteers, relief efforts in flood-hit Kyirong

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: Chinese authorities have imposed stringent restrictions on movement into flood-hit Kyirong region in occupied Tibet, preventing Tibetans from other parts of the region from travelling to the disaster zone to provide relief and express...

Dalai Lama returns to Dharamshala after more than two-month sojourn in Ladakh 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala on Friday after spending more than two months in Leh, Ladakh, bringing to a close an extended summer sojourn marked by religious...

MEA confirms 275 Indians missing, pledges extra relief supplies as Nepal flood death toll reached 1,294

Three more Indian citizens were pulled to safety from Trishuli Bazaar since yesterday, identified as Abhijit Suresh Pawar, Dipika Abhijit Pawar, and five-year-old Samarth Abhijit Pawar, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal informed in a post on X. 

Families Urge US To Step Up Search For 90 Americans Missing In Nepal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Families of Americans missing after devastating floods in Nepal have appealed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an expanded rescue operation to help locate their relatives. The US State Department told the families that 90...

Dalai Lama back in D’shala after over two months in Ladakh

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’26) – The Dalai Lama returned to his exile home in Dharamshala, India, on Sep 4 morning to a rousing yet solemn welcome by the Tibetan and local host community after a knee surgery in Delhi followed by...

China warns of more Tibet glacier collapses, disasters after the deadly Aug 26 floods

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’26) – Referring to the devastating glacier-avalanche triggered Tibet-Nepal flash floods of Aug 26 morning that wiped out villages and markets while claiming what may amount to several thousand lives, China said Sep 2 that such disasters may...

‘Hare Krishna’ through 9 days of darkness: Nepal man rescued from tunnel on Janmashtami

“I was chanting Hare Krishna,” said 30-year-old Sanjay Sah shortly after he was pulled to safety from a tunnel in Nepal on Friday, bringing an extraordinary ordeal to an end on a day when millions were celebrating Krishna Janmashtami....

China’s New Ethnic Unity law sparks concerns at Tibet festival in New Delhi

A three-day festival on Tibet’s culture and contemporary realities began in New Delhi amid concerns over China’s recently enacted “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress Law,” which Tibetan leaders say could deepen assimilation policies affecting Tibetans and other ethnic communities. 

Dalai Lama Returns to His Exile Home in McLeod Ganj After Ladakh Sojourn

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Sept: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama returned to his residence in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, on Friday after spending more than two months in Ladakh, where he engaged in a series...

Sikkim finds 40 high-hazard glacial lakes, 16 in highest-risk category: Why India should be alert

The warning comes as the world is still grappling with the aftermath of a devastating flood and mudslide in Nepal-Tibet border that has killed over a 1,000, triggered by a glacial collapse on August 26. 

Two workers rescued alive from tunnel in Nepal 10 days after flash floods

Kathmandu, September 4: Two workers trapped inside a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Nepal have been rescued alive, 10 days after the devastating Bhotekohi flash floods. The rescued workers have been identified as 45-year-old Kabir Maharjan...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Safely Returns to Dharamshala After a Long Sojourn in Ladakh

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama safely returned to His official residence in Dharamshala earlier this morning, 4 September 2026, following a two-month-and-one-week sojourn in Leh, Ladakh. Upon His arrival at Kangra Airport, His Holiness was accorded a warm...

China’s Balancing Act on Iran at the SCO Summit

By Khedroob Thondup The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek this week offered a revealing glimpse into Beijing’s delicate diplomatic choreography. On paper, the ten-country bloc stood united in condemning “military strikes” against fellow member Iran. Yet Xi...

BOOK ON TIBET WHICH BEATS CHINA’S INFORMATION FIRE WALLS LAUNCHED AT TIBET FESTIVAL

By Vijay Kranti New Delhi – 3 Sept: Mr. Penpa Tsering, Tibet’s elected ‘Sikyong’ (President), today released a book which is focused at exposing China’s activities to maintain its colonial grip over Tibet. Titled ‘China’s Colonial Games in Tibet’,...

Two workers rescued alive from hydropower tunnel 10 days after Nepal flash floods

Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, and Sanjay Sah, 30. Maharjan was working as...

Two People Rescued From Trishuli Tunnel A Week After Nepal Floods, More Voices Heard From Inside

The August 26 floods that ripped through several villages in Nepal along the Tibetan border have so far killed approximately 1,200 people, leaving thousands unaccounted for

ICT calls for timely, independent information and access to Tibet on humanitarian grounds after Nepal-Tibet disaster

September 3, 2026 Families of the missing remain without answers as China restricts access, punishes at least 19 people for flood posts challenging official casualty figures and amplifies the state's account of relief efforts. The post ICT calls for...

Nepal Foreign Minister rules out climate compensation demand, says govt made no such ask from India, China or US after floods

Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has clarified that neither he nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the government has sought climate-related compensation from India, China or the United States following the devastating flash floods last week, saying Nepal's...

China hurls vituperative invectives on Real Madrid for mourning for ‘Tibet-Nepal’ flash flood victims

(TibetanReview.net, Sep03’26) – China has on Sep 2 strongly attacked the Spanish football club Real Madrid after it published a post on its official overseas social media account featuring a photo of the team observing a moment of silence...