Everything you need to know about Tibetan Settlement: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Tibetan Settlement: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Dharamsala, May 2 (IANS) The annual Miss Tibet beauty pageant has been cancelled in the wake of renewed tension in Tibet and a series of self-immolations by Tibetans, organisers said here Wednesday.
Dharamsala, Apr 30(ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama returned to rousing welcome here today. He had gone on an 18-day official visit to the United States of America (USA) and Canada.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): "At 14,000 feet above the sea, the presence of a certain mystery can be felt, like having stepped into heaven..." is how a "In Search of Greener Pastures" - a touristy blog run by two enterprising Indians, describes Sela, the pass that eventually leads the traveller to the Tawang Monastery.
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Dharamsala, April 30 (IANS) Expressing concern over violations of human rights in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration, the democratically elected body of the Tibetan exiles, has called upon Beijing to restart dialogue to end the 'conflict', an official statement said here Monday.
Lhasa, Apr 26(ANI): Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has said he will continue with the non-violent quest for greater Tibetan autonomy, even after Beijing blamed him for inciting a wave of unrest.
Shimla, April 25 (IANS) A petition opposing the dropping of criminal charges against Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, in a currency seizure case registered last year, was Wednesday rejected by the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Dharamsala, April 25 (IANS) From a Chinese agent to an alleged accumulator of ill-gotten wealth to innocent monk -- the official line of the Himachal Pradesh administration on Tibetan religious head and 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is a tale of flipflops.
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Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) The voice for a free Tibet sounded louder here Tuesday after three motorcyclists who have embarked on an all-India tour arrived in this Assamese city to start a signature campaign for their cause.
Shimla, April 24 (IANS) In a major relief for Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday decided to drop a criminal case related to the seizure of Indian and foreign currency worth Rs.70 million from his monastery.
Shimla, April 24 (IANS) In a major relief for Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday decided to drop a criminal case related to the seizure of unaccounted Indian and foreign currency from his monastery.
Dharamsala, April 22 (IANS) Tibetans born in India and those living in the country for more than 20 years can now get the registration certificates essential for their stay renewed after every five years, a Tibetan official said Sunday.
Dharamsala, April 21 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has blamed Beijing for igniting self-immolation protests in Tibet, saying the issue is 'very political', a post on his official website said Saturday.
Beijing, Apr 21 (ANI): Two Tibetan men have reportedly died after they set themselves on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
Dharamsala, April 20 (IANS) Two more young Tibetans have immolated themselves in Tibet's northeastern Ngaba region, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said here Friday.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) US-based chipmaker Qualcomm would soon be able to roll out high-speed Internet services with the government willing to provide the firm broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum shortly.
Beijing, April 13 (IANS) A remote area in Tibet may be chosen as the location for a new international astronomical observatory, because of "limited clouds and vapours" but "high transparency" ideal for observation activities.
Beijing, Apr 8 (ANI): Hundreds of Tibetans who attended a Buddhist ceremony in India in January have reportedly been detained by Chinese forces without any charge on their return to Tibet.
Shimla, April 5 (IANS) More than half a century after Tibetans fleeing Tibet made Himachal Pradesh their second home, a one-man commission, appointed by the state to look into illegal land transactions, has questioned the government policy on allowing them to acquire properties individually.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines has been asked to pay Rs.60 crore which it owes as service tax, a senior fianance ministry official said Wednesday.
It seems that Kingfisher's ordeal has not any end. Now an airline has been asked to pay Rs. 60 crore as a service tax.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) A recent Tibetan immigrant from India, the latest identified victim of Monday's shooting rampage at a small California university, worked for five years in the education department of Tibet's government-in-exile in Dharamsala. Another shooting victim was Sikkim-born Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco.
Dharamsala, Apr 1 (ANI): Tibetans living in-exile in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala region mourned over the recent incidents of self-immolation by fellow nationals in their homeland.
Dharamsala, March 30 (IANS) Thousands of Tibetan exiles gathered in this Himachal town Friday for the funeral of a man who immolated himself earlier this week in Delhi demanding freedom for Tibet.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Seven more Tibetan activists were arrested Friday outside the hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was staying, prompting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha to call for a "more humane" police force.
The exiled spiritual and temporal leader Dalai Lama has won the famous Temptation Prize for his exceptional contribution
Washington, March 30 (IANS) The Dalai Lama has won the Templeton Prize for exceptional contribution to "affirming life's spiritual dimension by spreading his message of compassion worldwide".
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday formally declared 2012 as the year of India-China friendship, and decided to enhance political trust to resolve all outstanding issues like the border dispute and trade imbalance.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) China Thursday blamed the Dalai Lama for stoking extremist views and thanked India for taking "effective and concrete" steps to curb protests by Tibetans during President Hu Jintao's visit.
Dharamsala, March 29 (IANS) A 27-year-old Tibetan who burnt himself in Delhi demanding freedom for Tibet will be cremated here Friday, the hub of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Hu Jintao Thursday formally declared 2012 the year of Sino-Indian friendship, and decided to enhance political trust to resolve outstanding issues like the decades-old border dispute.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) China Thursday blamed the Dalai Lama for stroking extremist views and thanked India for taking "effective and concrete" steps to curb Tibetans during President Hu Jintao's visit.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Eleven Tibetans, attempting to gatecrash into the Taj Palace Hotel -- the venue of the ongoing BRICS summit in New Delhi, were detained by the Delhi Police Thursday afternoon, a Tibetan organisation said.
The Delhi high court has directed the Delhi Police to abstain from harassing the northeast and Ladakhi people due to their similarity of faces.
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Mar.29 (ANI): Tibetan exiles on Thursday staged a rally in Dharamshala in memory of a Tibetan man who died after setting himself on fire in protest of Chinese Premier Hu Jintao's presence at the fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Mar.29 (ANI): A Tibetan protester, Jamshel Yeshi, 27, has succumbed to his burn injuries.
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) China has urged the US to stop meddling in its internal affairs through the Tibet issue.
With many expectations the awaited 4th BRICS summit starts in Capital on Thursday.
Police is on high alert and keeping vigil for the Tibetan protestors in keeping view the Chinese President Hu Jintao
New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): Delhi Police on Wednesday forcibly evicted a Tibetan protestor who tried to storm into the hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao, who arrived in India for the BRICS summit, was staying.
Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS) Ahead of the 4th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the Tibetan government-in-exile Wednesday urged BRICS leaders to raise the issue of Tibet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Life away from Tibet, the motherland, is akin to "lamp in wind ... without direction". These words form part of a letter written by a young Tibetan who died after immolating himself here.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) On a day when a Tibetan self-immolator died here after battling for life for two days, his compatriots Wednesday prayed for him and said that they could not do much due to restrictions imposed on their activities by police.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday increased security arrangements at the luxury hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao and his delegation will be staying during the five-nation BRICS summit, after a Tibetan youth who set himself on fire two days ago succumbed.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A 27-year-old Tibetan youth who set himself ablaze two days ago during a protest here against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit died at a hospital Wednesday morning.
Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS) Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India for the BRICS summit was greeted here with protest banners and shuttered Tibetan shops.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A 27-year-old Tibetan youth who set himself ablaze during a protest here against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit two days ago died at a hospital Wednesday morning.
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Police Tuesday cordoned off the areas around Tibetan settlements in the national capital while some Tibetans were arrested from different parts of the city ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit here.
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The capital's largest Tibetan settlement, Majnu Ka Tila, had an air of contained outrage Tuesday, a day after 26-year-old Jamphel Yeshi attempted self-immolation to protest Chinese Premier Hu Jintao's visit for the BRICS summit.
Keeping in view that the top leaders of the world will be in capital to take part in BRICS summit, security has been beefed up.
Dharamsala, March 27 (IANS) A day after a Tibetan protester attempted self-immolation in New Delhi, the Tibetan administration Tuesday asked the community to refrain from any 'drastric action'.
History beckons China's President Hu Jintao during his India visit if he sheds entrenched antipathies and chooses to directly engage the Dalai Lama with a specific intention of initiating the process of resolving the festering problem of the Tibetan region that is in turmoil and have been aflame with self-immolations, that spread to Delhi Monday with a 26-year-old youth setting himself on fire.
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Home minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Gyari Dolma Monday warned the Indian government to be very careful while dealing with China.
Dharamsala, March 26 (IANS) On a day a Tibetan protester attempted self-immolation in New Delhi, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Monday once again clarified that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama is 'neither encouraging self-immolations in Tibet nor advocating expulsion of Han Chinese from Tibet'.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Two days ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India, a Tibetan protester set himself ablaze at Jantar Mantar Monday during a demonstration by around 100 Tibetans against Hu's visit.
New Delhi, Mar.26 (ANI): A Tibetan protestor immolated himself at an anti-China demonstration here on Monday.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) A 27-year-old Tibetan youth attempted to immolate himself during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the capital, police said Monday.
Caracas, March 26 (IANS/EFE) State energy giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) will pay US natural gas companies Williams Cos Inc. and Exterran Holdings Inc. a total of $420 million for assets nationalized in 2009, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
Shimla, March 25 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concern over repeated Chinese incursions into Indian territory.
Guwahati, March 25 (IANS) The home minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Gyari Dolma is expected to kick start a campaign for the cause of Tibetan independence in Guwahati Monday.
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Mar.24 (ANI): The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, which is headquartered in Dharamsala, has passed a resolution that highlights the grim situation within Tibet and sought the international community's help to end the ongoing crisis.
The United Nations has recognises the three Tiberan youth on hunger strike in New York.
Dharamsala, March 24 (IANS) The United Nations has assured three Tibetan youth on hunger strike in New York that it will send a special rapporteur to Tibet to investigate the 'very grim situation' there, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said here Saturday.
Beijing, March 23 (IANS) A 303-year-old Tibetan monastery in northwest China's Gansu province is to get a facelift, an official said Friday.
Beijing, Mar 15 (ANI): Several hundred Tibetans launched a protest against Chinese rule after a monk self immolated himself in the country's Qinghai province.
Beijing, Mar 15 (ANI): Several hundred Tibetans launched a protest against Chinese rule after a monk self immolated himself in the country's Qinghai province.
New York, Mar 10(ANI): The wife of detained Tibetan documentary maker Dhondup Wangchen broke down in New York as she blamed the Chinese government for the series of self-immolations by protesters in her homeland.
Beijing, Mar 9(ANI): A senior Chinese official has said the social situation in the autonomous region of Tibet is safe and stable.
Beijing, March 7 (ANI): The Dailai Lama's clique has been warned for instigating separatist activities like self-immolations in a small number of monasteries and disrupting the stably-developing trend in the Tibetan-populated regions, said Li Changping, a member of the standing committee of the Sichuan Committee of the Communist Party of China Wednesday.
Beijing, Mar 7(ANI): A young Tibetan teenager has reportedly burnt himself in China, human right groups have said.
Beijing, Mar.2 (ANI): A prominent Tibetan writer living here in Beijing has claimed that Chinese Police have placed her under house arrest to prevent her from receiving a prize for culture from the Dutch Embassy.
New Delhi, March 1 (ANI): More than a dozen Tibetan exiles shouting anti-China slogans staged a protest outside Hyderabad House, even as the foreign ministers of India and China were meeting to discuss various issues here on Thursday.
London, March1 (ANI): Findings from a new study could give a new twist to a 50 million-year-old tale of continents collision.
New Delhi, March 1 (ANI): More than a dozen Tibetan exiles shouting anti-China slogans staged a protest outside Hyderabad House, even as the foreign ministers of India and China were meeting to discuss various issues here on Thursday.
London, March1 (ANI): Findings from a new study could give a new twist to a 50 million-year-old tale of continents collision.
New Delhi, Feb 29 (ANI): Condemning the growing Chinese atrocities on their fellow compatriots in the Tibet region, scores of Tibetan activists took out a massive protest march here on Wednesday.
Dharamshala, Feb 29 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has appealed to India's youth to make the country a model to be emulated by the world before the end of the 21st century.
Dharamshala, Feb 29 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has appealed to India's youth to make the country a model to be emulated by the world before the end of the 21st century.
Beijing, Feb 25 (ANI): A Chinese Communist Party official has warned Tibetans to oppose separatism and obey the law, as he visited an area in the country that has been at the center of many recent self-immolation protests.
Beijing, Feb 25 (ANI): A Chinese Communist Party official has warned Tibetans to oppose separatism and obey the law, as he visited an area in the country that has been at the center of many recent self-immolation protests.
Dharamsala, Feb.22 (ANI): Tibetans along with the Dalai Lama marked a tense traditional new year with prayers, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance in Dharamsala on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese control.
Dharamsala, Feb.22 (ANI): Tibetans along with the Dalai Lama marked a tense traditional new year with prayers, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance in Dharamsala on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese control.
Beijing, Feb 21 (ANI): The Foreign Correspondents Club in China has issued a security warning to all of its members after three European media officials were attacked last week while covering protests in a village in the country.
Beijing, Feb 21 (ANI): The Foreign Correspondents Club in China has issued a security warning to all of its members after three European media officials were attacked last week while covering protests in a village in the country.
New Delhi, Feb.20 (ANI): A high level search-cum-selection committee comprising of Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office Pulok Chatterjee, Secretary (Presonnel) P K Mishra, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar and Advisor to Prime Minister Sam Pitroda will soon take a decision on who will be the next chief of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Beijing, Feb 20(ANI): An eighteen-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk has self-immolated himself outside a monastery in western China after shouting slogans in favor of Tibetan independence and spiritual Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama
Beijing, Feb 16 (ANI): China has appointed a career legal official to run the ethnically Tibetan area in the country's southwest region, where many monks and nuns have set themselves on fire recently in protest against Beijing's rule.
Beijing, Feb 14 (ANI): The Chinese government has confirmed the death of a 19-year-old Tibetan nun who set herself alight in the latest apparent protest against Beijing's rule.
Beijing, Feb 12 (ANI): A Tibetan monk has reportedly set himself on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
Beijing, Feb 12 (ANI): A Tibetan monk has reportedly set himself on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
Beijing, Feb 10(ANI): Two Tibetan brothers who were participating in anti-government protests have reportedly been shot dead in southwest China's Sichuan province.
Beijing, Feb 10(ANI): The Chinese Communist Party chief in Tibet has sacked four officials for "endangering stability" in the region.
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans residing in India held a silent vigil on Thursday in New Delhi over the rising self-immolation cases by their compatriots against Chinese excesses carried out on Tibetan activists and monks.
Beijing, Feb 8 (ANI): Asserting that the Tibetan autonomous region is a part of the People's Republic of China, visiting External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Wednesday said India is willing to render help in easing the tensions.
Beijing, Feb 7 (ANI): The Tibetan regional government has warned its officials that failing to maintain stability ahead of the Tibetan new year could result in job loss or criminal prosecution.
Beijing, Feb 7 (ANI): The Tibetan regional government has warned its officials that failing to maintain stability ahead of the Tibetan new year could result in job loss or criminal prosecution.
Beijing, Feb 6 (ANI): Three Tibetans have reportedly set themselves on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
Beijing, Feb 6 (ANI): Three Tibetans have reportedly set themselves on fire in protest against China's political and religious repression.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Chinese authorities have admitted to cutting off mobile phone and internet connections in areas where Tibetans were shot dead last month.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Chinese authorities have admitted to cutting off mobile phone and internet connections in areas where Tibetans were shot dead last month.
