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...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 25: Chinese authorities have reportedly detained 48-year-old Tibetan monk Zega Gyatso of Tsang Monastery in Amdo, eastern Tibet, for allegedly sending money abroad. Nearly two months since his arrest, his whereabouts and condition remain unknown,...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug 22: Geshe Shersang Gyatso, a 52-year-old Tibetan monk and respected leader of Tsang Monastery in Amdo, eastern Tibet, has died after taking his own life on August 18 in protest against relentless pressure and escalating...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 22: Tibetans and allied communities in the UK are set to hold a major protest in London on August 23, against China’s controversial plan to build a “mega-embassy” at the former Royal Mint Court, right...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 22: A Tibetan monk and a popular singer have been released after spending more than six weeks in detention by the Chinese authorities for paying tribute to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, according to...