Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 5: Palden Yeshi, a Tibetan monk and teacher from eastern Tibet, has reportedly been sentenced to six years in prison by Chinese authorities for teaching the Tibetan language to local children during school holidays, according...

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, March 4: The Tibetan Government in Exile, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has categorically denied issuing any letter cancelling the upcoming March 10 or the Tibetan Uprising day commemoration, dismissing as fake a...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 4: China is set to enact a sweeping legal framework that will formally entrench Mandarin Chinese as the dominant language in education and public life, while sharply restricting the use of so-called minority languages, such...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 4: In a development that has captured domestic and regional attention, the Government of Nepal has formally accepted a US $4 million grant from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to support the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 2: Chinese authorities in Tibet have imposed sweeping restrictions on Tibetan government employees, barring them from a wide range of religious activities, including participation in funeral rites for deceased family members, amid intensified security measures...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 27: Chinese authorities have intensified restrictions on Tibetan digital expression, with mounting evidence that users inside Tibet face strict monitoring and punitive measures for sharing content related to Tibetan language, culture, religion, and identity on...

Tsering Dhundup In September 2011, as senior Tibetan Buddhist leaders convened in Dharamshala, a quiet but historic correction took place. The 11th Religious Conference of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon tradition formally affirmed the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 25: The incumbent President Penpa Tsering, in a video message released Tuesday on the Central Tibetan Administration’s official YouTube channel, TibetTV, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Tibetan public after securing a decisive mandate in the preliminary...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 25: Nearly ten days after the demise of Ngari Rinpoche Tenzin Choegyal, the youngest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, representatives from eight monasteries under his spiritual domain met His Holiness on Wednesday to seek...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 23: Former Tibetan political prisoners, together with the Lhasa Boys’ Association Switzerland, offered a Long Life Prayer ceremony to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala on Monday. The...