By Vijay Kranti Repeated claims by the senior most Tibetan exile leadership about ‘back channel’ talks being in progress with Beijing are an indication of a new round of Dharamshala-Beijing dialogue taking shape to settle the seven decade old...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 30 July: A petition calling for an end to China's ongoing forced closure of Tibetan private and monastic schools in Tibet, as well as the restoration of those that have already been closed, has been...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 29 July: A reception, marking the signing of "Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act" into law, was hosted in Washington DC, US on Thursday. Co-organised by the Office of Tibet North America and...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 23 July: China's construction of a bridge across Pangong Tso (Lake) is completed, as seen in the latest satellite images shared by satellite imagery expert Damien Symon yesterday on X(formerly Twitter)

DHARAMSALA, 23 July: The European Union (EU) President Von der Leyen's pledge to "deter China from unilaterally changing the status quo by military means, particularly over Taiwan" has drawn Beijing's criticism, calling it a "gross interference" in the country's...

DHARAMSALA, 22 July: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, a Tibetan advocacy group based in Dharamsala, declared today that the Chinese authorities' forceful shutdown of the renowned Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School in Golok, within...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 18 July: The New York and New Jersy Chapter of the Tibetan National Congress has written to US President Joe Biden in protest of his reiterating the US policy that recognises Tibet as part of...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 18 July: The most recent round of back-channel negotiations between the Tibetan government-in-exile and Beijing happened "at the beginning of this month", said Penpa Tsering, the President of the Tibetan government-in-exile now known as Central...

DHARAMSALA, 17 July: “I felt heartbroken and helpless, but I was not surprised," said Ginger Duan, a former Chinese computer teacher at the renowned Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 16 July: A four-point statement and a nine-point resolution were released Monday at the conclusion of the 7th International Rangzen Conference, held in Toronto, Canada, from July 13th to 15th. Brad Redkopp, a sitting member...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 15 July: The Chinese Communist Government on 12 July shut down the renowned Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, while on the same day, US...

DHARAMSALA, 13 July: US President Joe Biden has signed into law the ‘‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act,’’

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 8 July: The high restrictions on the use of the Tibetan language on Douyin, China's most popular short video app, have sparked questions and criticisms from Tibetan netizens. One Tibetan, Youga Ga, queried, "I question...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 6 July: Hundreds of Tibetans gathered today at the Tsuklakhang courtyard as the Central Tibetan Administration celebrated the 89th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Prem Singh Tamang, the Chief Minister of Sikkim, was...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 4 July: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is rapidly recovering and able to walk after a successful knee replacement surgery in the US, as confirmed by two of his personal physicians...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 1 July: Jailed Tibetan writer Thupten Lodoe is reportedly hospitalised after becoming severely ill due to forced labour in prison, according to freetibet.org.

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 27 June:  On the 37th anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), in collaboration with Students for a Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress and Tibetan...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 26 June: The McLeod Ganj post office has set a record for earnings in the country in 2023-2024,  for any post office in India in 2023-2024, earning a record Rs 1.81 crore, The Tribune reported...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 25 June: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the inauguration of a new campus of Nalanda University near Rajgir, Bihar. Expressing his commitment "to creating...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 24 June: The president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, today slammed China’s threat of the death penalty for Taiwan’s independence advocates, saying, “Democracy is not a crime; it's autocracy that is the real evil,” alluding to...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 24 June: Hundreds of Tibetans in the US gathered to welcome their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as he arrived in New York yesterday to receive medical treatment for his knees.

By VIJAY KRANTI Unanimous passage of a new Bill by both Houses of the US Congress and the visit of a high-level bipartisan Congress delegation to Dharamshala and New Delhi are signs of beginning of a new era for...

DHARAMSALA, 29 May: The final of the 29th GCM Gold Cup, which was supposed to take place on Tuesday afternoon

By Thutop Gyaltsen  Preamble and Veneer of Bharat Ratna The term "Bharat Ratna" means “Jewel of India,” and it is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. It can be conferred upon any individual worldwide for remarkable...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 16 May: Eric, a seasoned former Chinese spy, revealed in an interview with ABC News published yesterday that he had visited Dharamsala and met with the Dalai Lama as part of his espionage task in...

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 8 May: China’s National Defence Education Law is being revised, mandating that students in universities, high schools, and middle schools to undergo mandatory military training, according to a report by Nikkei Asia today.

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 7 May: Activists from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) and the International Tibet Network (ITN)

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 4 May: Tibetans living in France and neighbouring European countries are gearing up to stage what the Student for a Free Tibet (SFT) stated will be "the biggest unwelcoming protest of Xi’s Europe trip" as...