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Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation to Visit Bihar and Jharkhand

Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarian Kunga Sotop and parliamentarian Tenzin Jigdal are scheduled to visit the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand from 26th Nov to 9th Dec...

Sikkim authorities lost time in acting on rising Teesta news — National Dam Safety Authority report

NDSA has shared a preliminary report on October flash flood with Jal Shakti ministry, Sikkim govt, State Dam Safety Organisations and power ministry.

Allegations Surface: San Francisco Police Accused of Ignoring Assaults on Anti-Xi Protesters During APEC

Human Rights Advocates Push for Congressional Hearing Following Violent Attacks on Chinese Dissidents During APEC Summit in San Francisco

Report: Mosque-Sinicization persecution sweeping other parts of China

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’23) – China is closing, destroying, or repurposing hundreds to over a thousand mosques in an expansion of its campaign of Sinicizing the Islamic faith beyond Xinjiang to other Muslim areas in the country, according to New York-based...

Canadian MP James Maloney Acknowledges Sikyong Penpa Tsering in the Canadian Parliament

Canada:  Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration who is currently on an official visit to Canada was formerly acknowledged at the Canadian Parliament on Wednesday, on 22 November 2023. Canadian MP James Maloney acknowledged the democratically elected...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Meets Ministers, MPs and Tibet Supporters in Ottawa to Garner Support for Tibet

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), who recently visited North America to address the three-day Halifax International Security Forum-2023, met and engaged with number of MPs, government officials, and Tibet supporters in Ottawa to garner...

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation to Visit Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi

Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarians Serta Tsultrim, Lhagyari Namgyal Dolkar, Konchok Yangphel, and Geshe Atong Rinchen Gyaltsen are scheduled to visit Punjab, Delhi, and Haryana from 25th November...

Pharmacist Required at Tso Jhe Khangsar Charity Hospital Society

Dharamshala: Tso Jhe Khangsar Charity Hospital Society incorporated under the Department of Health’s Tibetan Voluntary Health Association announces a job vacancy for a pharmacist. Interested applicants are requested to submit their documents by 6 December 2023. View the original...

Claude Arpi | As Tibet becomes ‘Xizang’, Delhi faces a new concern

Communist China often changes the names of the people, places and even nations. It is the case of Tibet, which is now called Xizang

Expanded Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Opens Near Cincinnati, Ohio

To the sounds of chanting from a number of Buddhist traditions, including Tibetan, Sri Lankan, and Thai schools of Buddhism, along with a Mongolian throat singer, practitioners welcomed the newly expanded Gaden Samdrupling Buddhist Monastery in Colerain Township, northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Uttarakhand Chief Secretary, Dehradun Mayor, and MLA

Dharamshala: Concurring with the parliamentary advocacy programmes in various Indian states, a Tibetan parliamentary delegation comprising MPs Lopon Thupten Gyatsen, Wangdue Dorjee, and Pema Tso conducted visits to key officials on November 22, 2023. Their itinerary included meetings with...

China: Allow Commemorations of ‘White Paper’ Protests

Click to expand Image Manifestantes sostienen papeles en blanco y corean consignas mientras marchan en protesta en Beijing, China, 27 de noviembre de 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File (New York) – The Chinese government should permit...

China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas

Click to expand Image A WeChat post by the state television station in Linxia shows how a mosque was closed and turned into a cloth shoe poverty alleviation workshop in Huangniwan Village in August 2018, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu...

Dharamshala future is on steroids. All it took was a cricket stadium

Dharamshala is changing, from soul tourism to stadium tourism, Tibet to T20. New hotels, convention centre, airport expansion and perhaps even an IT park dominate official conversations.

Pharmacist Required at Samyeling Tibetan Settlement in Delhi on Contractual Basis

Dharamshala: Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, announces a vacancy for pharmacist at the Tibetan Primary Health Care Centre in Samyeling Tibetan Settlement (Majnu Ka Tila), Delhi, on a contractual basis.   Interested applicants are requested to submit their...

Nurse Required at Dharamshala’s Jampaling Old Age Home

The Department of Home is pleased to announce a job vacancy for a nurse at Jampaling old age home in Dharamshala on a contractual basis. Interested applicants are requested to submit their requisite documents by 5pm on 11 December...

Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh Holds Executive Body Meeting in Itanagar

New Delhi: The Executive Body Meeting of Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh (TSGAP) was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Tarh Tarak, President of Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh, in Itanagar, on 19 November 2023. Shri R....

Parliamentarians Khenpo Jamphel Tenzin and Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong to Visit North East India

  Dharamshala: As per the program of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Parliamentarians Khenpo Jamphel Tenzin and Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong are scheduled to visit Tibetan settlements and cluster community of Guwahati, Shillong, Tenzingang, Bomdila, Tawang, Dirang, Kohima, and Dimapur from 24...

As Tibet Becomes Xizang, Delhi Faces a New Concern

-By Claude Arpi for The Deccan Chronicle Communist China often changes the names of the people, places and even nations. It is the case of Tibet, which is now called Xizang On November 10, Xinhua reported that the State...

Manager and Accountant Required at Tibetan Refugee Handicraft Centre, Dalhousie

The Tibetan Refugee Handicraft Centre, Dalhousie is looking for a competent, committed, and responsible person for the post of Accountant cum Secretary. General Requirements: Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a relevant field. Preferences will...

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls Upon Uttarakhand Governor and Former Chief Minister

Dharamshala: A Tibetan parliamentary delegation, consisting of Parliamentarians Lopon Thupten Gyaltsen, Wangdue Dorjee, and Pema Tso, paid courtesy calls to Governor Shri Gurmit Singh of Uttarakhand and Shri. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former Governor of Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of...

Preserving the Abodes of Tibetan Buddhist Deities

-By Bikash K. Bhattacharya for the Earth Island Journal Under increasing climate pressures in Northeast India, monks and monasteries safeguard local lakes and forests. A singular, seventeenth-century thangka painting adorns the central hall of Ganden Namgyal Lhatse, the largest...

Chinese censorship following the death of Li Keqiang

As part of our ongoing project monitoring changes to Chinese search censorship, we tracked changes to censorship following Li Keqiang’s death across seven Internet platforms: Baidu, Baidu Zhidao, Bilibili, Microsoft Bing, Jingdong, Sogou, and Weibo. We found that some...

Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim in December

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Nov 21: According to a circular issued by the Government of Sikkim’s Home Department, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is set to visit Gangtok, Sikkim on December 11, 2023. The spiritual leader’s visit,...

Four Tibetans arrested and sentenced in secret trial

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 21: Four Tibetans from Eastern Tibet, who were previously detained and subjected to mistreatment last summer, were recently arrested again and subsequently sentenced to prison in a secret trial, according to a research group Tibet Watch....

Dalai Lama’s Sikkim, Salugara teachings back on schedule

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’23) – In an apparent suggestion that he is back in robust health, the Dalai Lama is to give his previously postponed or cancelled teachings in Sikkim and Salugara next month before his scheduled Bodh Gaya teachings, according...

China’s Panchen ordained monks first time, sermonises them to thank the Party

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’23) – Questions continue to hang starkly over the whereabouts or, indeed, the very fate of the 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima he replaced in 1995. But this has not prevented the Chinese government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama Gyaltsen (or...

Devotees invited to register online for Dalai Lama’s Bodh Gaya teachings

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’23) – With the Dalai Lama’s schedule of teachings at Bodh Gaya towards the end of next month confirmed, those desirous to attend it have been invited to register online at www.dalailamateaching.com, although prior registration is not compulsory....

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Commences Tibet Advocacy in Uttarakhand

Dharamshala: A Tibetan parliamentary delegation consisting of Parliamentarians Lopon Thupten Gyaltsen, Wangdue Dorjee, and Pema Tso, as a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, began their engagement in Uttarakhand. Their program is scheduled...

USAID Delegation Visits Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala: A delegation of USAID led by Anjali Kaur, USAID Asia Bureau’s Deputy Assistant Administrator visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday, 20 November and met with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang. The Speaker spoke...