Speaking to Phayul over phone, an official in the Press Section of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi today said that the XIth Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is in “mainland China along with his family.”
On his current visit to North America, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday addressed a gathering of over 100 Chinese students and scholars from colleges and universities
Today is the 23rd birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, one of the most important spiritual leaders of Tibet, who disappeared into the custody of the Chinese government 17 years ago.
On this auspicious occasion of the 23rd birth anniversary of His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama, Jetsun Tenzin Gedhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, on behalf of all our monks and the Tibetan people in Tibet and in exile, with great reverence extend innumerous good wishes and prayers for His well-being and sound health.
The Himachal Pradesh Government in a ruling today has decided to drop the name of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje from a charge sheet filed in connection with the recovery of currency case last year.
The discovery of a skeleton of an ancient three-toed horse from the Tibetan Plateau has opened new areas of study on the habitat and elevation of Tibet nearly 5 million years ago.
Details about a voice message recorded by Choephag Kyab and Sonam before their self-immolation protest have emerged in exile. The voice message, recorded in a cell phone, is reportedly being widely circulated in the Zamthang region of Ngaba,
You know that I have been leading the Tibetan delegation for the dialogue with the Chinese government for the last many years. But I am not here today to give you a report on my progress because there is nothing new to say on that front. My last meeting with my counterparts in Beijing was in January 2010.
Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested a well-known Tibetan singer on suspected charges of singing songs calling for Tibet’s independence. Lo Lo, 29, was arrested on April 19 in Yushul region of eastern Tibet.
More than 2000 Tibetans carried out a mass protest in Kardze, eastern Tibet on April 15, according to information received by Phayul. The Tibetans were demanding the release of around 250 Tibetans who were arrested a day earlier
