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Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Girls and Women

On May 11, 2014, Times of India online news reported that: “A local court in Palampur sent a 30-year-old Tibetan man in three-day remand who was charged with molestation of two minor girls of Tibetan Children Village (TCV) S

Monk who assisted jailed filmmaker escapes into exile

A Tibetan monk who had assisted in making of a documentary film criticizing Chinese rule in Tibet has escaped into exile. Jigme Gyatso or popularly known as Golok Jigme arrived in Dharamsala on Sunday, and is currently

Arunachal Buddhist lama found hanging in Delhi Apt

Tsona Gontse Rinpoche, a Buddhist Lama from Arunachal Pradesh and a former minister in the Arunchal government, was found hanging in his South Delhi apartment on Friday night, report

Dalai Lama congratulates Modi

The Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated India's Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi on his party's decisive victory in the national electi

Are Tibetans who voted in LS polls Indian citizens?

On May 7, as Himachal Pradesh went to polls, I watched my friend Tashi vote in an Indian general election for the first time in his life. Brushing shoulders with the local Gaddis, Ranas and Chaudhrys he emerged from the bo

Tibetans mark 19 years since Panchen Lama’s disappearance

Tibetans in exile today marked 19 years since 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s disappearance and appealed for his immediate r

Brawl over land dispute between two villages leaves nine Tibetans hospitalized

At least nine Tibetans were injured in a clash between Tibetans from two villages on May 7 over land dispute in Serchen County in Tsolho prefecture, Qinghai province, sourc

Tibetan exile government congratulates Modi on historic BJP win

The Central Tibetan Administration has congratulated the Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate and the incumbent Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Damodar Modi for his party’s historic victory in th

Tibetan jailed for 2008 Drango protest released before term

He was arrested on April 2, 2008 for taking part in anti China protests in Drango County on March 25, 2008, a day after a Tibetan monk named Kunga was killed and another seriously injured after Chinese People’s Armed Police fired indiscriminately into a

Panchsheel: A Diplomatic Gimmick or Strategic Surrender? (A Tibetan Perspective)

The year 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the Panchsheel Agreement between India and China and the Governments declared year 2014 as 'India—China Year of Friendly Exchanges'. For the Tibetans, each such ‘celebr

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