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Monthly Archives: August, 2015

China will never accept Middle Way Approach: UFWD

In what comes as a major blow to the Tibetan exile government’s efforts of reestablishing dialogue with Beijing, China has said that the “Middle Way proposed by the Dalai Lama group” will never be accepte

Tibetans protesting “unfair” allowance arrested in Nangchen

At least ten Tibetans have been arrested Wednesday following an agitation by around hundred Tibetans outside a Chinese government office in Nangchen County (incorporated into Qinghai province) in Kham, accord

China tightening grip on Larung Gar Monastery

In yet another onslaught at monastic population growth, the Chinese authorities have ordered Serthar Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Serta County, Sichuan Province, to put a check on its enrollm

Lone protester arrested in Ngaba, Lithang protester identified

She was arrested shortly after she commenced the lone protest and taken away. A source was quoted as saying, “She shouted in protest for some time before a group of police arrived at the scene and took her aw

China imposes restriction on Reting Monastery festival

The Chinese authorities in Phenpo Lhundup County have imposed restrictions on the celebration of Reting Monastery’s Phaphong Thangkor festival, a religious ceremony which happens every 12 years in the seventh

Totally retired, no connection with political responsibilities: Dalai Lama

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has reiterated his position of being “totally retired” from politics. In a brief interview published August 21, 2015 with Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, an affiliate o

Tibetan Settlement Office re-awarded contract to clean McLeod

The decision of not renewing the Tibetan Settlement Office's contract of cleaning McLeod Ganj area by Municipal Council of Dharamshala (MCD) has backfired with residents complaining of unattended and stinking

Tibetan NGO on a roll with ‘Clean Water Project’

Around 11000 residents of McLeod Ganj have attributed a renewed importance to ‘drinking water’ as a priced commodity owing to the excess urbanization of the area without balancing counter measures and the co

Preparation for mining operation in Zoege leaves Tibetans worried

Workers of a Chinese government’s mining division have forced their way near a hill considered sacred by local Tibetans of Dingwa township in Zoege County in Amdo Ngaba, Kanyag Tsering, a monk of Kirti monastery

Tibetans angered by 50 Cent’s use of self immolation image

The American R &B (rhythm and blues) artist Curtis James Jackson III alias 50 Cent has angered several Tibetans and supporters by posting a picture of a Tibetan man who self immolated in March 2012, on his official Insta

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