Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet (Kalon Tripa), said the International Campaign for Tibet-Deutschland (ICT-D) has a role in increasing the interest of the German public and government on the issue of Tibet.
Chinese engineers have broken ground for constructing Asia's most difficult rail bridge situated over 4,000 metres above sea level in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, the state media reported on Saturday.
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has said one should not be confined to monastic rituals, but should educate himself in such a manner that he is able to serve people at large. While developing education
Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (bottom) were the first to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest. A new biography (top) profiles Tenzing's journey through life. (Photograph copyright Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS,
Cover Art courtesy Royal Geographical Society)
In a new biography, Tenzing: Hero of Everest, recently issued by National Geographic Books, author Ed Douglas profiles the life of Tenzing Norgay. Together with Edmund Hillary, the climber became the first human to stand atop the world's highest mountain.
India was mending fences with China as well as Pakistan before the visit by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to South Asia this week. Given close ties and reports of nuclear and missile cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing
Even as a senior Chinese official warned Tibet against a possible onslaught by the Sars epidemic, the first infra-red fever detector has been installed at the Gongga International Airport in Lhasa in an effort to contain the
A pro-Tibet campaigner has parachuted off Nelson's Column in central London. Professional stuntman Gary Connery was one of four protesters who climbed unharnessed up the 56 metre (185ft) monument in Trafalgar Square at 0500 BST on Friday
