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The first-ever rail link between the largely secluded region of Tibet and the rest of China would become operational on July 1. Observers feel that the $3 billion Qinghai-Tibet rail project would change the face of Tibet both

A Film weekend dedicated to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the people of Tibet was organized by Les Amis du Tibet in co-operation with the Bureau du Tibet.

China on Saturday lashed out against a US report critical of Beijing’s policies on religious freedom, calling the assessment irresponsible and harmful to relations between the two countries.

Unconfirmed reports say that 21 people were feared dead and 2 critically injured as the bus they were travelling in plunged into Kichu river near Lhasa on April 21. An old Tibetan woman and the driver of the bus survived the plunge but were said to be

The schedule has been set for the first five trains to Tibet via the new Qinghai-Tibet railway which will begin trial operations on July 1, an official with the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company said Friday.

A leading human rights organisation yesterday urged UN Members to reject China's candidature when the body's General Assembly elects the first 47 members of the new

A documentary on the life of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of the Dalai Lama, will be aired by public television channels in the US beginning Sunday.

At a press conference that took exactly twelve minutes, held by the Election Commission of the Exiled-Tibetan Government here today, the two nominees for the post of Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) was announced.

Chinese scientists have warned a 2.5-million-square-kilometre ozone hole may be forming over the Tibetan plateau, state media reported today.

A Long Island politician who describes himself as a "quality of life guy" on his Web site filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Google search engine company is profiting from child pornography.