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To the big surprise of every one in Boudha, Kathmandu, just after the customary brief and peaceful official 10th march ceremony in Boudha, group of 11 young Tibetans waving Tibetan national flag and wearing Free Tibet T-shirts

The Dalai Lama today urged China to make clear indications of willingness to talk if it sees any positive outcome from the present contacts. Speaking at his government's official commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the 1959 national uprising, the Tibetan leader said that China must

The 47th commemoration of the national uprising of Tibet will be marked by various activities. Apart from the official function where His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kalon Tripa and ATPD Chairperson a musical concert

A Tibetan activist challenged Chinese authorities yesterday by unfurling a provocative banner opposite the Great Hall of the People at Tiananmen Square, where China’s parliament is currently in session.

Ming Zhaung is never without a place to sleep, food to eat, or ink for his brush. The Zen master of the Bailin Temple in Hebei Province is constantly cared for by his devotees - now more than 1,000 students, most of whom started attending his lectures last summer.

Bangri Chogtrul Rinpoche (also known as Jigme Tenzin Nyima), the founder and head-teacher of a children's school in Lhasa that was closed down by the authorities in 1999, has had his life sentence commuted to fixed term and reduced by one year

The works are in progress in the newly built main temple of Elista, capital city of the Russian Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia. Soon to be ready are the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and rooms for important guests

His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent a congratulatory letter to Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez for being elected the President of the Republic of Costa Rica.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered his condolence to the victims of the Varanasi blasts that took place yesterday evening at a railway station and a temple in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Wangpo Tethong (43), a Tibetan activist from Switzerland, today called upon the Chinese leadership meeting in Beijing at the National People's Congress, to seriously review their Tibet policies and to find and implement a sincere solution to the Tibet conflict.