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For the second time in two months, Ugyen Palden, a Tibetan and a resident of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), has been apprehended by Sikkim Police while he was trying to seek refuge in India.

The Dalai Lama's visit to UB, originally scheduled for Sept. 21-23, has been rescheduled for Sept. 18-20 in order to accommodate His Holiness's commitment to make an appearance elsewhere.

Sixty-three-year-old Pama Tibetan has been suffering from paralysis for the last six years. But that does not stop him from travelling all the way from Mysore to Bhadrak, every winter, to sell warm clothes.

China lashed out at an international human rights group for its routinely dim assessments on Thursday, but also said it had room to improve citizens' rights.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the Chinese authorities are conducting re-education campaign in Tibet centered on opposition to the Dalai Lama.

On her visit to the Kalachakra at Amaravathi, Kavitha Sreekumar found that the release of the Panchen Lama was the most important priority for many.

A new report on the state of human rights in 10 Asian Nations by the Asian Human Rights Commission argues that the absence of the rule of law in Asia "in varying degrees obstructs the realisation of human rights".

The 10-day-long global congregation of Buddhist monks in Amravati in Andhra Pradesh has concluded. Around 100,000 monks, spiritual leaders and tourists from across the world attended the "Kalchakra" or "Wheel of Time" ceremony, which ended on Monday.

The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration declared a final list of nominees, which comprised of at least twice the number of allocated seats for every constituency

Spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists Dalai Lama on Monday called for "unity and closeness" among the religions in the world. All religions underline love, compassion, humanity and moral values and the variety