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Beginning today, over 100 students from various Tibetan schools in India belonging to class 10 are attending a week-long workshop on the evolution of Tibetan democracy and issues facing Tibet.

Time has been held back in a small room of the Khampagar monastery in the Tashi Jong area, 18 km from Palampur. Not being able to reconcile to the death of 84-year-old Tibetan meditation master, Yogi Amtrin, his students have taken on themselves the challenging task of preserving his body.

China’s “economic boom” must not be taken by the rest of the world as genuine and respectable because hidden behind the Great Wall of China lies a human rights crisis, including overwhelming

The Parliament expressed it's deep concern on the health condition of the five arrested monks and urged the Chinese leadership to an immediate release and to continue the dialogue with the representatives of His Holiness

The new Justice Commissioner Ngawang Phegyal took the oath of office from His Holiness the Dalai Lama today. He succeeds Lobsang Khedup who resigned in June this

In a statement on behalf of Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, released on December 15, 2005 Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission

In addition to thin air and sub-zero temperatures, climbers scaling Mount Everest face another challenge. Mountains in the Tibetan plateau where Everest is located contains levels of ozone as high as that of heavily polluted cities.

When His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visited South Africa in November 2004, the Tibet Society of SA (TSSA) co-ordinated a two-day event in Durban during which the Dalai Lama gave teachings on aspects of the Buddhist philosophy. As is the practice of the TSSA Committee in

Nepal based young Tibetan modern artist Chungpo Tsering is perhaps one of the few Tibetan youngsters who pursue a career in modern art and who has an art gallery of his own. His latest exhibition of paintings was opened in

"As a criminal conceals his wounds from the world that he suffered at the hands of policeman from the fear that the cause of the incidence may get revealed.