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Nepal has recently banned traders from Tibet from entering its territory in the Solu Khumbu region to conduct commerce and trade, in contravention to a decade-old agreement of free cross-border movement, according to some Nepalese and Tibetan businessmen from the region.

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Kalimpong and Darjeeling are close to my heart and I feel honoured to be in the town: with these words, the Dalai Lama’s took his seat on the shudi (a throne specially built for him) at St Joseph’s College (North Point) ground.

On the eve of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s first visit to North America, and marking one year since China sentenced prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche to death, Tibetans and Tibet support groups worldwide launched an intensified campaign for his release.

The Dalai Lama’s six-day visit to the hills is quickly filling up the coffers of the residents of Singamari, where the spiritual leader will deliver his discourses.

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Thousands thronged the streets of the town today to welcome the Nobel laureate, Dalai Lama, who is visiting Darjeeling after a decade. The milling crowd, which lined the streets of Kurseong, Sonada and Ghoom waiting to pay obeisance to the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists

Free Tibet Campaign activists wearing Chinese Army uniforms and face masks bearing the image of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche highlight the case of this prominent Tibetan religious leader, who has been sentenced to death, with a protest at the Chinese Embassy in London. (All photos copyright Nick Cobbing/Free Tibet Campaign)

Free Tibet Campaign today participated in a global campaign push to save the life of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan religious leader. Tenzin Deleg remains under sentence of death in the Tibetan region of Kham despite

A concert at the royal academy of performing arts (RAPA) featured a Tibetan musician and singer from Switzerland, Loten Namling. The concert received a house full attendance from both Bhutanese as well as Tibetans living here.