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Visva-Bharati University has played host to many a foreign dignitary in the past. But its choice of celebrity to inaugurate the golden jubilee celebrations of the department of Indo-Tibetan studies has raised more than a passing interest.

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A report by the American Embassy in China acknowledges the possibility that the construction of the the Golmud-Lhasa railway could have a "big impact on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Tibet Autonomous Region"

The capital of fashion world will witness a large gathering of people for a musical concert featuring various artists including monks from Gyuto monastery on October 14.

Tsering Kyi the sole contestant in the second Miss Tibet pageant is declared the unopposed winner of the second Miss Tibet pageant at TIPA on Thursday night. (Photo by Prem Sood)

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, appealed to the West not to embrace Buddhism as a mere cultural fashion. Under questioning by reporters, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama and exiled head of the Tibetan state

The Tibetan Government in exile here today welcomed the decision of the Chinese leadership to accept Sikkim as a part of India as was evident from the changes made in the website where Sikkim was deleted from the list of independent countries.

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, greets supporters after finishing his talk on 'Secular Ethics' at Madrid's Eurobuilding Hotel October 8, 2003. This was the Dalai Lama´s first stop in Madrid on the start of a two-day visit to the Spanish capital which is scheduled to include conferences and meetings at various private institutions as well as a visit to the European Parliament in Madrid. (REUTERS/Susana Vera)

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday "cultural genocide" was taking place in his homeland, with a wave of ethnic Chinese migrants making Tibetans a minority in their own region.

One hundred and six Canadian Members of Parliament, out of a total strength of 300, have signed a petition to Prime Minister Jean Chretien urging Canada to use its "special relationship with China"