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When he turned 19 six days ago, they organised a little celebration in Dharamsala for Ogyen Thinley Dorjee. But this wasn’t the way he wanted it. Three birthdays had come and gone and he, the 17th Gyalwapa Karmapa who had the backing of the Dalai Lama

A meeting of China experts and activists in New Delhi on Wednesday slammed India for accepting a part of Tibet as autonomous Chinese territory, calling it a failure of India's foreign policy.

China has not met its commitments to address human rights concerns, which were made in December talks with the United States, the State Department said. "During much of 2002, we saw incremental, but unprecedented steps in the right

There is no comparison between the Tibet and Jammu and Kashmir issues, India said on Monday, rejecting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's suggestion that New Delhi should show flexibility on the Kashmir issue as done in the case of Tibet during PM Vajpayee's recent China visit.

Kyemtong Dance: All set to take on the stage

The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), the exile-based institute which has been entrusted with the responsibility of keeping the age-old tradition of Tibetan opera and music alive, celebrated its 44th year of existence on 30 June.

Kashmiri opposition leader Omar Abdullah(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

Indian Kashmir's main opposition leader, sharing a rare podium with separatists, charged that New Delhi had "sold" the Tibetan and Palestinian causes and that this did not bode well for Kashmiris.

Tibetan Reception Center in Nepal

The 19 Tibetans detained near the Nepal-Tibet border on June 24, 2003 have arrived in Kathmandu on July 1 and were handed over to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office, it is learnt.