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The ban by the Nepalese authorities on celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6th was issued on orders from the Nepalese Home Ministry, according to a Tibetan official in Kathmandu, who added that the wide-reaching order had been confirmed on Saturday morning.

During the opening day: Mrs. Kesang Y. Takla (R) ,representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for northern Europe and Mr. Geoff Richards (L), The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation.

The Tibet Museum completed a successful two-week long tour of England recently. The exhibition tour titled 'A long look homeward-Beyond Borders" was sponsored by the London based The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and The Prince's Trust and

A very interesting panel discussion was organized jointly by TPPRC and ITCO, in the name of Core group for Tibetan Cause, at India Habitat Center, New Delhi on the 2nd July 2003 at 3 pm.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Rabi Ray has said that the euphoria over the recent talks between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Chinese counterpart is flawed on many counts.

The Tibetan Youth Congress has raised the banner of revolt against the Dalai Lama. The provocation being what the TYC sees as the exiled leader’s insufficient criticism of the recent Sino-Indian agreement on Tibet.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday inaugurated a four-day Buddhist festival in Leh town. The Nobel laureate had arrived in Buddhist-majority Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on June 13.

Vinoba during his Bhoodan movement

Dharamsala, July 4 - A Yatra (lit: Journey) called ‘Sarvodaya Sadhbhavna Yatra’ will begin on July 7, a day after His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrations. The Yatra will commence from the Tsuklakhang courtyard and end at Prasthan Ashram in Pathankot, a north Indian town in Punjab State.

A Tibetan medicine weekend will be held in the Ard Café, 15 Cross St from Friday July 4 to Sunday 6, with a documentary screening and consultations with a Tibetan qualified practitioner of Tibetan medicine.