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Followers of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism feel the controversy surrounding the Karmapa issue and the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim may have something to do with Indo-China relations.

China, which is seeking the reopening of the old trade route through Sikkim, a state whose accession to India in 1975 it still refuses to recognise, now says it is willing to allow the governments of Sikkim and Tibet to enter into a bilateral agreement for the purpose, an informed source in the Government of India told rediff.com on Saturday.

Chiru browsing on the Tibetan plateau (Photo by George Schaller courtesy TRAFFIC)

Wild animals on the Tibetan plateau that were illegally hunted to the brink of extinction just 10 years ago are beginning to recover, according to biologist Dr. George Schaller of the New York based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

China has yet again outdone itself in its legacy of terrorism against humanity—this time by forcefully deporting two weeks ago 18 Tibetans to Tibet from nearby Nepal, which otherwise was for these hopeful refugees their doorstep to the outside world, to freedom in exile.

Officials in western China and a well-connected Beijing firm are lobbying to build a new hydroelectric dam in an historically Tibetan area of Sichuan Province, despite concerns that it would harm the local environment, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has learned.

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After four decades in exile, another Tibetan life style may soon be available in the supermarkets and wine bars across Europe. Recently, a young Tibetan in Switzerland along with her husband started bottling Tibetan wine

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50 members of Delhi branch of Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, ( BTSM ) newly formed Delhi unit of Indian Tibet Supporters, organized an 8- hours sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi today.