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Samdhong Rinpoche(AFP/File)

The exiled Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche called on India to help resolve the Tibetan issue. "A process of dialogue is going on between our government (the Dalai Lama's exiled Tibetan government) and the Chinese leadership," Rinpoche said Sunday.

Adam Horovitz with the U.S. band The Beastie Boys performs during 10th Tibetan Freedom Concert, Sunday, April 20, 2003, in Taipei, Taiwan. The concert was organized by the Milarepa Fund founded by the Beastie Boys in 1994 to promote non-violence and youth activism. Photo by Jerome Favre

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today trained its guns on the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of "offering" Tibet to China "on a platter" and charging that the action had made the Communist nation a "direct threat" to India.

Fernandes: Critic of China's Tibet policy

A factory making hydroelectric equipment in China's northern Qinghai province has used a Tibetan political prisoner as forced labor, the London-based Tibet Information Network (TIN) said Saturday.

The DPP says it fully supports the Cabinet's decision to abolish laws governing Mongolian affairs, saying that recognizing Mongolia as an independent state will help strengthen ties between the two countries.

TIN has received confirmation regarding the first known political imprisonment in the large Hydroelectric Equipment Plant west of Xining in Qinghai province (traditionally known as Amdo by Tibetans).

Tibetan refugees stop for rest, after crossing a mountain pass on the Nepal-Tibet border.

Nepalese authorities yesterday handed down jail sentences to 18 Tibetan refugees apprehended by police on April 15th. The group now in prison includes 10 teenagers. Officials in Nepal's Home Ministry have indicated their intention to deport the group of refugees back to Chinese authorities in Tibet.