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The apex Tibetan sports body, Tibetan National Sports Association (TNSA), welcomed Cassie Childers’ personal initiatives to promote Tibetan girls football during a announcement of the Second Women’s Football Tournament at Hotel Tibet in Dharamshala.

The annual Yarkyi festival of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) was lauded by the President of the exile Tibetan government who said the institute continues to be the bedrock in preserving the unique Tibetan performing traditions.

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has sent his condolences and made donation to the relief efforts for the tragedy as the death toll caused by incessant rain and flooding in Sri Lanka rises and rescue efforts are underway.

Sixteen global rights and advocacy groups called on the European Union (EU) to raise human rights issues ‘privately and publically’ with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is scheduled to visit the EU-China Summit in Brussels on June 1 and 2.

Ngonpa House wins this year's song and drama competition between the two houses - Gyallu and Ngonpa - of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts. Dharamsala.

In response to China’s objections against the US Congressional Delegation to Dharamshala, Representative Eliot Engel said that it was ‘negative and narrow minded’ and called for more openness on China’s side.

DHARAMSHALA, MAY 30: The familiar hum over one of McLeod Ganj town’s most exciting and home grown events is abuzz again; this year, the number of ‘Miss Tibet” participants has risen to nine. On the spacious balcony of the pageant Director’s studio apartment, the nine beautiful Tibetan women, some dangling in their nerves while others in their form, spoke of their intentions and why must they, win the coveted crown.

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that we must think of oneness of entire humanity and oneness of world during an interactive session with Emory University students at his private residence in Dharamshala.

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) today held a peaceful rally in Delhi participated by over two hundred Tibetans which culminated at the UN compound where coffins of 150 self-immolators were laid and visibly frustrated activists urged actions from the world body.

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama while conferring Avalokiteshvara Empowerment (Chenresig Jigten Wang) said the main purpose is to discipline and gain control of our mind. The Dalai Lama further advised devotees to reduce negative emotions to attain happiness.