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Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, met with Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna of the flood ravaged state of Uttrakhand in the state capital Dehradun on Wednesday. He conveyed “sympathy and support” on behalf of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The exile Tibetan parliament has condemned the recent Chinese police firing on unarmed Tibetans offering prayers for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawu region of eastern Tibet, in which at least eight Tibetans received serious gun shot wounds.

Even as high-level delegates from India and China exchanged visits following the military stand-off between the two countries in April, Indian army has reported another incursion by Chinese troops in the Chumar sector in Jammu and Kashmir.

China’s leading official in charge of religious groups and ethnic minorities has called for an “absolute fight” against the Dalai Lama while stating that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader’s demands for genuine autonomy for Tibet “directly conflicts” with China’s constitution. Yu Zhengsheng, number four in the ruling Communist party's hierarchy

In a move aimed at further tightening the noose around Tibetan religious institutions, the Chinese government has implemented a new regulation that gives Beijing the authority to approve the appointment of Buddhist religious instructors in Tibetan monasteries and nunneries.

Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Penpa Tsering, who is currently on an official visit to Italy, attended an international conference on ‘Scenarios and perspectives for the future of Tibet’ in Turin on July 5. The conference, organised by the Regional Council of Piemonte in collaboration with the Tibetan community in Italy

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has expressed his deep sadness over the “senseless violence” in the sacred town of Bodhgaya and said the best response to the attacks is to uphold Lord Buddha’s teachings on love and ahimsa. On Sunday morning, several bombs exploded inside the Mahabodhi Temple

A Tibetan monk is in critical condition and several others, including a brother of a self-immolator, have been severely injured after Chinese security forces opened fire and used tear gas to disperse a crowd gathered to mark the 78th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tawu region of eastern Tibet.

Chinese authorities have detained a young Tibetan monk after he disrupted a major Chinese official celebration in eastern Tibet by shouting slogans calling for Tibetan freedom. Lobsang Gendun, 20, staged a lone peaceful protest disrupting official celebrations marking the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of China

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that today’s terror attacks on the Mahabodhi Temple and other sites in Bodhgaya could be an act of a few individuals and shouldn’t be considered serious. He called the attacks “very sad” while noting that it could be an act of a “few individuals”