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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his exile hometown of Dharamshala yesterday for a prolonged visit to the south Indian state of Karnataka, home to some of the largest Tibetan refugee settlements. The Dalai Lama arrived in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe today

The most coveted football tournament in the exile Tibetan community is all set to begin from July 21 in Rabgyaling Tibetan Settlement, Hunsur in south India. The Gyalyum Chemo Memorial Gold Cup football tournament this year will see 22 teams from three countries competing for the highest Tibetan honours of the beautiful game

The Chinese government has strongly denied reports of any relaxation in their decades old policy in Tibet of a blanket ban on the display of portraits of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, has expressed his gratitude to US Senators for their support in the inclusion of a Tibetan provision in the immigration bill, which passed by the Senate on Thursday.

Monks at the Gaden monastery in Tibet’s capital Lhasa have been informed that they can now display picture of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to London based Free Tibet.

The US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke is currently on a rare official visit to Tibet where he met with local officials and raised concerns over the human rights situation in the region. This is the first visit by an American ambassador to central Tibet since 2010. Nolan Barkhouse, Press Spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, told Phayul that Ambassador Locke will be in Tibet till June 28.

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, the Dharamshala based rights group, today held a conference here to commemorate International Day in Support of Torture Victims and to remember those who have suffered torture under the Chinese government.

A three-day conference on how to better understand oneself and the nature of human beings from the four different perspectives of Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan astrology and astronomy, and modern science began here today.

Beijing appointed top Tibetan leader Padma Choling has welcomed Tibetans living outside Tibet to return to their homes and settle down, asserting that the doors to Tibet were “always open” for them. His statements follow the first meeting of the ‘Federation of Returned Overseas Compatriots’ in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on June 8.

Days before the world marks International Day in Support of Torture Victims, a major coalition of non-governmental organisations fighting against torture has asked for urgent intervention in the case of disappearance of two Tibetan singers. The Geneva based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has expressed grave concern