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The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has written letters to top Indian leaders urging for a “heightened level of protection” to ensure the personal safety of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa.

The exile Tibetan administration has rejected comments made by Yu Zhengsheng, number four in the ruling Chinese Communist party's hierarchy, that the Middle-Way Approach proposed by the Dalai Lama seeking genuine autonomy for Tibet is “completely opposite” to China’s constitution.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)

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