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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”

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.