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China has reportedly threatened to take away all pandas loaned to a zoo in Vienna over “mistake” committed by Austrian leaders of meeting with the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama more than a year ago. According to reports the Chinese government has threatened to take Schönbrunn Zoo’s panda’s away

China’s representative at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council session termed a mass students’ protest in the Chabcha region of eastern Tibet last year, in which many students were hospitalised, as an “illegal” act requiring prior permission according to Chinese law. China’s statement

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday left his exile hometown of Dharamshala for a fortnight’s visit to New Zealand and Australia to give a series of teachings and public talks. The 77-year old Tibetan leader is scheduled to begin his engagements with a teaching

On the eve of presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping’s maiden presidential level summit, leaders of a US Congress commission have called on the Obama Administration to embark on a fresh and bold approach to improving conditions in Tibet. The Congressmen made their remarks at a June 5 hearing on "Human rights in Tibet"

Prominent Indian and Tibetan educationists from across India and North America are gathered in Dharamshala for a two-day meeting to provide guidance on improving the education standard of the exile Tibetan community. The first Education Advisory Committee Meeting of Tibetan schools

A mass prayer service was held in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala today in honour of Tenzin Sherab, who set himself ablaze in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet on May 27. The prayer service was organised by the Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration

Tibetan Women’s Association, the largest women’s group in the exile Tibetan community, today observed World Environment Day on the theme “Think. Eat. Save.” This year’s theme ‘Think. Eat. Save’ is a global anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages the reduction of ‘food print.’

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has no immediate plans of visiting Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region under the People’s Republic of China, according to a senior official at his Private Office. Quelling recent speculations, Ngapa Tsegyam, Secretary at the Dalai Lama’s Private Office

One of India’s best known celebrity hair stylist, Jawed Habib today inaugurated a hair styling training course for Tibetan youths at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, near Dharamshala. The hairdressing course offered by the Tibetan Career Centre, an undertaking of the Department of Home

In continuing crackdown on “crimes” related to the self-immolation protests in Tibet, two monks have been sentenced to three years in prison for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator Wangchen Norbu who passed away in his fiery protest last November. According to reports, the two monks, Tsundue, 27 and Gedun Tsultrim