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Around 300 monks sat down on the streets for a prayer protest in eastern Tibet after they were barred by Chinese authorities from paying their last respects to Dolkar Tso, Wednesday afternoon. Dolkar Tso, mother of a 5-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son, set herself on fire

Commemorating his first year in office as the elected head of the Tibetan people, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay and his cabinet colleagues today led a day-long busy schedule, meeting the public, the press, and the staff members of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Lobsang Tsultrim, the 21-year-old Kirti Monastery monk, who set himself on fire in an apparent protest against China’s occupation of Tibet on August 6, has passed away. Reports coming out of the region confirm that the young monk breathed his last at around mid-night that very day.

On the eve of completing his first year in office as the elected head of the Tibetan people, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay issued a letter reflecting on some of the progress the present Kashag has made under his leadership.

The Tibetan who self-immolated yesterday in Ngaba, eastern Tibet has been identified as 21-year-old Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk at the Kirti Monastery. The exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala said Lobsang Tsultrim set himself on fire at around 5.05 pm (local time) yesterday.

Latest reports coming out of Tibet indicate that a Tibetan woman set herself on fire today in an apparent protests against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Tibetan media outlets are identifying the Tibetan woman as Dolkar, around 26 years of age. She is believed to have succumbed to her injuries.

The long-drawn discussions on the full ordination of Buddhists nuns as per the Mulasarvastivadin school of monastic codes received a major boost with the commencement of a high-level scholarly committee today.

There are reports of yet another self-immolation protest in Tibet as the fiery wave continues to burn across the Tibetan plateau. Various sources in exile are confirming today’s self-immolation protest by a Tibetan in the beleaguered Ngaba region of eastern Tibet.

A 22-year-old Tibetan girl is all set to walk a path which no Tibetan has ever taken before. Come August 11, Choeyang, will become the first ever Tibetan Olympiad. Born in Tsochang in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, Choeyang will debut at the London Olympics

With the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet threatening to spread all over the plateau, Chinese security personnel have come up with specially designed tools to take down and overpower the self-immolators.