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His Holiness the Dalai Lama being received by Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of J&K, as the state guest, at Srinagar airport on July 12, 2012. The Dalai Lama, on his third visit to the state capital, will meet Tibetan Muslims in the city and give a public talk.(Photo/OHHDL.Tenzin Choejor)

Exactly 50 years after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, China is repaving the Xinjiang-Tibet national highway, which runs through the disputed Aksai Chin region in north India.China laid control over Aksai Chin following the short border war

The south India leg of the “Flame of Truth” relay, initiated by the Tibetan parliament in “solidarity with the courageous and selfless acts” of Tibetans inside Tibet, reached the Indian metropolitan city of Chennai

A British male, with ‘Free Tibet’ written in large letters on his back and carrying a fake torch, ran naked across the front of the London Olympic torch convoy as it travelled through Henley.

After marching on the road for almost 50 days, renowned Tibetan singer Loten Namling “temporarily” ended his coffin march with a ‘Free Tibet’ concert in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Sunday.

All Tibetan schools currently being managed by the Indian government will be soon handed over to the Central Tibetan Administration. At present, the Central Tibetan Schools Administration, a body under the HRD ministry, set up in 1961

The Tibetan man who set himself on fire on July 7 has now been identified as Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old nomad from Damshung, central Tibet. “Tsewang Dorjee raised slogans and set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government,”

As part of a major transfer and hiring process, 68 civil servants at the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration were recently promoted, with many of them being transferred.

There are reports coming in of yet another self-immolation in Tibet by a young Tibetan male in an apparent protest against China’s rule. Phayul has learned that the self-immolation protest took place in the Damshung region of central Tibet on July 7

China on Sunday started work on a multi-billion dollar tourism project in Lhasa, the restive capital city of Tibet. The announcement came even as the region is facing a ban on foreign visitors, the second in the year