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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

A well-known Chinese dissident and democracy activist has said that the desire to negotiate with the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is very much in the heart of Chinese leaders, but the Beijing government is unable to talk

Dhargey, the young Tibetan man who set himself on fire in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital on May 27, is feared to have succumbed to his injuries. According to reports, Dhargey, 25, who set himself on fire in a twin self-immolation protest along with Dorjee Tseten

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanked people all over the world, especially his “fellow countrymen and women” inside Tibet, for their prayers and wishes on his 77th birthday.

The Tibetan “Flame of Truth” relay began its six-month long campaign journey from three different corners of India on July 6, coinciding with the 77th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Karma Yeshi, the former vice- president of the Tibetan Youth Congress, announced the commencement of the 'Flame of Truth', a peaceful demonstration demanding autonomy for Tibet in Kochi.