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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today left his exile home of Dharamshala for a fortnight’s visit to Europe to give a series of teachings and public talks in England, Scotland and Italy.

In a national human rights “protection” plan aimed for the next three years, China has sent a clear message to its 1.3 billion citizens that they have a “long way to go” before “fully enjoying” their basic human rights.

The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has set July 31 as the last date for voluntary participants to apply for the upcoming Second Special Meeting of Tibetans to be held in September.

Minor but frequent earthquakes have been jolting the Pakshoe region in eastern Tibet for nearly a year now, prompting the locals to blame China’s unchecked mining in the region.

At the conclusion of the All India Tibet Support Groups Conference, organisers today said that Indian supporters will hold a massive rally for Tibet in New Delhi in commemoration of 2013 as the “Year of Tibetan Independence.”

Multiple award-winning Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden has won the “Best Narrative Feature” for his movie “Old Dog” (Khyi rgan) at the Brooklyn Film Festival which concluded yesterday.

Speaking to a group of over 150 Indian supporters from all over India, including members of the Indian parliament and former civil servants, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay said success for Tibet would mean India’s success as well.

In a first of its kind campaign for Tibet, over 200 students from TCV School, Upper Dharamshala today took part in a ‘Pekhor,’ a religious march, in a show of solidarity and support with Tibetans inside Tibet.

In an open call for solidarity with Tibet, an international group of parliamentarians today called upon lawmakers all over the world to observe June 20 as “Parliamentary Solidarity Day for Tibet.”

Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai yesterday paid a “courtesy visit” to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the latter’s exile residence in Dharamshala. Chimme Rinzin Choekyapa, secretary of the Dalai Lama told Phayul