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Tournament favourites Ghangjong FC, Shillong failed to hold on to their nerves in the fourth quarterfinal match of the 18th Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup Football tournament yesterday, losing out to Phakshing FC, Kathmandu.

In a major turn of events, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay has accepted the resignations of Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi G. Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama presenting Geshe Lhakdor, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives with a ‘Certificate of Respect and Appreciation’ on behalf of the Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia for his "extraordinary leadership and coordination." Under the Emory Tibet Science Initiative, a joint collaboration of the Library and the University, the first batch of Tibetan monks and nuns this year completed a first of its kind five-year course in maths, neuroscience, biology and physics. June 3, 2012 at Dharamshala, India. (Phayul photo/Geleck Palsang)

In a repeat of the first match of the 18th Gyalyum Chemo Gold Cup football tournament, Dhondupling FC (Clementown) took on Tashi Phalkhiel Sports Club (Pokhara) for the first quarterfinals in Dharamshala today.

Four months after torturing a Tibetan monk to death for his alleged role in a peaceful protest, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet recently revealed that the monk was no more.

Geshe Tse Ringpo was sworn in as a member of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile at a ceremony held at the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat yesterday in Dharamshala.

The identity of the second youth who set himself on fire on May 27 in Lhasa has now been confirmed. Dargye (Darjey), 25, set himself on fire along with another Tibetan, Tseten Dorjee, 19, in front of the Jokhang temple in Lhasa

Amidst growing concerns over the security of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay, tried to assuage public fear and asked Tibetans not worry about the Tibetan leader’s security.

Hundreds of Tibetans, including Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay and Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament Penpa Tsering attended a prayer service today held in honour of Tibetan martyrs who burned themselves in protest against the Chinese government in recent days

On the first day of the annual three-day teachings to Tibetan youths, His Holiness the Dalai Lama today urged an auditorium packed with students to focus on their studies and strive to become professionals.