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Sherab Tsedor, the young Tibetan activist, who has been carrying out a blindfolded rally across India, last week reached the Indian metropolitan city of Kolkata.

The 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile is scheduled to meet for its 4th session in September, days before the earlier announced Special Meeting of the Tibetans in Dharamshala.

After years of debate and careful deliberation, Tibetan Buddhist nuns are finally set to receive Geshema degrees (equivalent of a PHD in Buddhist Philosophy). The historical decision was arrived at a high-level meeting in Dharamshala.

A district court in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has cleared the name of 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje from a charge sheet filed in connection with the recovery of currency case last year.

Chen Guangcheng’s arrival in the United States over the weekend has drawn mixed reactions from Tibetans in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala. “As an activist, it would have been better if he had decided to stay back in China,”

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began his second term in office on Sunday calling upon Beijing to improve its human rights record, treat dissidents fairly and open up its political process to greater popular participation.

To mark the countdown to the 100th Anniversary of the historic 1913 ‘Tibetan Proclamation of Independence,’ a re-creation of the Proclamation will be unveiled in Dharamshala on Wednesday.

The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration has sent out a message of caution on the security of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, urging all concerned people to remain “vigilant and alert.”

After walking for eight days on Nepali soil and covering hundreds of kilometers, the Kathmandu police finally detained the lone Tibetan marcher today in the morning.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is currently in Europe on a five-nation tour, met two of his fellow Nobel Peace Laureates this week in the European cultural city of Maribor.