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Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay’s native village Mola in Lithang, eastern Tibet is facing severe repression after Tibetans in the region refused to sign a letter condemning the elected Tibetan leader’s pledge of facilitating the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet.

Speaking to Phayul over phone, an official in the Press Section of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi today said that the XIth Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is in “mainland China along with his family.”

On his current visit to North America, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday addressed a gathering of over 100 Chinese students and scholars from colleges and universities

The Himachal Pradesh Government in a ruling today has decided to drop the name of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje from a charge sheet filed in connection with the recovery of currency case last year.

The discovery of a skeleton of an ancient three-toed horse from the Tibetan Plateau has opened new areas of study on the habitat and elevation of Tibet nearly 5 million years ago.

Details about a voice message recorded by Choephag Kyab and Sonam before their self-immolation protest have emerged in exile. The voice message, recorded in a cell phone, is reportedly being widely circulated in the Zamthang region of Ngaba,

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested a well-known Tibetan singer on suspected charges of singing songs calling for Tibet’s independence. Lo Lo, 29, was arrested on April 19 in Yushul region of eastern Tibet.

More than 2000 Tibetans carried out a mass protest in Kardze, eastern Tibet on April 15, according to information received by Phayul. The Tibetans were demanding the release of around 250 Tibetans who were arrested a day earlier

Dharamshala, the exile home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetans, observed the World Environment Day with rallies, mass cleanliness drives, and launch of new programmes to maintain cleanliness in the region Sunday

China’s so called ‘law abiding award,’ announced at a time when over 35 Tibetans have set themselves on fire protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet hasn’t gone down well with Tibetans.