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After spending 13 hours in police custody in the Indian capital, the exile Tibetan family on a peace march to Tibet, on Monday, were again on the road, around 40 kms out of New Delhi.

The Department of Health under the Central Tibetan Administration formally launched the Tibetan Medicare System here in Dharmashala, the exile seat of Tibet, Monday.

The death toll in the ongoing wave of self-immolations is rising, as one of the two Tibetan monks who set themselves on fire on March 30 in eastern Tibet, has been declared dead.

Dharamshala was tense with an overwhelming outpour of emotions yesterday as the casket, draped with the Tibetan National flag, carrying the body of Jamphel Yeshi entered the exile Tibetan headquarters

Even as news of Jamphel Yeshi's death began to spread around the world, another young Tibetan in the beleagured Ngaba region of Tibet passed away in a fiery protest on March 28.

The president of the largest Tibetan pro-independence group in exile, Tibetan Youth Congress, has been "banned entry" into India barely a few hours after Chinese President Hu Jintao was received with full state honours in New Delhi.

Jamphel Yeshi, 27 who set himself on fire on March 26 in an apparent protest against the continued Chinese occuation of Tibet breathed his last this morning.The doctors announced Jamphel Yeshi, clinically dead at 7:30 am(local time) today.

China arrested a popular Tibetan singer, Ugyen Tenzin after his album praising the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay went viral last month.

Tibetan activist are being randomly rounded up on “preventive measures” in the Indian Capital on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit. Tenzin Choekyi, General Secretary of Tibetan Youth Congress was arrested

Jamphel Yeshi continues to be in a critical condition, almost 24 hours after he set himself on fire in New Delhi at a massive gathering of Tibetans demanding international intervention in the crisis inside Tibet.