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More than a month after Chinese security personnel opened indiscriminate fire at a crowd of unarmed Tibetans in Drango, eastern Tibet, mass arrests of Tibetans in the region are being reported.

There has been a major secretary level reshuffle in the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration. This is the first major restructuring at the highest administrative level since Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay took oath of office

Lending support to the demands of the three Tibetans who have been on an indefinite fast since February 22 in New York, Tibetans and supporters in Dharamshala took out a candle light protest

Tibet support groups in India have announced plans to intensify Tibet awareness campaigns in the northeastern states of India with an aim to “unite the people of the region to form a strong pressure group against the Chinese 'domination' of Tibet”.

Member countries at the ongoing 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have raised the current situation in Tibet. Maria Otero, US Under Secretary of State today expressed the US Government’s "grave concern" at the current situation in Tibet.

Calls for more stringent measures in Tibet are echoing from the power corridors of Beijing, days ahead of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress which meets Monday.

Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay was yesterday awarded the Gold Medal of the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse by the Auditor of the Society, Ms Ursula Ni Choill.

H.E. the Ninth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Dorjee Chang Jampel Namdrol Choekyi Gyaltsen, the spiritual head of the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual head of Mongolia, passed away earlier today in Mongolia. He was 80.

The three Tibetan school students, who have been pedalling across the length of India, covering major cities and towns for the last forty five days, concluded their ‘Cycle Rally for Tibet’ in New Delhi.

Tibetan students in the Indian capital stormed the venue of an ongoing meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna earlier today.