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The third week prayers services for Jamphel Yeshi and second week prayer services for Dhondup Phuntsok were held today at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple in Dharamshala. Around five hundred local Tibetans and foreign tourists gathered

On the final day of its 10th General Body Meeting, the Tibetan Women’s Association elected its new executive members yesterday late in the evening. Tashi Dolma was unanimously elected as the new President of the association

The second Special Meeting of Tibetans will be held in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala from September 25-28. Details of the meeting were announced at a press conference today

Speaking at the Tibetan Transit School near Dharamshala earlier today, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche urged the students to turn their “home sickness, worries, and sadness” into strength through hard work and dedication.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that the People Republic of China’s “totalitarian, blind, unrealistic” policies in Tibet are responsible for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet.

Following the unprecedented security measures taken against Tibetans in New Delhi, the Delhi High Court has granted permission for a petition to be filed, ensuring that such incidents are not repeated in the future.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his exile residence of Dharamshala yesterday afternoon for a visit to Hawaii,San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago in the United States of America and Ottawa in Canada.

In a first initiative of its kind, the Central Tibetan Administration launched the Tibet Corps, a project offering Tibetan professionals and university students an opportunity to serve the exile community through a voluntary service programme.

Former Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche today expressed “alarm” at the self-immolations in Tibet but said that until China commits to address the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people, it was not possible to discourage these acts of sacrifice.

A group of Tibetan youths from the Tibetan settlement of Doeguling, Mundgod in the south Indian state of Karnataka launched a bike rally earlier today in solidarity with the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet.