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In reports coming out of Tibet, a self-immolation by a Tibetan layman earlier today in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, has triggered a mass demonstration resulting in the death of one woman due to bullet wounds. The self-immolation, the 16th since March last year, occurred at around 1.30 pm Tibet time in the distraught Ngaba region

In the single biggest arrest of Tibetans on Nepali soil, police on Thursday night arrested hundreds of Tibetans for “illegally entering” the country. The Tibetans were arrested on the outskirts of the capital Kathmandu near Thankot in four separate buses coming from India

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today returned to his exile home of Dharamshala, northern India after successfully concluding his 32nd Kalachakra teachings. Over 200,000 devotees attended the Kalachakra teachings held from January 1-10, in Bodh Gaya from 63 countries

China warned the United States against using religious incidents as a pretext to interfere in its “domestic affairs”, after Washington said it was “seriously concerned” over the alarming wave of self-immolations in Tibet.

The US government expressed its “serious concern” over the fiery episode of self-immolations in Tibet a day after 42-year old Sonam Wangyal became the third Tibetan in this year alone to die after setting himself on fire in eastern Tibet.

One of the hallmarks of the 32nd Kalachakra teachings has been the social service work rendered by volunteers of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence group in exile.

“Take my teachings as a ‘root’- go ahead and read books, analyze and practice the Buddha Dharma,” were the parting words as the Dalai Lama concluded his 32nd Kalachakra teachings in Bodh Gaya yesterday.

As the 32nd Kalachakra teachings came to an end today, Pema Khandu, Minister WRD and Tourism for Arunachal Pradesh and one of the Chief Patrons of the teachings said that he will try to take such initiatives in the future as well.

The death toll in the fiery wave of self-immolations in Tibet since March 2011 has risen to ten with the deaths of Tsultrim, Tenyi, and Norbu Damdul. Tsultrim and Tenyi, both around 20 years old, had set their bodies on fire on January 6

Just a day after two Tibetans set their bodies on fire in eastern Tibet, another Tibetan, a reincarnate lama set himself ablaze on January 8, Sunday. Sonam Wangyal (Sopa), a respected spiritual figure in his early forties from Golok