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His Holiness the Dalai Lama will return back to his exile home of Dharamshala in north India at the end of this month. The 76-year old Tibetan leader is currently in New Delhi, recuperating from a minor eye surgery.

In reports coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan was killed and several others seriously injured in police firings in eastern Tibet earlier today. This is the third bloody incident this week when unarmed Tibetan demonstrators have been fired upon by Chinese security personnel.

In his first official statement on the recent killings of Tibetans in Tibet, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay urged Tibetans and Tibet supporters all over the world to take part in a global vigil on Wednesday, February 8.

Tibetans in Dharamshala held a candle light protest yesterday evening calling for international help to end the bloodshed in Tibet, even as reports of additional military build up in Tibetan areas are coming in.

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) held a solidarity prayer service for the many Tibetans who have died due to Chinese police firings over the last two days in Tibet.

Angered by the indiscriminate police firings on unarmed Tibetans in eastern Tibet over the last two days, the US government on Tuesday renewed its call for an end to the critical situation inside Tibet.

Speaking at French Senate, or the upper house Mr. Jean Francois Humbert passionately spoke about the grave situation inside Tibet, urging France and EU members to take a stronger stance on Tibet

Tibetans in the exile seat of Dharamshala, north India carried out a candle light vigil to protest police firing over the last two days in Tibet which has left at least 11 dead. In two separate incidents, hundreds of Tibetans took out demonstrations calling for the return of the Dalai Lama

In news just in, at least five Tibetans have died in police firings in Serthar, eastern Tibet today. The incidence occurred earlier today when a large crowd of Tibetans gathered in the central town of Serthar and started raising slogans calling for Tibet’s independence.

The three Tibetan school students, with a mission to pedal through India demanding an international monitoring team to be allowed inside Tibet, are expected to reach Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka state in south India later today.