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Sonthar Gyal, a Tibetan debutant director has won the prestigious18th annual Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the ongoing Vancouver International Film Festival for his road film The Sun Beaten Path.

In individually written letters, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated the three joint winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

A group of 13 Tibetan college students were arrested earlier today for trying to enter the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. The seven girls and six boys were carrying Tibetan national flags

Following the tragic incidents of self immolations in Tibet and a benumbed unresponsiveness from the exile Tibetan administration, a global coalition of Tibetans and supporters are planning a mass mobilisation at Chinese embassies across the world on Wednesday November 2.

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama wished his fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu a “very happy birthday” in a 6 minute video message. "Very, very dear elder spiritual brother and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Tutu," began the Dalai Lama with folded hands.

Reacting to reports of two more self immolations by teenaged Tibetans in eastern Tibet earlier today, a group of visiting UK Member of Parliaments said that they felt and shared the “terrible pain” of the Tibetans in taking the decision to self immolate.

Reports coming out of Tibet confirm that two more Tibetans set themselves on fire today in an apparent anti-China protest. One is feared dead while the other is being described in serious condition.

Coinciding with the gathering of over a million devotees in the largest central Indian city of Nagpur, Indian friends and supporters of Tibet took out a bike rally yesterday under the banner, “Free Tibet; Save India.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address the inaugural Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture on October 8 to wrap up the events to celebrate one of South Africa's best-loved personalities

The India Army Chief has become the latest among high ranking officials in the Indian security establishment to express concern over the growing Chinese military build-up across the Indian borders.