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His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia August 16 at the invitation of the Estonian Institute of Buddhism and the Riigikogu Tibet Support Group (Estonian Parliamentary group for Tibet).

The issue of next Dalai Lama will be discussed during a planned meeting of Tibetan religious heads in September, said the Dalai Lama at a press conference in Toulouse, France, last Saturday. "About my reincarnation, only the Dalai Lama has the authority to decide and no one else

The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply saddened by the death of Tsewang Norbu who died because he had set himself on fire to draw the international community's attention to the worsening crisis in Tibet.

Tsewang Norbu, a 29-year old Tibetan monk from Nyitso monastery in Kham Kardze, eastern Tibet died today after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet. At around 12.30 Tibetan local time, Tsewang Norbu started raising slogans at the Chume Bridge in the centre of Tawu, Kardze

Tibetans along with local Indians and foreigners celebrated India's 65th Independence Day in Dharamshala earlier today. The chief guest, Ajay Singh Mankotia, president of the Dharamshala based Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society and Tenzin Tsundue,

His Holiness the Dalai Lama said he has been impressed with Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay's views on education, praising his policy to generate 10,000 professionally trained Tibetans within the next decade.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Toulouse from Geneva at around 1600 hrs, August 12. He was welcomed at the airport by Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and spiritual directors and members of the Organising Committee, Toulouse 2011

The upcoming Kalachakra initiations in Bodh Gaya by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is expected to draw two hundred thousand devotees from different countries including 10,000 Buddhists from the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, early this morning. The visit’s main program is to inaugurate and consecrate the newly constructed Tibetan Buddhist Centre - Sherdurb Choekorling at Mont Saléve, France tomorrow morning.

Pakistan deported five ethnic Uyghur immigrants back to China on Tuesday amidst fear that they will face harsh punishment upon return. The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that five “Chinese citizens” who were “blindfolded and handcuffed”