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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”

China is called the counterfeit capital of the world for no lame reasons. 85 per cent of all fake goods seized in Europe last year originated from China while the Arlington, VA based National Intellectual Property Rights Co-ordination Centre says

"People get up early morning to pray to their Gods but side by side involve in corruption. These two cannot go hand in hand. Faith without moral values is not faith," said His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Indian capital New Delhi today.

Over a score Tibetan youngsters from different regions of Tibet sent congratulatory messages to the newly elected Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay. The youngsters from various parts of Tibet celebrated Dr Sangay's inauguration by visiting monasteries