Tibetan monk burns himself to death in eastern 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 celebrate India’s Independence Day

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,