Tibetan parliament unanimously passes resolution honouring the Dalai Lama
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 12: The 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, during the second day of its 2025 general session, unanimously passed a five-point official resolution expressing profound gratitude to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The resolution was introduced by Parliamentarian Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten and supported by Parliamentarian Geshe Atong Rinchen Gyaltsen. The resolution expressed […]
US tech giants enabled China’s surveillance of Tibetans and Uyghurs: AP report
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Sep 12: A new investigation has revealed that leading American technology companies played a pivotal role in building China’s surveillance state, supplying billions of dollars’ worth of equipment and software later used in mass repression of Tibetans and Uyghurs. The Associated Press (AP) investigation drew on leaked emails, confidential documents, Chinese-language marketing materials, […]
Maiden Tibetan Youth Festival unites young Tibetans in Dharamshala
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 12: The first-ever Tibetan Youth Festival, held as part of the Global Youth Tenshug, is underway at Upper TCV, Dharamshala, and will run until September 13. The three-day gathering has drawn young Tibetans from around the world under the theme Damtsik – Pledge, Drelam – Dialogue, Gahzom – Gathering and Celebration, to foster […]
Global Tibetan youth offer long-life prayer to Dalai Lama in Dharamshala
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 10: In a historic first, the revered Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was offered a Long Life Prayer by Tibetan youth along with Lhokha Cultural & Welfare Association and Namgyal Institute Ithaca on Wednesday morning at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala. The ceremonial long-life prayer, traditionally led […]
Progress on human rights of Uyghurs and Tibetans “has yet to materialise”: UN Human Rights Chief
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Sep. 10: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has raised fresh concerns about the situation in Tibet, warning that meaningful progress on protecting the rights of Tibetans in Tibet remains absent despite years of international engagement with China during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in […]
Dalai Lama sends prayers, relief assistance to monsoon-hit Himachal state
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Sep 9: Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and extensive destruction caused by this year’s unusually heavy monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh. In a letter to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, the Tibetan spiritual leader conveyed his heartfelt condolences […]
Short films by young Tibetans to screen at Tibet Film Festival in Dharamshala and Zurich
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 9: The 13th edition of the Tibet Film Festival (TFF) is set to commence in Dharamshala from September 11 to 12 at Upper Tibetan Children’s Village School coinciding with the Tibetan Youth Festival. Parallel to this, the 16th TFF Zurich will run from September 12 to 14. The highlight of this […]
Team Tibet’s Climate Cup 2025 run ends in semi-finals
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Sep 8: The Tibetan National Men’s Football Team delivered one of its most spirited campaigns at the 3rd Climate Cup Football Tournament 2025, held at the Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Astro Turf Open Stadium in Spituk, Ladakh. Though their journey ended in the semi-finals against Rajasthan United FC, Team Tibet’s run captured the imagination […]
CTA President urges legal compliance and self-reliance to Tibetan Chamber of Commerce
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 8: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Penpa Tsering urged Tibetan institutions and enterprises to uphold legal compliance and strengthen self-reliance at the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Tibetan Chamber of Commerce (TCC), held on Monday at the Tibetan Community Hall in Dharamshala. The meeting, attended by over […]
Former CTA Minister Tsering Dhondup passes away at 65 in Dharamshala
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 8: Former Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Tsering Dhondup Yangdhar, passed away at his residence in Dharamshala on the morning of September 7, following a prolonged illness. He was 65. The late minister, who held the Finance portfolio in both the 13th (2007–2011) and 14th (2011–2016) Kashag (Cabinet), also […]