Tibet news
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India Convinced To Lift Karmapa’s Travel Restrictions
It seems India is convinced to lift the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s travel restrictions imposed on him. The Home Ministry has proposed to lift the travel restrictions imposed upon the Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee to the Cabinet Committee on Security. The Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee based in Himachal Pradesh in India has been restricted to travel…
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President Dr. Lobsang Sangay Makes First Visit To New US Administration
President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr. Lobsang Sangay makes first visit to new US administration on Tuesday. The President on visiting the new US administration, talked about the issues concerning Tibet, Sina-Tibetan dialogue and the current situation inside Tibet.
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Dr. Lobsang Sangay Urges President Trump To Meet Dalai Lama
Dr. Lobsang Sangay urges President Trump to meet Dalai Lama in an article published in The Hill. The President of Central Tibetan Administration said that while the President Trump is reaching out to religious leaders across the world, he should also meet the Dalai Lama who is one of the most important religious leaders in…
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Sikkim Buddhists Demand Karmapa’s Early Visit Permission
Sikkim Buddhists demand Karmapa’s early visit permission to the state. A delegation of monks from various monasteries of Sikkim called on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to give early permission for Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee’s visit to the state as the Sikkim Buddhists consider him as the legitimate heir of the 16th Karmapa.
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Dalai Lama Successor Likely To Be Picked Soon
The President of Central Tibetan Administration, Dr. Lobsang Sangay said that the Dalai lama successor is likely to be picked sooner at the Ind0-Tibet Summit 2017 held in New Delhi recently. The statement strongly asserts to prove that the Chinese government has no say in the recognition of the successor for the Tibetan spiritual leader,…
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Joint Tibetan Rally Calls To Release Panchen Lama
Joint Tibetan rally in Dharamshala on Wednesday calls for the release of the Panchen Lama Gedun Choekyi Nyima. The largest Tibetan organisations organized a joint rally against China calling for the release of the 11th Panchen Lama who was captured by China at the age of six in 1995. The rally was led young Tibetans…
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CTA’s Fact Sheet Of Tibet’s Missing Panchen Lama
The following is CTA’s fact sheet about Tibet’s missing Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima. Central Tibetan Administration’s department of information and international relations (DIIR) published an article titled, Ten Facts About The Missing Panchen Lama on today. The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima is presently one of the longest serving political prisoners in the…
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Removed Pro-Tibet Placards Return To US University Campus
In an interesting turn of events, posters depicting the self-immolations at the Arts Quad of Cornell University have returned to the campus. A few days back unknown persons had removed the posters which depicted self-immolations in Tibet. Tenzin Dechen the president of Tibet Initiative at Cornell said that their voices of dissent could not be…
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Dalai Lama Joins Public Felicitation Of Eight US Politicians Visiting Dharamshala
His Holiness the Dalai Lama today joined the public felicitation of the high-level US Congressional delegation who are visiting the Indian town Dharamshala which is the seat of the Central Tibetan Administration in exile. The US congressional delegation led by the US House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi consisted of eight representatives from United States spent…
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Tibet’s Climate Change A Global challenge: Dr. Sangay
Climate Change in Tibet has become a topic for debate in recent times. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and most recently Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the President of Central Tibetan Administration have expressed their concerns about Tibet’s climate change. Speaking to a gathering at University of Otago, New Zealand, the Tibetan PM said that it is…