Tibet news
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Buddhist Nuns to Offer Dalai Lama’s Long Life Prayer
Buddhist nuns belonging to all the five different sects of Tibetan religious composition, i.e., the four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism and the Yungdrung Bon will offer a long life prayer to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The long life ceremony will be attended by His Holiness at Dharamsala.
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Gas Explosions Planted in Building Occupied by Tibetans in Dharamshala
According to the Tibetan reports, gas explosions were planted in two apartments of a building occupied by Tibetans in Dharamshala on late Friday. A plot to explode the building with domestic cooking gas cylinders was recovered right in time and informed to the police by the building residents.
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UPSC Announce Post for Tibetan Translator at Ministry of Defence
According to the latest announcement from the Union Public Service Commission, Government of India, a permanent post for the Tibetan translator is available at the Ministry of Defence. The announcement came along with three posts of Assistant Director Safety at Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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Monk Proposes Self Immolation Over Politics in Tibetan Exile
A Tibetan refugee monk from South India has proposed of self immolation over the rising dirty politics in the Tibetan exile community according to a press briefing on Friday morning. The monk explained three factors relating to the Tibetan exile community that lead to his intention to self immolate for the greater cause of Tibetan…
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China Expels 3 Tibetans with Valid Visas After 8 Hours Detainment at Airport
Three foreign based Tibetans holding valid visas on their foreign passports were expelled after eight hours of detainment at the airport blocking their entry to the country for meeting their relatives. The Tibetans were intensively questioned and searched by the officials at the airport before expelling them from the country.
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Despite No Details, China Says Jokhang Fire not Arson
While the Tibetans were celebrating the second day of their new year on February 17, the holiest icon of Tibetan Buddhism, Jokhang Temple was involved in a tragic fire incident. After almost a week’s time, the Chinese officials have informed through their official mouth piece Xinhua that the Jokhang fire in Lhasa was not a…
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Contrary to Authorities, Jokhang Shows Signs of Fire Damage
Though the Chinese authorities issued confirmation that the Jokhang temple was unaffected by the fire incident in the temple premises on last Saturday, on the second day of Tibetan New Year, Jokhang showed signs of fire damage after it was reopened for public, three days following the incident.
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Tibet’s Jokhang Temple in Lhasa Safe from Fire Incident
Following the reports of a fire incident which claimed that the holiest temple of Tibetan Buddhists, the Jokhang Temple involved in the accident, the Central Tibetan Administration clarified that the temple is safe and the fire incident was not at the Jokhang temple as being claimed. Witnesses started to share their experiences of the fire…
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Major Fire Broke out at Sacred Jokhang Temple in Lhasa
In the latest trending news out breaks, the most sacred Tibetan Buddhist temple, Jokhang in Lhasa caught a major fire incident on Saturday evening. The incident was heavily reported by witnesses on the social media, which according to reports, the fire broke out in a side hall of the temple, which in a slight relief…
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Guide on Police Order to Surrender RCs of Tibetans with Voter ID
According to a police order from the office of Superintendent of police (SP), Kangra district, Tibetans in the district were told to surrender their Refugee Certificates if they have obtained the Indian voter IDs from the Elections Commission as it poses some security complications, according to the office.