Tibetan Settlement
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COVID-19 cases On the Surge in Bylakuppe
On Sunday, Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar, who is also in charge of the Mysuru district, assessed the situation in the Hunsur and Periyapatana taluks, expressing concern about the rise in COVID-19 cases in Periyapatana and Bylakuppe. There is an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe as a…
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Tibetan settlement Bylakuppe remains unaffected from COVID 2.0
Despite a spike in COVID-19 cases across the world, the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka, located on the border of the Mysuru and Kodagu districts, has escaped the virus thanks to the strict steps taken by monastic leaders. After news of the COVID-19 outbreak began to trickle in from India, the settlement has been closed…
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Monastery Area in MT Sealed As a Woman Tests COVID-19 Positive
In a discovery during delivery, an Indian woman tested positive for COVID-19 and her contact points to Majnu Ka Tilla or MT. The woman who was shifted to a near by hospital following complications during her delivery and she tested Coronavirus positive there. As a result, the parts of the Tibetan colony is now sealed…
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Tibetan Monk Brutally Attacked and Looted at Home in South India
A Tibetan monk who lives in a secluded house in a camp of Tibetan Refugees in Mundgod was on Saturday night brutally attacked by a gang of robbers and looted of huge amount of cash and important belongings. The monk living at his house has sustained injuries from attacks by thieves armed with swords and…
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CTA Calls for Aid to Restore Rs. 300 Lacs Loss Due to Cyclone in Tibetan Settlement in Odisha
A representative from the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala following a visit to the Tibetan settlement in Odisha made a joint assessment of the damage caused by Cyclone Titli that affected the region on October 10. According to the assessment report, the CTA has called for an aid of Rs. 300 Lacs to restore the…
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Tibetans Warned of Dangerous Immigration Rackets
While the Tibetan refugee community is a struggle for identity and opportunity to seek a decent livelihood, migrating to the more developed countries like US, Canada and Europe came as answers. However, Tibetans have been on many occasion got trapped in the network of immigration rackets and the Tibetan administration has also warned against the…
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Clash Between Tibetans and Locals in HP Village Sataun
In an ugly incident on late Monday night, a violent clash between Tibetans and the local Indians took place in the village named Sataun in Himachal Pradesh according to the updates circulating from local reports. The scuffle between the Tibetan refugees and the local Indians indicate regional disharmony and police warned gripping tension there.