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Karnataka: The land lease agreement of the Kollegal Tibetan settlement was signed on 5 December between the Deputy Commissioner & District Magistrate of Chamarajanagar Distt Ms. B.B. Cauvery. More

Dharamshala: A senior CTA delegation comprised of Kaydor Aukatsang, Chief Resilience Officer and Dr Kunchok Tsundue, Chief Planning Officer, completed a highly successful tour to promote and raise capital for Gangjong Development Finance (TibFin) from Tibetan communities residing in Switzerland & Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands from 15 November-2 December 2019. More

  St Petersburg, RUSSIA: The International Conference on “Education and socialization in the modern socio-cultural environment” was held at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia in Saint-Petersburg from 28–29 November. More

The Department of Security of the Central Tibetan Administration is pleased to announce that the registration for obtaining Teaching Pass to attend teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Bodh Gaya will be made online. Those who are planning to attend the Bodh Gaya teaching from 2-6 January 2020 will be able to register online from 10 December 2019 at www.dalailamateaching.com. More

Canada: Representative of North America Office of Tibet, Ngodup Tsering led an extensive interaction with Tibetan youth at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre during his visit to Canada earlier today. Representative talked about the importance of preserving Tibetan culture and language in upholding the Tibetan identity. More

Dharamshala: Buddhists of the Himalayan region during a sideline conference voiced their favour to support the three-point resolutions passed by the 14th Religious conference held recently in Dharmashala. More

Hague: Tibetan Parliamentary delegation led by Parliamentarian Tsering Lhamo along with Parliamentarians Geshe Lharampa Gowo Lobsang Phende, Kunga Sotop, and Lobsang Dakpa met with Members of Parliament, officials, and members of Tibetan communities in the Netherlands from 21-24 November, thus completing the official Tibet advocacy campaigns in France, Belgium, and the Netherland. More

Taiwan: Led by the Office of Tibet, Taiwan, members of Tibetan community in Taiwan and Tibetan NGOs observed a prayer service to mourn the demise of latest self-immolator Yonten who set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule of Tibet and its hardline policies against the Tibetans on 26 November. This is the first known self-immolation by a Tibetan this year. More

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave audience to two groups of students at his residence Monday morning. One was a group of seven, with accompanying staff, from Earlham College, Indiana, USA, who have spent three months studying at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies — Sarah. More

Dharamshala: Over the years, the Chinese government has implemented a total crackdown on Tibetan self-immolation protests, labelling the protests as an “act of terrorism” and criminalizing family members of the self-immolators who were reprimanded with arrests and heavy sentences. More

Toronto: Canada-based Chinese organizations issued a joint statement issued protesting against the Chinese Communist Party's interference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation at an outreach event organised by the Office of Tibet, Washington DC. More

Dharamshala: The Public Service Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration today began one-month induction training for 25 newly recruited staff of Central Tibetan Administration. More

Mundgod: Kalon Sonam Topgyal Khorlatsang, Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration began his first leg of tour to the southern Tibetan settlements from Mundgod Doeguling Tibetan settlement. On arrival at the Hubli airport on 27 November, Chophel Thupten, Chief Representative Officer, Bangalore and Lhakpa Tsering, TSO Mundgod accorded a warm welcome reception. More

Bern: Expansion of trade relations by heightening its surveillance, China poses new challenges to International order said Kelsang Gyaltsen, former envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in a panel session jointly organized by Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Association and Society for Threatened Peoples, in Bern, Switzerland, on Thursday, 28 November. More

Geneva: The Twelfth Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues is being convened on 28 and 29 November 2019 at UN Building also known as Palace of Nations (Palais des Nations) in Geneva. This year, the theme of the Forum is "Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities. More

Dharamshala: A long time Tibet supporter from Nagpur, Shri Sandesh Meshram embarked  on his 4th cycle-rally campaign to spread the message of ‘Free Tibet-Save India’ starting from the exile abode of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala to Mundgod, Hubli in south India, covering a distance of approx. 7500 km and 12 Indian states in three and a half month. More

November 28, 2019, Toronto, Canada: Representative of the Office of Tibet, Washington D.C., Ngodup Tsering called upon the leaders of Ontario, Canada to support human rights in Tibet. Representative took the opportunity to present the present dire situation of Tibet. More

Dharamshala: Led by the heads of the various traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and native Tibetan Bon tradition, the religious congregation of 115 reincarnate lamas, eminent Buddhist scholars and representatives of all major Tibetan Buddhist institutes in exile including 17 nun scholars and Buddhist masters from the Himalayan region—attending the 14th Tibetan Religious Conference—collectively in More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama presided over the valedictory session of the 14th Tibetan Religious Conference today as the key-honoured guest. More

The supreme Dharma Raja of the three realms, the refuge of all beings including gods of the heavenly realm, His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama, I reverently offer my homage to you through the body, speech, and mind. More