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The month of February brought the entire Tibetan world on social media, basking in the victory of a young Tibetan woman who rose to become the President of the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Student's Union. More

Dharamshala: President Dr Lobsang Sangay on Thursday greeted Sakya Tibetan Society Puruwala and their patron, Kyabje Sakya Gongma Rinpoche on the occasion of their 50th founding anniversary. The golden jubilee celebration was marked with full fervour and gaiety at the Sakya Thubten Namgyal Ling Institute. The celebration will extend for two days. More

Paonta Sahib: CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay visited Sambhota Tibetan school in Paonta Sahib on the evening of 20 February. Around 240 students and teacher were present at the talk. School Principal Sonam Palkyi read out brief annual report and welcome Dr Lobsang Sangay. Dr Sangay urged the students to study hard and have perseverance in whatever they pursue. More

-Report filed by OoT, Brussel- Brussel: Office of Tibet, Brussels, organised a Tibet event at the University of Saint-Louis, Brussels, yesterday. The student's group of Kotinental hosted the event. The University also hosted the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2016 while inaugurating the 7th International Tibet Support Groups’ meeting. The event had two components. More

Kollegal: A delegation led by Kalon Sonam Topgyal Khorlatsang, Department of Home, CTA on Wednesday visited a private enterprise called Micro fab engineers to discuss machines for expeller of Jhotropha plants for extraction of bio fuels and later met with proprietor of Essar Engineers K. Rajarathinam. More

Paonta Sahib: CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay spoke at Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib on 20 February. Around 100 people including Paonta Tibetan Settlement Officer and representative of settlement, faculties, and students were present at the talk. He was accompanied by Director Gaurav Gupta and Principal Rajan Gupta on the dais. More

Dharamshala: Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile meets Shri Virender Kashyap, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and Dr. Rajeev Bindal, Speaker of Himachal Vidhan Sabha on 20 February at Kala Amb, Himachal Pradesh. Speaker was accompanied by Finance Kalon Karma Yeshi. They greeted each other and discussed matters related to the Tibet issue. More

Dharamshala: The US President Donald Trump signed the ‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019’ on Friday, 15 February which sanctioned the fiscal year 2019 funding for several government departments through September 30, 2019. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is giving five-day teachings in Dharamshala on Bhaviveka's text ‘Essence of the Middle Way' (Tib: དབུ་མ་སྙིང་པོ་), beginning today.  The teaching session being held at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple was attended by more than 7000 devotees from 54 countries and counting. More

Dharamshala: President Dr Lobsang Sangay of Central Tibetan Administration is scheduled to attend the official ceremony of Golden Jubilee celebration of Sakya Tibetan Society Puruwala on Thursday, 21 February. President Sangay will give a talk at Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta. He will return to Dharamshala on 22 February. More

Dharamshala: Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney on behalf of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile will attend the golden jubilee celebration of Puruwala, Sakya Tibetan Settlement as a special guest. Speaker will attend the ceremony on 21 and 22 February. He will return to Dharamshala on 24 February. More

Dharamshala: Marking the festival of Chotrul Duchen, one of the four major Buddhist holidays observed by Tibetan Buddhists on the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan month, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave teachings on the Jataka Tales, the Eight Verses of Mind Training and the Praise to the 17 Nalanda masters. More

Chotrul Duschen [Tib: Cho 'phrul smon lam chen mo], the Great Prayer Festival of Tibet falls in the first lunar month of Tibetan calendar just after Tibetan Losar - New Year festivities. It was once observed with great religious fervour by the Tibetans in Tibet every year. More

Dharamshala: Encouraging more women to assume leadership roles is not only good for the women lot but according to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this could also benefit the entire world. Women at the helm of power could secure a more peaceful, compassionate future for the 7 billion human beings, says the Tibetan spiritual leader. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA An alarming report recently published in The Print, revealed at least three new gulags under construction in Tibet through satellite imagery. The term gulag is generally used to refer to the Soviet-era forced labor camps which China calls “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) also known as laojiao. More

Norwich, Connecticut: The President of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr Lobsang Sangay met with the Tibetan community of Norwich after his address at the Yale University. Also present at the event was Michael Passero, Mayor of New London, Kate Schramm, Director of Historical Society, Robert Farwell, Director of Otis and Bassem Gayed, Multicultural Services Coordinator of Otis. More

On Monday Morning, a group of 45 Americans led by Deepak Chopra, an acclaimed Indian-American author, public speaker, and celebrity doctor met His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his official residence in Mcleod Ganj nestled in the pine trees hilly station in Dev Bhoomi (Himachal Pradesh). Prior to this meeting, Deepak Chopra a motivational speaker with 1. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture of Central Tibetan Administration sanctioned Rs 2.5 Lakh to support relief and reconstruction efforts at Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery. The Tibetan monastery situated in Kais village of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh caught fire on Wednesday, 13 February. No casualty has been reported. More

Connecticut: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration, Dr Lobsang Sangay, who is on an official visit to the United State, addressed on the issue of Tibet at the Pierson College of Yale upon the invitation of the Yale Political Union yesterday. More

Rhode Island: CTA President Dr. Lobsang Sangay visited the University of Rhode Island at the invitation of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies. President Sangay was greeted by Dr. Paul Bueno de Mesquita (Ph.D.), Head of the Center and the President of the University, Dr. David M. Dooley. More