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Dharamshala: The Federation of Tibetan Co-operatives in India (FTCI) organises three-day 19th annual conference of 15 Tibetan cooperatives in Dharamshala. The inaugural ceremony of the conference was held today at T-Building, CTA in Gangchen Kyishong. The inaugural event was presided by the heads of the three pillars of democratic Tibetan administration in exile. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Education is yet again thrilled to announce that a Tibetan student named Tenzin Bhuti from Christ University, Bangalore has been awarded the 'Best Outgoing Student' of the year 2019. The whole family of Department of Education applauds and congratulates her for the spectacular achievement. This is yet another proud moment for the Department of Education. More

Dharamshala: Speaker of 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Mr. Pema Jungney offered condolence on behalf of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile to the son of Hon. Babulal Gaur former Chief Minister and Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh upon his demise on 21 August. In the letter Hon. More

Delhi: Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk of the Department of Health and the department's senior officials visited John Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO) based in Okhla, New Delhi on 21 August 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to understand more about the program implementation of JHPIEGO and future collaboration between the Health Department and JHPIEGO. More

Dharamshala: Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk of Department of Health, CTA will leave for an official tour to New York, Washington DC, and North California to meet with the staff and members of various US offices and organisations on Wednesday. Kalon will be particularly attending the 18th North America Tibetan Association (NATA) conference during the visit. More

Shimla: The Chief Representative officer of Shimla greeted the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh Honourable Shri Kalraj Mishra at the Raj Bhawan on 21 August. More

Dharamshala: Honourable Shivraj Singh Chouhan, National Vice President of BJP, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and the current member of the legislative assembly of the State today paid a courtesy call on the President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay at the Kashag Secretariat in Dharamshala. More

Washington DC: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC in partnership with Emory University organised the second workshop on 'Secular Ethics and Youth Leadership'. Menri Trizin Rinpoche Geshe Dawa Dhargye, the spiritual head of the Bon tradition blessed the closing ceremony with his benign presence. More

Dharamshala: The first Tibetan Buddhist elected Chair of the Bipartisan United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Dr Tenzin Dorjee on Monday greeted the staff of Central Tibetan Administration at a special talk on International Religious Freedom and Communication. Organized by the Tibet Policy Institute, the expert talk was held at the T-building of Central Tibetan Secretariat. More

Dharamshala: Ven. Karma Gelek Yuthok, Kalon for the Department of Religion and Culture of Central Tibetan Administration left Dharamsala Monday morning for an official visit to Ladakh. During the official tour from 19 to 31 August, Kalon is expected to visit Tibetan Monastic institutions in Ladakh and meet various heads of Tibetan organizations. More

Dharamshala: The much-celebrated Five Fifty Youth Forum of the Central Tibetan Administration concluded on a high note today. More

Manali: His Holiness the Dalai Lama concluded his teachings in Manali on Sunday with a short discourse on the Eight Verses for Training the Mind and gave the transmission of the mantras of the Buddha, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Arya Tara. More

Manali: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave the empowerment of Mahakarunika Lokeshvara, the Great Compassionate Lord of the World to over 8000 devotees gathered at the teaching ground in Manali. In his introductory remarks, His Holiness said, “This empowerment comes from the collection known as the Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama. More

Dharamshala: Hundreds of Tibetan youth in diaspora gathered to discuss and voice their opinions to advance the cause of Tibet at one of CTA's most celebrated forum, the Second Five-Fifty Youth Forum envisaged by President Dr Lobsang Sangay of Central Tibetan Administration. The forum convened with the third plenary session at Hotel Devdar resort near Norbulingka Institute. More

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration once again opened up its platform for young, bright minds from across the globe to voice their concerns, share their ideas, and discuss on challenges and opportunities concerning Tibet's future. More

Dharamshala: Speaker Pema Jungney of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile met and addressed the participants of Second ‘Five-Fifty Youth Forum: Shaping Tibet’s Future’ convened by the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of Central Tibetan Administration from 16-19 August 2019 at Parliament hall earlier today. More

  -Filed by UN, EU & Human Rights Desk, DIIR  Three monks from Tibet's Amdo Ngaba region, incorporated into the Chinese province of Sichuan, have disappeared after they were arrested by Chinese authorities in separate incidents. More

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration under the leadership of Dr Lobsang Sangay congratulated India on the occasion of its 73rd Independence Day and expressed hope that India's 'achhe din'(good days) will definitely take place. More

Kullu, Manali: His Holiness the Dalai Lama began day two teaching of Nagarjuna's "Commentary on the Awakening Mind" today at Manali. His Holiness called Nagarjuna the second Buddha. His Holiness further remarked that the evidence of master Nagarjuna's scholarship of Buddhism is very much visible from his writing. More

Brussels, Belgium: Today Representative Tashi Phuntsok and his colleagues Thutop Namgyal, Secretary and Genkhang Rigzin, Advocacy Officer, met with Wilfried Vandaele, President of Flemish Parliament. After May’s election, in the unsettled Belgian political system, Vandaele is the interim President of the Flemish Parliament. More