India to allow Tibetan passport holders to revert to their ‘refugee’ status
(TibetanReview.net, Dec10, 2017) – A number of Tibetan “refugees” have applied to surrender their Indian passport in order not to lose their Central Tibetan...
Two Karmapas vow joint effort for one Shamarpa reincarnation, but China menace lurks
(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’23) – The two 17th Karmapa reincarnations, each recognized by different top lamas within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, have issued a...
China agreeable, Nepal aims for a billion pilgrims to Tibet’s Mt Kailash
(TibetanReview.net, Oct06’23) – Nepal plans to facilitate the travel of one billion pilgrims through its territory to the holy sites in western Tibet of...
400 million in India still vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, active Tibetan cases total 406
(TibetanReview.net, Jul21’21) – Fully a third of India’s population is still vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, according to the findings of the fourth seroprevalence study...
Tibetans to be left out in Nepal’s legal plan to register all refugees?
(TibetanReview.net, May03’23) – Nepal’s Department of National Identity Card and Civil Registration is for the first time considering registering the births, deaths and other...
UNESCO to present Tibetan Yak Dance as Chinese intangible cultural heritage
(TibetanReview.net, Apr10'19) – A California-based UNESCO-run body is bringing a group of six Tibetan youths from a village in China’s Sichuan Province under a...
Tibetan kickboxer wins Swiss world championship by knockout
(TibetanReview.net, Nov30, 2017) – A Tibetan fighter has won the Swiss Championship of a world kickboxing tournament held in Zurich recently, reported the Tibetan Service...
China demanding to approve Mongolia’s top religious figure?
(TibetanReview.net, Mar25’23) – The Dalai Lama’s recognition of the reincarnation of Mongolia’s top religious figure, the tenth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché, is reportedly being...
Kasur Tashi Wangdi (1947-2025)
(TibetanReview.net, May02’25) –Kasur Tashi Wangdi, one of the longest serving and most familiar faces in the senior rung of the Tibetan government in exile...
Nyingma Tibetan Buddhists select Dzogchen Rinpoche as new head
(TibetanReview.net, Jan17’19) – The heads of the principal monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism have on Jan 15 chosen the 7th Dzogchen...