(TibetanReview.net, Jun06’20) – The Dalai Lama has on Jun 5 expressed confidence to live for more than 20 more years while presiding over a ceremony for generating bodhichitta (or altruistic mind) via live webcast from his Dharamshala residence Palace. The occasion was Saka Dawa, Tibet’s most sacred religious festival, marking […]

(TibetanReview.net, May15’20) – As tens of thousands of stranded Indians return to their homes in Himachal Pradesh with the state government’s permission and facilitation, the Central Tibetan Administration has on May 14 again called on Tibetan residents of Dharamsala in similar straitened situation to stay put rather than returning home […]

(TibetanReview.net, May03’20) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) is organizing a prayer service for those infected with the Chinese originated Covid-19 pandemic and has on May 2 invited bereaved families and others to provide names and other details for the purpose to its Department of Religion and Culture. “As over […]

(TibetanReview.net, May01’20) – Ahead of an announcement May 1 by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs to extend the current nationwide Covid-19 lockdown by two weeks, along with some relaxations for districts designated as orange and green zones, after May 3, the Central Tibetan Administration on Apr 30 called on Tibetans in […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar29’20) – The number of exile Tibetans known to have been infected by the Covid-19 global pandemic that broke out in China’s central city of Wuhan in late 2019 has now risen to six, with the Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) saying Mar 28 that two more […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar24’20) – A 69-year old Tibetan man named Tenzin Choephel (mentioned in some reports as Tenzin Chudan or Tenzin Choedhen), a resident of Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, has died on Mar 23, becoming the first Tibetan known to be infected by the China-exported Covid-19 global pandemic, and the first person […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar23’20) – The Covid-19 global pandemic has not reached the Tibetan community in Dharamshala yet, although two residents of its district of Kangra have tested positive in preliminary tests after returning from trips to Singapore and Dubai. However, following lockdown measures announced by the government of India as well […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar17’20) – The 16th Tibetan Parliament in Exile began and concluded its 9th session Mar 16 by adopting the budget of the Central Tibetan Administration for the financial year Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 and passing resolutions of mourning and solidarity. The brevity of the session was necessitated by […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan21’20) – Four motorbikes belonging to Tibetan residents were seen set on fire in the intervening night of Jan 19-20 as police investigate to find out who the arsonists might be. Two motorbikes belonging to Tibetan residents were said to have been set on fire a few nights earlier […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct06’19) – The Third Special General Meeting of exile Tibetans called by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamsala, which opened on Oct 3, has concluded on Oct 5 by rejecting communist China’s claim of having an imperially inherited right to appoint the next Dalai Lama. The final authority […]