(TibetanReview.net, Sep16’20) – No pass or registration would be required to enter Himachal Pradesh, according to a decision taken by the Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sep 15, reported tribuneindia.com Sep 15. However, in view of the sharp increase in Covid cases and […]

(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, Jan17’19) – There have been Kalachakra for world peace teachings given by the Dalai Lama; but Kalachakra for tourism? Hoteliers and restaurateurs in Dharamsala, the hill town in Himachal Pradesh state of India, where the Dalai Lama has lived since 1960, have requested that a Kalachakra teaching be given […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct16, 2018) – Governor Acharya Devvrat of Himachal Pradesh state said on Oct 15 that India had a culture of “Atithi Devo Bhava” (The manu guest is equivalent to God, a code of conduct for Hindu society) and had never considered the people of Tibet living in the state […]

(TibetanReview.net, May08, 2018) – Chief Minister Mr Jai Ram Thakur of Himachal Pradesh has on May 6 expressed delight at the fact that Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had chosen the state of Himachal Pradesh as his second abode and referred to the latter’s special love for the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar01, 2018) – Two Tibetan youths were severely injured after they were attacked by some local youths at a small refugee settlement in Satuan Village of Sirmaur District in Himachal Pradesh state, India, on Feb 25. The immediate cause was stated to be the locals’ objection to the formers’ […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan10, 2018) – The head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, has on Jan 9 made a courtesy call on the newly elected Chief Minister Mr Jairan Thakur of Himachal Pradesh, joined by the CTA’s Finance Kalon (minister) Mr Karma Yeshi. The meeting, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov09, 2017) – Around 1,000 Tibetans in Dharamshala have registered to vote in the five-yearly Himachal Pradesh state Assembly and Government election this year, with the voting taking place on Nov 9,according to media reports. However, it was not clear how many will, or will be able, to vote, […]