Google says China has renewed its license

The Internet giant Google said Friday that the Beijing government had renewed its license to operate a Web site in mainland China, ending months of tension after the company stopped censoring search results here

Indian Foreign secretary to visit Dharamsala: report

India’s Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is visiting Dharmasala, the exile hometown of the Dalai Lama and the base for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Saturday but it is not known if she will meet the Tibetan leader

Nalanda varsity revival, minus the Dalai Lama

Nalanda University will be revived but the Dalai Lama will have no association with the project to resurrect the ancient seat of Buddhist learning, an omission aimed at respecting China’s sensibilities

The Dalai Lama

His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 75, is respected by the Tibetan people as their temporal and spiritual leader. At age 2, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso

Modernising Tibet masks deep contradictions

The influx of Hans, however, is one of the great sources of tension in Tibet. Many Tibetans resent their presence, saying they do not bother to learn the language and dominate the region’s economy at the expense of the native

His Holiness’ 75th Birthday celebrated in Moscow

The 75th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan people, was celebrated on 6th July at Dom Kino (House of Cinema) in the center of Moscow, which has a capacity of 1000 seats. The

Canberra Celebrates His Holiness’s 75th Birthday

Australian Greens leader Senator Bob Brown and senior Liberal Party member Hon Peter Slipper MP were among the distinguished guests at a special function hosted by the Tibet Information Office (Canberra) and Tibetan Community of the