Two additional Election Commissioners elected

Geshema Delek Wangmo (L) and Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen (R), newly elected additional election commissioners (Photo courtesy TPiE)

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, July 28: With the 2021 Tibetan general election on the horizon, two additional Election Commissioners have been elected to oversee election proceedings, on Tuesday by the standing Committee of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE). Geshema Delek Wangmo, teacher of Dolmaling Nunnery and Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen, former Tibetan Parliamentarian and senior Professor […]

Former political prisoner passes away at 79 in Dharamshala

Former political prisoner Tenzin Choedak in an undated photo (Facebook)

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 28: Former political prisoner, Ven. Tenzin Choedak, 79, passed away on Sunday morning at Delek Hospital in Dharamshala. He was born in Driru County, Nagchu prefecture in Eastern Tibet in 1941.  He was enrolled in the Rabten Monastery to become an ordained monk at the age of 10. After the […]