‘Tibet wants autonomy, not independence’

Tibet’s first Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche has many responsibilities, though he is exile. Living in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh, he was elected in March 2001.

Take up Tibet’s cause, appeals manch

Leaders of the Tibetan Youth Congress and the Indo-Tibetan Sahyog Manch today exhorted elected representatives all over India to take up the issue of the freedom of Tibet in state Assemblies and Parliament.

Friends of Tibet: Uprising Day – March 10

Uprising Day is a significant day that commemorates the memory of 89,000 Tibetans who were killed in Lhasa in 1959. Today China’s continued occupation of Tibet, with the help of several hundred thousand troops

Tibetans ring in the year of water sheep

Hundreds of Tibetans, who had fled their Chinese occupied homeland more than four decades ago, today celebrated Losar (Lo means year and Sar stands for new), with traditional fervour and gaiety in the Darjeeling hills and neighbouring Sikkim.