China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over meeting with Dalai Lama
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: China announced on Tuesday that it has suspended all engagement with Czech President Petr Pavel following his recent private meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on July 27 in Leh, Ladakh. Pavel’s trip marked the first time a sitting head of state visited India specifically […]
Abbot of Hortsang Kirti Monastery secretly detained, whereabouts unknown
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: Geshe Lharampa Kunchok Chodak, the abbot and teaching instructor at Hortsang Kirti Monastery in Sangchu County, Gansu Province, was reportedly forcibly taken away by Chinese security personnel in a night raid in December 2024, according to Dharamshala-based Tibetan-language broadcast Voice of Tibet (VoT). According to sources, county-level officials searched his […]
2026 Tibetan Presidential and Parliamentary electoral process to begin from October
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced that the electoral process for the 2026 Presidential and Tibetan Parliamentary elections will formally commence on October 1 with the appointment of two Additional Election Commissioners. In a press release issued Tuesday, the CEC announced that, under Article […]