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Tibetan govt-in-exile celebrates 86th anniversary of Dalai Lama's enthronementThe Central Tibetan Administration held a ceremony in McLeodganj to mark 86 years since the 14th Dalai Lama's enthronement. Nobel laureate ...
Sudha Murty gives a shout-out to this 17th-century royal palace in Ladakh. How to reach the Leh Palace?Leh Palace in Ladakh, once home to the Namgyal dynasty, attracts visitors. Sudha Murty recently spotlighted the 17th-century palace. King S...
From Gedun Drupa to Tenzin Gyatso: The 14th Dalai Lama and his 13 predecessorsAs the current Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, the article explores the lives of his predecessors, tracing their births, recogniti...
The Dalai Lama: Tibet's spiritual leader, bane of BeijingTenzin Gyatso, who describes himself as a "simple Buddhist monk", became the face of the Tibetan cause as he crisscrossed the globe, mixing...
WHO: Covid 19 deaths fall overall by 9%, infections stableThe U.N. health agency said there were more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in the last week and nearly 7 million new infections. The Western P...
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes maiden visit to Tibetan town bordering Arunachal PradeshHe is perhaps the first Chinese leader to visit the town at the India-China border. Xi's politically significant visit was kept under wraps...
Illustrated biography with 400 never-before-seen photographs of Dalai Lama to hit stands soonThe book also features a personal message by the spiritual leader.
- Tibet's Potala Palace undergoes repair
People, not China, will decide fate of my office: Dalai LamaIn a speech to tens of thousands of his followers on Saturday in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang — the second-highest seat of Tibetan Buddhism —...
China showcases 50 years of its hold on Tibet with big paradeChina today marked 50 years of Tibet's amalgamation with the Communist giant, holding a grand parade in Lhasa showcasing its grip on the st...
China passes bill to protect Dalai Lama's Potala PalaceThe statute has clear articles on the administration, planning and protection of the structure to preserve its integrity and surroundings o...
Tibet launches general survey of classics collectionsTibet has launched a general survey to identify ancient book collections in order to better preserve Tibetan-language classics.
The Himalayan Blunder: Tawang's age-old connect with Tibet & ChinaChina's claim over Arunachal Pradesh seem to be premised on historical links that Tibet has had with Tawang, the famous Buddhist monastery ...
- Ladakh's spectacular natural beauty is an exotic destination for once-in-a-lifetime experience
Being the largest city of Ladakh, Leh enjoys the maximum tourism. It not links one of the sleepy hamlets and valleys of the district.
- Tibet cuts ticket prices to boost tourism
Tibet is cutting admission fees to key attractions in an effort to boost tourism to the region after riots in March led to a dramatic drop ...
- Olympic torch to make stop in Tibetan capital, 3 months after rioting rocked city
The Olympic torch made its way into Tibet's isolated capital on Friday, as a Chinese official announced additional sentences handed down ov...
- China says Tibet to be reopened soon for foreign tourists
Tibet would reopen to foreign tourists in the "near future", an official said over a month after the Himalayan region was sealed to quell t...
- Tourism in Tibet registers 11.5 pc rise despite riots
The booming tourism in Tibet has been hit by the recent anti-China riots but it has still registered an 11.5 per cent rise in the first qua...
- China allows some foreign reporters into Tibet on strictly controlled tour after violence
The helmeted police with batons who check identification papers in the old quarter of the Tibetan capital show a city under lockdown despit...
- In the Lama's land
The chants of faith mingle with the noise of commerce in Lhasa today.