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China’s Mega Dam on Yarlung Tsangpo Threatens Tibet, Northeast India, and the Himalayas
Regardless of the long standing protests, concerns, and speculations, the People’s Republic of China has officially announced the beginning of the construction of the world’s largest mega dam at the bend of Yarlung Tsangpo in the eastern rim of...
Tibetan Singers Arrested for Honoring the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday in Song
In a stark reminder of the grim realities facing Tibetans under Chinese rule, two young Tibetan singers have been arrested and held incommunicado for performing a song honoring the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The...
Mongolia becoming “Testing Ground” for China’s control over Buddhist reincarnation, warns Dalai Lama envoy
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug: 1: Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the former head of Buddhists of the Republic of Kalmykia and the Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia, Mongolia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS countries), has issued a...
Belgian postage stamps honour Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday ‘Year of Compassion’
(TibetanReview.net, Aug01’25) – The postal service of the Kingdom of Belgium has issued a set of three postage stamps that commemorates the “Year of Compassion” dedicated by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in honour of His Holiness the 14th...
Lhasa meeting bids farewell to 10th, welcome 11th ‘Aid Tibet’ cadre batches tasked to Sinicize Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Aug01’25) – A meeting was held in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Jul 28 to see off China’s 10th batch of so-called “Aid Tibet” talented cadres and to welcome the 11th, with the programme’s agenda being to implement the...
Shimla Tibetan community donates ₹1.67 lakh to Mandi cloudburst relief efforts
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 1: The Tibetan community of Shimla, in a gesture of solidarity, has donated ₹1,67,250 to support relief and recovery efforts following the devastating cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district in the early...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Addresses Residents of Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement in Bhandara
Bhandara: As part of his ongoing official engagement in the Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement, Sikyong Penpa Tsering inspected the proposed site for a new community hall on 31 July 2025 and held a series of meetings with members of the...
SBK Singh is new Delhi top cop; Arora bids force adieu
Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh is currently serving as the director general of Home Guards in Delhi. Sanjay Arora retired from service on Thursday
Tibet in the 59th UN Human Rights Council: the Dalai Lama’s succession, religious freedom and hydropower
July 31, 2025 Geneva/Berlin, 29 July 2025 – The 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC59) was held from 16 June to 9 July was marked by urgent discussions on intensifying global crises, including armed...
8 stunning hill stations in India for the Independence Day long weekend
Independence Day this year falls on a Friday, which means long weekend for working professionals. If you are looking for a short escape from the daily grind to a quieter and cooler place, head for the hills. Here are...
Sacred Piprahwa relics linked to Buddha returned to India following auction
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 31: A rare collection of sacred jewels linked to Buddha’s mortal remains has returned to India after 127 years, following diplomatic pressure, legal threats, and global condemnation of a planned auction by Sotheby’s. Known as the...
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam: A gamble, assimilation tool, strategic weapon, and development project
(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’25) – China’s $167 billion mega-dam in Tibet is more than anything else a tool to assimilate Tibet through economic integration and infrastructure dominance, reinforced by its potential to revive the country’s ailing economy and as a weapon...
Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Attends Closing of Summer Cultural Immersion Programme at TIPA
Dharamshala: Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang attended the closing ceremony of the cultural immersion summer course at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) as the Chief Guest on 31 July 2025. The month-long program, which began on 1...
Two Tibetan men jailed for Dalai Lama tribute as China deepens religious repression
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetan men, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, for performing a cover of a song in honor of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, in yet another instance of cultural suppression in...
Shimla Tibetans Donate ₹1.67 Lakh for Mandi Cloudburst Victims
Shimla's Tibetan community donates ₹1.67 lakh as solidarity gesture to support victims of devastating Mandi cloudburst disaster.
Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh appointed Delhi Police Commissioner
Singh, an alumnus of Sainik School Tilaiya (Hazaribagh, Jharkhand), has held critical positions in the national Capital and other Union territories
China: End Incommunicado Detention of Tibetans in Ngaba County
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetans, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, after they performed a cover of a song honoring the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday earlier this month. Their whereabouts remain unknown weeks after their...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Visits Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement, Meets India Tibet Support Group in Nagpur
Bhandara: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration commenced the second leg of his official visit to the Tibetan settlements in central India on 30 July 2025, beginning with the Bhandara Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement, the only Tibetan settlement...
Lt Col, jawan dead, 3 officers hurt in Ladakh boulder crash
ITBP bus falls into river in Ganderbal Leh: Two army personnel, including a Lt Colonel, died and three officers were injured when a boulder fell on an army vehicle, part of a convoy, in a remote area in eastern...
China arrests Tibetan monk, another singer in Dalai Lama 90th birthday crackdown
(TibetanReview.net, Jul30’25) – Chinese authorities in Ngaba (or Ngawa, Chinese: Aba) county in Sichuan province have arrested some four weeks ago a Tibetan monk for making social media display of a picture of a religious hat to symbolise His...
Tibetan singer, monk detained over Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday tribute in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 30: Chinese authorities have reportedly detained a Tibetan singer and a Buddhist monk in Ngaba (Ch. Aba), eastern Tibet, for commemorating the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to the Dharamshala-based Tibetan...
Twin earthquakes shakes Tibet, raises alarms over seismic risk amid China’s mega-dam projects
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 30: Tibet was jolted by two earthquakes just hours apart on Wednesday, underscoring the region’s extreme vulnerability to seismic activity and intensifying concerns over China’s ambitious and controversial mega-dam project now underway on the Yarlung...
World News Live Updates: Caribbean Court Overturns Colonial-Era Anti-Gay Law In St. Lucia
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Arunachal BJP MP requests Indian government to confer Dalai Lama with Bharat Ratna
Gao said that the Forum, which has MPs from across parties like BJP, Congress, and others, has over 80 signatories in support of the demand that the Dalai Lama be conferred the Bharat Ratna.
Russia's 8.8‑magnitude earthquake is among history's strongest. The top 10 quakes that shook Earth
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning and mass evacuations not only in Russia but also in the US and Japan. The temblor is the world's strongest in 14 years and is the...
























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