Beijing: China`s ministry of civil affairs (MCA) and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction on Saturday evening issued a level-IV emergency response to the earthquake in Tibet that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale.The quake
Lhasa: Houses collapsed in parts of Tibet, when an 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal earlier on Saturday, also hit the region.Houses collapsed in Kyirong county, and communications signals were interrupted in Kyirong and Dram counties
Beijing: China's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600 square kms - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thick ice around the base camp of
New Delhi: If all the large dams proposed by China on rivers within Tibet begin operations, the Brahmaputra river will never be the same again, warns a Canadian environmentalist who has done extensive research on
Dharamsala: Fifty-six years in exile in India and still longing for his homeland: Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said the spirit of Tibetans in Tibet is still very strong.The 79-year-old pontiff made the remark Tuesday
New Delhi: Hollywood actor Richard Gere met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday."Mr. Richard Gere met Prime Minister @narendramodi," read a post from the @PMOIndia Twitter handle.The Amircan actor gifted a bunch of flowers
New Delhi: Tibetan rugs, singing bowls, ritual objects and antiques, along with traditional Indian handicraft products will be displayed at the annual Dastkari Haat Craft Bazaar beginning Jan 1, organisers said Tuesday.Apart from Tibetan products,
Dharamsala: Pope Francis and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will not meet in Rome, a western media report said Friday.The latter is in the Italian capital to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace
Beijing: Defending its plans to build a series of hydropower projects over Brahmaputra river in Tibet, China today said it has taken “full account” of concerns of downstream countries as well as the “bigger picture”
Beijing: China approved construction of a new strategically important high altitude railway line in Tibet costing about US $6 billion that would come close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh.China has approved the feasibility
Beijing: China today spurned the Dalai Lama's wish to visit Tibet, insisting that he should first genuinely give up his attempt to split the country and stop undertaking separatist activities to ensure his "personal future"."Our
Beijing: China has upgraded the status of Tibet's top police force to that of a military body, recognizing its key role in maintaining peace in the troubled Himalayan region which has witnessed anti-Beijing protests by
Dharamsala: Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay yesterday said Tibet should be a core issue for India in its dealings with China."It has always been our hope that the Indian government makes Tibet a core issue
Beijing: China today inaugurated its second railway line in Tibet, built at a cost of $2.16 billion, close to Indian border in Sikkim, enhancing mobility of its military in the remote and strategic Himalayan region.The
Dharamsala/Shimla: Dalai Lama was today greeted on his 79th birthday by Tibetan government in-exile, which vowed to resolve the Tibet issue with the Chinese government using the spiritual leader's Middle Way Approach.In a message to
Beijing: A senior Chinese official from Tibet today refuted reports that 120 self-immolations opposing the Chinese rule happened in the Himalayan region in recent times. No local residents, monks or nuns in southwest China's Tibet
Beijing: China today refused to recognise US government's appointment of a special coordinator for Tibetan issues, calling it an interference in its internal affairs. “Chinese government is firmly opposed to the interference in China's internal
Guwahati: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today called for dialogues with a sense of concern at all levels for solving the problems of violence in the world.“Just saying we want peace is not enough. But
Beijing: In a boost to infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region, China has announced plans to build the seventh airport near Tibet, where the world's highest altitude aerodrome is located.Construction will start later this year
Dharamsala: The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile today expressed its gratitude to the government and people of India for the aid and protection provided to Tibetan refugees.“India has become like a second home for us. We are profoundly
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