Chess is a game played in silence. And for Dawa Tenzin, that silence has always felt like home. Born to Tibetan refugee parents in India, he lost both his parents at a tender age. Cared for by his aunt,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The incumbent Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, secured a second consecutive term by winning the preliminary round of the 2026 Tibetan general election with over 60% of the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) today jointly commemorated the 113th anniversary of the Proclamation of Tibet’s Independence by the Great 13th Dalai Lama today at the...

DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has “designated Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues,” a spokesperson...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after serving seven years and five months of unjust imprisonment on Saturday. Exiled Tibetans caution that his freedom...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Feb: The US has restored Tibet-related foreign assistance under the FY2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, allocating $23 million for Tibetan cultural, refugee, and institutional support programs despite the Trump administration’s broader push to scale back...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 Feb: Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a Chinese national in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala - the residence of the Dalai Lama- for allegedly staying in India without a valid visa. Preliminary investigations suggest that...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARMSALA 3 Feb: The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, at 90, has won his first Grammy Award for Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording for his audiobook “Meditations: The Reflection of His Holiness the Dalai Lama”,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 28 Jan: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan government in exile, issued a warning letter to Geshe Dorjee, translator of the Nechung Oracle, for violating electoral rules...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 Jan: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today marked India’s 77th Republic Day by congratulating the nation on its remarkable journey from independence in 1947 to its emergence...