Yearly Archives: 2018

• Conference of Tibetan religious heads postponed indefinitely 24 November 2018 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  The 13th Religious Conference of the Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon Tradition has been postponed indefinitely, according to a press release from the Department of Religion and Culture. ...

• India, China resolve to intensify efforts to find solution to boundary question 24 November 2018 | KJM Varma no comments

  India and China on Saturday resolved to "intensify" their efforts to achieve a "fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable" solution to the vexed boundary question at an early date. ...

• Four killed as gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi 23 November 2018 | Kashif Farooqi, with Nasir Jaffry in Islamabad no comments

  Four people were killed on Friday when gunmen armed with hand grenades and a suicide vest stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said. ...

• Local residents and CTA at loggerheads over gate plan 21 November 2018 | Lalit Mohan 2 comments

  The plans of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to erect a gate at the entrance of their establishment in Dharamshala have landed it in a row with locals. ...

• Nyingma head Kathok Getse Rinpoche dies after accident 21 November 2018 | Tibet Sun Newsroom 25 comments

  Nyingma head Kathok Getse Rinpoche has passed away in Nepal following an automobile accident two days ago at Hattiban, a village an hour from Kathmandu, according to sources. ...

• China slams Dalai Lama for ‘separatist activities’ 20 November 2018 2 comments

  China on Tuesday hit out at the Dalai Lama who is on a visit to Japan, saying that countries should not facilitate the Tibetan spiritual leader's "separatist activities". ...

• India second most polluted country in the world 20 November 2018 one comment

  India is the world's second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Monday. ...

• Obituary: Lodi Gyari — An extra ordinary Tibetan 19 November 2018 | Vijay Kranti one comment

  There have been very few career diplomats with as clear an understanding of Capitol Hill or as much personal access as Lodi commanded as an individual 'representative' of 'no government'. ...

• Pakistan doesn’t do ‘a damn thing’ for us, says Trump after slashing aid 19 November 2018 | HT Correspondent 2 comments

  US president Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration’s decision to cut aid to Pakistan saying the latter doesn’t do “a damn thing for us” despite receiving billions of dollars. ...

• Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit 18 November 2018 | Jim Gomez and Stephen Wright one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Mike Pence traded barbs in speeches at a summit of world leaders Saturday, outlining competing visions for global leadership. ...