Tag Archives: Exile Tibetans

• Tibetan top court refuses to swear in Topgyal Tsering as minister 29 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  The Commission said the appointment will need 50% of the votes of the members present in the House, and the refusal was because 21 votes of 43 members make 48.8%. ...

• Department of Home budgets 573.5 million rupees for FY 2019-20 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The Department of Home of the CTA will have a budget of 573.5 million rupees for fiscal year 2019-20. This department takes care of the welfare of exile Tibetans in 58 settlements. ...

• Nepal assures continued support for Tibetans in the country 21 March 2019 | Anil Giri This post has one comment

  Nepal has given assurance to US officials that it would continue to protect the rights of the Tibetans refugees living in Nepal, according to the US Secretary of State. ...

• Exile Tibetan budget for 2019-20 likely to be 4.5 billion rupees 20 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The budget was presented by Minister of Finance Karma Yeshi in the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile for the consideration by 43 members from India, Nepal, US, Europe, and Australia. ...

• CTA announces long-life offering for Dalai Lama to pacify obstacles 19 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  As the Dalai Lama turns 84 in July, Tibetans consider this to be an obstacle year. The long-life offering and prayer ceremonies are to pacify obstacles and to fulfill all his wishes. ...

• Tibetans from around the world to meet for brainstorming session in October 16 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  A meeting on strategies to sustain the exile Tibetan community and their struggle for a free Tibet will take place in McLeod Ganj with Tibetan leaders and activists from around the world. ...

• One Tibetan’s greener grass in Bangkok 5 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  For Tibetan restaurateur Yangkyi la the grass is greener in Bangkok in the East, while many other Tibetans rather go West to US, Canada, or Europe, where they hope to find a better future. ...

• Toronto police probe online abuse of Tibetan-Canadian student leader 2 March 2019 | Tom Blackwell This post has no comments yet

  The torrent of abuse Chinese students and others directed at Chemi Lhamo after being elected as a University of Toronto student-union president has now become a police matter. ...

• Illusions of Jamyang Norbu 28 February 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 18 comments

  Norbu's presumptuous folly fails to establish anything, but instead raises more questions about his real motive for attacking Samdhong Rinpoche. ...

• Tibetan woman elected president of Canadian university, Chinese students create drama 15 February 2019 This post has 3 comments

  Chemi Lhamo, 22, got thousands of hateful comments after becoming University of Toronto Scarborough student president. ...