Tag Archives: McLeod Ganj

• Coronavirus: Serso Kalsang, icon of McLeod Ganj, dies at 81 15 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

  Tsewang Kalsang, popularly known as "Serso Kalsang", renowned goldsmith in McLeod Ganj, has passed away due to Covid-19 complications in the wee hours today morning. He was 81 years old. ...

• Coronavirus: Himachal Pradesh imposes 10-day curfew to fight infection surge 5 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  The government of Himachal Pradesh announced "Corona curfew" for 10 days due to the unprecedented surge in the number of Coronavirus infections and high fatality rate in the state. ...

• McLeod Ganj Tibetans to get a new hall 5 February 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  President of CTA Lobsang Sangay laid the foundation stone of a new hall for Tibetans in McLeod Ganj. The new hall, named Phuntsok Khangsar, will be built Tibetan style architecture, and is expected to be ready in nine months. ...

• Coronavirus: Twelve tested positive at old-age home in McLeod Ganj 31 January 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 3 comments

  Twelve elderly Tibetans have tested positive for Coronavirus at the Jampaling Old People's Home in McLeod Ganj. Jampaling is currently a red zone, and the area has become out of bounds, with six police guarding the area. ...

• Tibetan Elections: Preliminary round votes cast around the world 3 January 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

  Tibetans around the world cast their votes to elect a new Sikyong (political leader) and members of their 17th Parliament. Voters lined up in droves at polling stations in the exile capital McLeod Ganj to cast their ballots. ...

• Another Time, Another Place 15 December 2020 | Topden Tsering This post has one comment

  The book is essentially about a period of time -- 1995 through 1999 -- which carried, within the span of a mere four years, the full weight of Tibetan history. ...

• Coronavirus: Fifteen Tibetans infected in McLeod Ganj 9 December 2020 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Six Tibetans have been found infected with Coronavirus in the last few days in McLeod Ganj, with nine fresh cases today, according to Tibetan Settlement officer Kunga Tsering. ...

• First and original Miss Tibet crown has a new owner 28 November 2020 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 2 comments

  The first and the original crown of the Miss Tibet Pageant has a new owner in Karma Kunsang of Snow Region Enterprises in Majnu ka Tilla. ...

• SFF soldier Nyima Tenzin remembered 30 September 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association organised an event in remembrance of Nyima Tenzin, the Tibetan soldier killed in a landmine blast at the India-China border a month ago. ...

• Coronavirus claims first Tibetan victim; dies in Dharamshala 23 March 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 3 comments

  A 69-year-old man became the first person in Himachal Pradesh, as well as the first Tibetan, to die of coronavirus in Dharamshala. A total lockdown of McLeod Ganj is in force, in which no one is allowed to leave their houses. ...