Tag Archives: Society

• Fighting mars Euro-Tibet Cup 2019 celebrations 21 July 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 29 comments

  A group fight between Tibetans from Antwerpen (Belgium) and Paris has left a few Tibetan youths from both sides injured. Police have started an investigation into the matter. ...

• US gunman kills 12 in Virginia Beach; suspect shot dead 1 June 2019 | Anita Chang Beattie This post has no comments yet

  A municipal employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on Friday in the US state of Virginia, police said, killing 12 people and wounding four in the latest ...

• Mungod wins opening match of GCM Football Tournament 2019 31 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The biggest Tibetan sporting event, the annual Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup Football Tournament, got under way today with 23 teams participating. This year is its 25th anniversary. ...

• No applicants makes no Miss Tibet Pageant 2019 20 May 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  The organisers of the Miss Tibet Pageant announced that there will be no Pageant this year due to lack of applicants. ...

• Tibetan dies of electrocution in Majnu ka Tilla 14 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  A 31-year-old Tibetan died after being electrocuted at a guest house in north Delhi's Majnu ka Tila area, police said Monday. ...

• Dalai Lama donates Rs 10 lakh for relief work to Cyclone Fani-affected Odisha 6 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has donated Rs 10 lakhs for restoration and relief work in areas affected by Cyclone Fani in Odisha. ...

• Dalai Lama brother’s noodle factory gutted in Kalimpong | Nisha Chettri This post has no comments yet

  A historic noodle factory in Kalimpong, owned by Gyalo Thondup, 90, the elder brother of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was gutted in a fire on Saturday night. ...

• Thailand set for coronation of King Rama X, first in 69 years 2 May 2019 | Dene-Hern Chen This post has no comments yet

  Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be crowned this weekend in a pageantry-laden ceremony flecked by Hindu and Buddhist ritual, as Rama X furthers his primacy. ...

• Jawbone of prehistoric human relative Denisovan found in Tibet | Patrick Galey This post has no comments yet

  The fossilised remains of an early human cousin found in the mountains of Tibet proves mankind adapted to live at high altitude far earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday ...

• Indian Supreme Court chief justice accused of sexual harassment 20 April 2019 | Abhaya Srivastava This post has no comments yet

  India's top judge fought off a sexual harassment storm Saturday after a former Supreme Court staff member accused him of making unwanted advances and hounding her. ...