Diwali is a five-day festival that starts on Dhanteras. On Dhanteras, people buy jewellery or utensils and worship God. The ...

While China is globally recognized as a clean energy powerhouse, the social and environmental impact of this transformation in Tibet is deeply questionable. The strategic expansion of critical mineral ...

The Tibetan Election Commission on Tuesday announced the schedule for elections to the 18th Parliament-in-Exile and the post of Sikyong, or head of the cabinet. The elections will be conducted in two ...

The summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, is covered in cloud, May 8, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a ...

(The Conversation) — A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning. (The ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -A Chinese student activist who supported Tibetan rights has been detained for almost two months on suspicion of "inciting separatism" while temporarily visiting China from France, ...

DHARAMSHALA, India (RNS) — When the nonsectarian Dolma Ling Nunnery transitioned to female leadership earlier this year, for the first time in its three-decade history, it marked a radical shift in ...

This summer, the Dalai Lama chose his 90th birthday celebrations to confirm he would reincarnate when he dies. But China says it alone has the right to name the next spiritual leader of Tibet. How ...

Lines of Tibetan prayer flags flew over the bricks of Pioneer Courthouse Square on Saturday as several hundred people mingled while the sound of Tibetan music performances rang across the square and ...

In early July, thousands of Tibetans, Buddhists, and other well-wishers gathered in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, to mark the 90th birthday ...

Tibet established by Beijing as an autonomous region in 1965 Xi makes rare visit to Tibet to mark anniversary Festivities in Lhasa attended by more than 20,000 people BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Tibet ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive region, as Beijing prepares for a looming struggle over the successor of the aging ...