Tibet Issue

Earlier this month, the US sanctioned two Chinese officials for serious human rights abuse in Tibet

US Special Coordinator for tibetan issues Uzra Zeya will meet the Dalai Lama and senior leaders of the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala.In 2020, US came out in support of Tibetan people to choose a successor to Dalai Lama.

The Tibetan government-in-exile on Friday asked China to "stop growling" over the Tibet issue and said if it is serious about the wellbeing of Tibetan people and then it should act positively to resolve the conflict through dialogue.

Slamming China for its "repressive" regime in Tibet, a top American diplomat has urged other countries to pass their own versions of a US law that calls for denying access to the US for Chinese officials known to be involved in restricting visits to the remote Himalayan region.

China said on Tuesday that it had lodged a diplomatic protest with the US over the appointment of Robert Destro as a Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues and his meeting with Lobsang Sangay, the head of the Tibetan government in exile.

The Tibetan issue is no longer a struggle for political independence, the Dalai Lama has said, asserting that there is a need to focus on preservation of Tibet's cultural, religious and linguistic identity.

The Indian Embassy in Nepal has asked Indian citizens planning to travel for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Himalayan kingdom to get appropriate Chinese visa and travel permit for Tibet before commencing the journey.

Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said today that the people in Tibet have been seeking a mutually acceptable solution to the issue with China since and that he is not a "splittist" though he is considered one.

The governments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have issued a high alert of possible flash floods in the two northeastern states after China informed India on Friday that a landslide has blocked a section of a Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibet region, that flows into Arunachal Pradesh as Siang and further downstream in Assam as the Brahmaputra.

Amid reports of China ramping up its air defence infrastructure in Tibet, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Wednesday said the Indian Air Force is monitoring the situation and has plans to counter any threat. Responding to a question on the issue, the Air Force chief said the government has sanctioned construction of a next-generation hardened aircraf...

Scientists who are studying water issues in the Brahmaputra basin have agreed that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet in November could have made the water of Siang River, in China, to turn muddy as it flowed into India. Siang is known as Tsangpo river in Tibet and it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh; it becomes Brahmaputra near Sadiya i...

The country which will be able to tie it don will look at possible commercial rewards. China had filed a plea with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to recognise medicinal bathing, one of many practices of sowa rigpa, the Tibetan name for this type of medicine, as part of its "intangible cultural heritage...

There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of "sufferings" of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday.

Samajwadi Party leader and former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today claimed that China was ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan and asked the government to reverse its stand on the Tibet issue and support its independence.

China's foreign ministry said today that it was in touch with India over continuing the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim, days after refusing entry to pilgrims citing damage to roads in Tibet due to landslides and rains. "According to my information the two governments are in touch over this issue," Chinese foreign minis...

Earlier this month, the US sanctioned two Chinese officials for serious human rights abuse in Tibet

US Special Coordinator for tibetan issues Uzra Zeya will meet the Dalai Lama and senior leaders of the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala.In 2020, US came out in support of Tibetan people to choose a successor to Dalai Lama.

The Tibetan government-in-exile on Friday asked China to "stop growling" over the Tibet issue and said if it is serious about the wellbeing of Tibetan people and then it should act positively to resolve the conflict through dialogue.

Slamming China for its "repressive" regime in Tibet, a top American diplomat has urged other countries to pass their own versions of a US law that calls for denying access to the US for Chinese officials known to be involved in restricting visits to the remote Himalayan region.

China said on Tuesday that it had lodged a diplomatic protest with the US over the appointment of Robert Destro as a Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues and his meeting with Lobsang Sangay, the head of the Tibetan government in exile.

The Tibetan issue is no longer a struggle for political independence, the Dalai Lama has said, asserting that there is a need to focus on preservation of Tibet's cultural, religious and linguistic identity.

The Indian Embassy in Nepal has asked Indian citizens planning to travel for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Himalayan kingdom to get appropriate Chinese visa and travel permit for Tibet before commencing the journey.

Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said today that the people in Tibet have been seeking a mutually acceptable solution to the issue with China since and that he is not a "splittist" though he is considered one.

The governments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have issued a high alert of possible flash floods in the two northeastern states after China informed India on Friday that a landslide has blocked a section of a Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibet region, that flows into Arunachal Pradesh as Siang and further downstream in Assam as the Brahmaputra.

Amid reports of China ramping up its air defence infrastructure in Tibet, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Wednesday said the Indian Air Force is monitoring the situation and has plans to counter any threat. Responding to a question on the issue, the Air Force chief said the government has sanctioned construction of a next-generation hardened aircraf...

Scientists who are studying water issues in the Brahmaputra basin have agreed that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet in November could have made the water of Siang River, in China, to turn muddy as it flowed into India. Siang is known as Tsangpo river in Tibet and it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh; it becomes Brahmaputra near Sadiya i...

The country which will be able to tie it don will look at possible commercial rewards. China had filed a plea with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to recognise medicinal bathing, one of many practices of sowa rigpa, the Tibetan name for this type of medicine, as part of its "intangible cultural heritage...

There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of "sufferings" of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday.

Samajwadi Party leader and former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today claimed that China was ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan and asked the government to reverse its stand on the Tibet issue and support its independence.

China's foreign ministry said today that it was in touch with India over continuing the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim, days after refusing entry to pilgrims citing damage to roads in Tibet due to landslides and rains. "According to my information the two governments are in touch over this issue," Chinese foreign minis...