NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Tibetans in Tibet have told their relatives in exile to refrain from contacting them this week during the Tibetan New Year called Losar, citing fears of being persecuted by ...

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, on February 28, greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. In his message, the chief minister said that Losar is a ...

A rider picks up a khadak — a traditional ceremonial scarf that symbolizes high respect and purity for Tibetans — from horseback during the Tibetan Losar New Year holiday in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous ...

The timeless allure of the Himalayas often sparks the 'Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand' dilemma for mountain lovers. Nestled ...

Not all Losar celebrations fall on the same day. The Tibetan Losar New Year in Lhasa matches this year's Chinese New Year, landing on Feb 10. Meanwhile, residents throughout Shigatse and a few other ...

I was resting near a playground, between interviews for a story on the shrinking number of Tibetan kids in a boarding school built for them in the northern Indian city of Dharamshala. This ...

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI): The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has released its annual report detailing ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet under Chinese rule. The report ...

Estimates of the number of Tibetans killed by the Chinese Communists during their occupation of Tibet in 1950 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution vary, ranging from half a million to 1.2 million.

Dozens of people involved in a rare brawl in Tibet have been handed administrative penalties, according to police in the autonomous region, where security is tight for fear of independence or ...

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): A second earthquake of magnitude 3.7 jolted Tibet on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of ...

In addition to regular coffee shops, coffee bars with unique Tibetan characteristics have become new consumer hotspots. Located near Barkor Street in downtown Lhasa, Xidu Coffee integrates coffee ...