By Ali Watkins Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement.
Gyalo Thondup was born in 1928, more than three decades before the 1959 revolt in Lhasa against Chinese forces, whose crushing forced the Dalai Lama across snowy Himalayan passes into India.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. During a recent trip to the Indian Himalayas, my husband and I found ourselves in McLeod Ganj, home to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and ...
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration to ‘His Holiness the Dalai Lama Charitable Trust’ for “religious” purposes ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama, speaks to media in Dharamshala, India, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP ...
China has been targeting the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, since 1959 after he was forced to flee his homeland. PTI China is nervous. Beijing has recently started a barrage of fire against the ...
Image Source : PTI Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offer prayers while taking a holy dip at Sangam during the Mahakumbh Mela ...
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck honored Laurene Powell Jobs with the inaugural Bhutan GNH Medal, a rare national honor. At the ceremony yesterday, Queen Jetsun Pema joined her husband ...
The Queen of Bhutan, Jetsun Pema, often dubbed the ‘Kate Middleton of the Himalayas’, has posted an adorable photograph of her son, Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel, ahead of his birthday. The Prince (or ...
In December 2023, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck announced the GMC as part of “wholesale” reforms of the nation’s economy to combat challenges such as 29% youth unemployment ...
Tibet - As the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday approaches on July 6, 2025, excitement is building among Tibetans and supporters worldwide. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan ...
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