Delhi, December 26, 2013: - As a result of the lobby campaign carried out today in the Indian Capital by 33 Tibetan women participants of the 4th Tibetan Women's Advanced Leadership Training (TWALT), an undertaking of Tibetan Women's Association (TWA), leading Indian politicians and advocates of Supreme Court of India signed the petition urging the Spanish Government and the European Union to stand up for Tibet and to maintain judicial independence of Tibet lawsuit from political interference.

Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 24 December 2013 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama set off from Bengaluru for Bylakuppe early this morning. Making good time, his party stopped for a break on the way at Mandya and before setting out again spoke to members of the press.

Dharamshala, December 23, 2013: - The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Career Centre (TCC) held a brief convocation ceremony at the Kashag Secretariat hall Monday for the second batch of the Jawed Habib certified hairdressing training course.

Dharamshala: – In a ritual that has become all-too-familiar for this small mountain community, mourners from Dharamshala gathered in the town's Main Square on Thursday, 19 December to honor Tsultrim Gyatso, who self-immolated in Tibet earlier that day.

Dharamshala: – The first displaced Tibetans to settle in British Columbia under Canada's Tibetan resettlement program arrived in Vancouver and Victoria on Saturday, 14 December. At both airports, they were greeted by private sponsors and Tibet supporters.

Dharamshala: - Ten Tibetan youths were arrested and later released by police in Delhi after protesting outside the Chinese Embassy on December 9.