Dharamshala: Tibetans and their supporters came together for a global day of action today for the release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a highly revered religious leader and community organizer from eastern Tibet who is currently serving a life sentence in a Chinese prison. In cities around the world, demonstrators delivered a 40,000 signature petition to Chinese embassies and consulates denouncing China's unjust imprisonment of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. In Dharamshala alone, more than ten thousand petition signatures were sent by fax and courier to Chinese authorities in Beijing and to the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. The petition text mirrored a similar petition signed by 40,000 Tibetans in Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's home region of Lithang in Kham, eastern Tibet (Chinese: Sichuan Province ). Members of Tenzin Delek's family have made previous attempts to deliver the petition to the Chinese government in December 2009 but were stopped when en route to Beijing.

Dharamshala: At a press conference in Dharamshala on Thursday, Mr Jampal Choesang, the chief election commissioner of the Tibetan government-in-exile, announced the voting dates of the upcoming elections for the next Tibetan Prime Minister and Tibetan Parliament representatives. He also introduced two additional election commissioners, who were recently appointed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Dharamshala: Tenzin Norzom, a 23-year-old from Hunsur Tibetan settlement in South India, was crowned as the new Kingfisher Miss Tibet 2010 at the 9th Miss Tibet pageant which was held in Dharamsala last night.

Dharamshala: At a press conference held in Mcleod Ganj today, the four contestants chosen to compete for the title of Miss Tibet 2010 presented themselves officially for the first time in Dharamshala. The contestants were picked during preliminary stages in Chandigarh last Saturday.

Dharamshala: Tibetan Government in-exile on Friday condemned the Chinese government's decision of death sentence to one Tibetan and long prison terms to five others, an official statement said. This follows a statement of the Tibetan Parliament in-exile, on Thursday said it "strongly condemns the inhumane approach towards people who dare to express themselves either individually as writers or together in a peaceful mass demonstration".

Dharamshala:Tibetan writer Tagyal Shokdung by Chinese Government. His book was reprinted by some young Tibetans and it was formally published by  Gyalnor Tsawang, Dharamshala: a member of Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputy (ATPD),the book titled "nam sa go chey" was launched at the Songsten Higher Secondary School in Kathmandu, in the presence of two other members of ATPD, Sponsors, RTYC, TWA and an audience of about a hundred people.

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