47-year-old Choining Dorji from Dechhenling gewog won the majority of the votes to secure his win in Pemagatshel. He got 3,846 votes (2,340 EVM votes and 1,506 Postal Ballot votes).  Sonam Dhendup came second with 2,583 votes followed by Sherig Dentshog with 2,133 votes, Sangay Wangchuk secured 1,821 votes and …

Tashi Samdrup, 42, from Nubi gewog in Trongsa, won the NC race against his two opponents. He has secured 2,309 votes (EVM- 1,695 and Postal Ballot- 614), while his opponents, Tharchen, an incumbent, secured 2,005 votes, and Gyem Dorji secured 1,344 votes. He said the win in the election has …

Thimphu police apprehended four men including two private security guards for burglary. The four suspects stole mobile phones from people who had to stay overnight at the crematory ground for funeral preparation. Police received complaints from the victims stating that their mobiles had gone missing when they woke from their …

Starting from 1 March until 13 April, Thimphu police has arrested 34 people for abusing drugs, illicit trafficking and for possession of tobacco products. Out of 34 suspects, 28 were arrested for abusing drugs while 5 people were arrested for illicit trafficking. In addition, one arrest was made for possession …

Choining Dorji Choining Dorji, 47, holds a B.A, LL.B (Hons) from National Law School of India University, LL.M from California Western School of Law. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in national law from RIM, Semtokha and postgraduate certificate in corruption studies from University of Hong Kong. He has worked …

The Vice Principal, Ugyen Wangchuk (39), who was recently arrested for allegedly molesting 9 school children and attempting to rape one in a charity primary school in Bjemina, had been convicted for a similar case back in 2004 when he was a government school teacher in a government school in …

In additional evidence against the anesthetic technician, Jampel Rinchen (30), the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital’s (JDWNRH) CCTV camera captured the Jampel taking the victim to the Pre-Anesthesia Check-up (PAC) room at around 11.35 pm. The cameras also captured him coming out alone from the room after around 25 …

The anesthetic technician who was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a female attendant has admitted to the Royal Bhutan Police of having sexual intercourse with the victim after injecting Fentanyl which is used as an anesthetic drug. According to medical literature the drug in the same quantity is 75 …

Thimphu police, on 6th April apprehended the Vice Principal of a primary school in Thimphu in connection with the alleged molestation of nine girls in the school. The complaint was received on 6th April from parents stating that the vice principal of the school has been molesting and sexually harassing …

Dorji Khandu Dorji Khandu, is a recipient of the Trongsa Penlop Scholarship, holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from Thailand. He also is a recipient of South Asia Foundation Scholarship and holds a Master of Engineering and Management from Sri Lanka. He has worked as a RJ (Dzongkha) with Kuzoo …