A mobile phone picture helped Thimphu police arrest the three men who raped a 31 year old woman near the Centenary Farmers Market (CMF) in Thimphu. The men aged 34,37 and 38 were arrested the same day the crime was committed. A person waiting in a car near the farmer’s …

The people of Tshimakha chiwog in Bjachho gewog, Chukha, have used Her Majesty The Gyeltsuen’s project funds for electric fencing and to buy manure and high quality potato seeds. The chiwog received Nu 1,854,650 in January this year, which amounts to more than Nu 68,000 for each of 27 households. …

Thimphu police arrested three suspects in relation to a burglary in a week’s time. However, one suspect is at large. On August 8, Thimphu police arrested a 19- year-old man for burglarizing a house in Babesa. The suspect stole Nu 110,000, one gold ring, one mobile phone and B-Mobile and …

Phuentsholing gewog in Chukha dzongkhag has 10 candidates contesting for Gup. Tek Bdr Ghalley is one of the two graduates contesting for the post. Tek Bdr Ghalley, 29, is from Deling-Marbji, Phuentsholing gewog. He graduated in 2011 from Kalimpong with a B.Com (honours) degree. He worked as an administration officer …

Police were on the lookout for a peddler in Paro town who is alleged to have employed other youth to sell contraband substances. On the evening of August 3, ParoPolice receivedinformation about a person employing other youths to sell illegal prescription drugs in Paro town. When police reached his place, …

A member of the Royal Bhutan Police’s K9 canine squad helped recover several heirlooms, including jewelry, hidden in the nearby bushes, burgled from a home in Paro on the night of August 1. According to police, the K9 canine helped recover five gold rings worth of Nu 225,000, two gold …

Zero Tolerance Friday was introduced not to harass motorists but to make them more responsible drivers by restricting drink driving and to inculcate the habit of carrying up-to-date vehicle documents according to the officiating Superintendent of Police (SP), Traffic Division. Zero Tolerance was introduced last year after motor mishaps showed …

Phuentsholing police have handed over the abandoned vehicle which was found parked near Norgay compound in Phuentsholing. The vehicle, a Toyota Inova with a Sikkim registration number was spotted abandoned and later on the incident was communicated with the Sadar police station, Sikkim, Gangtok. Later on it was found that …

Worries over the multiple roadblocks along the Thimphu -Phuentsholing highway had caused panic among people rushing to the fuel stations in Thimphu. Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has issued an advisory asking people not to panic and worry about shortage of fuel. The ministry had to even tell petrol pumps …

The body of a 57-year- old woman was recovered from Kuchdiana river, Looksan, Jalpaiguri, India on July 27 at around 10 in the morning. The woman was reported as a missing person by Ugyentse Gup on July 26 in Changmari police station in Samtse. The deceased is from Dangkarling, Ugyentse, …