A story of unexpected parental death, probable remarriage of surviving parent and imminent hardship for three innocent souls Rejection is one devastating emotion a human being can experience when the very people virtually ordained by God to give nothing but love goes ahead and throws one out into the cold …
Read More »High court dismisses OAG case against ACC
The acting Chief Justice, Sangay Khandu said the dismissal of the Office of the Attorney General’s case against Anti-Corruption Commission for prosecuting the Gyelpozhing land issue at Mongar district court was because the high court did not have the jurisdiction to provide advisory opinion. Justice Sangay Khandu said it was …
Read More »Thimphu Thromde to approach Supreme Court on High Court’s taxi parking verdict
The Thimphu District Municipality (TDM) has made it clear that it will appeal against the High Court’s verdict on the Taxi parking land case in the Supreme Court. “We are not happy with the verdict and we will appeal to the Supreme Court and take this matter to the very …
Read More »Tourist guide detained for sexual assault and harassment of a foreigner
A 39-year old, local tourist guide is under Paro police’s custody after he was arrested following a formal complaint filed by a 29 year old foreign national of Melbourne, Australia on 5 December at around 1:35 am according to which the tourist guide had assaulted and sexually harassed her in …
Read More »From Gewogs and Dzongkhags
Community constructs cowsheds to up dairy production In the interest of cleanliness while rearing cattle and with an objective to improve the dairy products Chongshing gewog built 10 cowsheds for five selected chiwogs. The gewog’s Gup Pema Dorji said it’s a pilot project but soon with the help of government’s …
Read More »City officials demolish a hut in vegetable market
The city corporation demolished a small hut near the vegetable market last Thursday at around 10 am. The same hut was demolished in 2007 and was reconstructed said Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee. Thimphu Thromde officials said the hut was reconstructed without proper approval by the inhabitants of the hut – …
Read More »Response to ‘ACC may soon appeal to the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict’
OAG seems to be a puppet of the ruling government. We expect you to fight against corruption and not favor corrupt people. If you really feel ACC is wrong then why not dissolve ACC in first place. Now I understand what Dasho Neten meant when she said, that the co-operation …
Read More »The Judiciary
With the Gyelpozhing case in the courts, Bhutan’s judiciary and judicial system is under the microscope where every move is being carefully watched and analyzed by the public. The Judiciary will be under tremendous pressure and scrutiny like never before in its history. On one hand stand’s the most powerful …
Read More »From Gewogs and Dzongkhags
Development activities yet to be completed People in the gewog are content that all the development activities are about to be completed. One kilometer of rural water supply scheme (RWSS), an additional source in Tashilingmaed with the budget of Nu 80,000 and two kilometers of source protection in Zomling chiwog …
Read More »Gewogs and Dzongkhags
Many constructions begin for gewog People in the gewog excitedly await the completion of a five kilometer farm road from Marthang Bridge to Marthang village. Gup Sangay Pelzang said “we are really hoping for the best as the construction started since last year”. The budget allocated for the project is …
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