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  Ever since the gewog received electricity in 2012, the residents of Dorokha are not satisfied with the service from the Bhutan Power Cooperation (BPC). The gewog people say they are having major problems due to the erratic supply of electricity. According to the people in the gewog, they have …

A 54-year-old man, an Indian laborer working at the Punatshangchhu II, died on the spot on May 31 after being crushed by a falling boulder. The deceased was from Jharkhand, India and was working as a driller for the Punatshangchhu II project in Kamichu under Wangduephodrang. The incident happened at …

    A 19-year-old girl escaped her attacker in Wangduephodrang by crying and screaming at the top of her voice on May 27. The victim is a school dropout. At the time of the incident, the girl went to switch on the lights to her father’s construction site where laborers …

Fifty taxi drivers representing the taxi drivers of Bhutan, offered their wishes and prayers to Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen for Her Majesty’s Birthday which coincides with the world environment day. The Taxi Driver Association of Bhutan comes to the Lingkana Palace to offer a cake to Her Majesty on this …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate Gyembo Tshering from Bardo-Trong under Zhemgang Dzongkhag won the 2013 primary rounds with 1,869 votes and DPT candidate Dorji Wangdi from Panbang Demkhong won the primary rounds of the National Assembly, 2013 with 1,580 votes. In Bardo-Trong the DPT victor was followed by the …

The voters of Trashiyangtse bid farewell to the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) by not voting for the party in both parliamentary constituencies of Bumdeling –Jamkhar and Khamdang – Ramjar. The DCT received just 184 combined votes of postal ballot and Electronic Voting Machine (EMV) votes from Bumdeling –Jamkhar constituency. A …

The poll day for primary round of the parliamentary election in Samdrup Jongkhar saw many old voters, their ages ranging from 50 to 80 and none of them were reported of carrying old voter identity cards (VPIC). The senior bunch also did not make news for other electoral-related issues which …

Voters are counting down the days to the primary round of elections. They are excited to go vote for their choice of parties and candidates. Though the choices vary from person to person, their expectations are pretty-much the same. The voters that this paper spoke with say they are search …

With the approaching D-day, candidates and parties, votes and voting, are sealed on the lips of every individual in town The National Assembly (NA) primaries will be conducted day after tomorrow, and the stuff of hot interest is politics and elections among people. The four political parties, their manifestos and …

At times developmental activities come as a double-edged sword, and this is particularly true for the villagers of Chhema and Monangkhola villages in Khaling under Trashigang who interpret such an intervention as both a boon and a bane. The recent visit of a bull dozer cutting roads to their villages …