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The Royal Bhutan Police (RPB) in Thimphu has arrested 72 people – 57 male and 5 female for possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances this year. According to records maintained by the Thimphu police, possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances is shooting up by the year; they apprehended …

A 35-year old housewife filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws for allegedly harassing and battering her on March 19. Police have detained the husband on charges of battery and suspect it to be the fallout of an extramarital affair. The husband reportedly suspected her of having an affair …

 It is said that if one attends the annual Jana chidoe Kurim which started from March 5, the 23rd day of the first month in the Bhutanese calendar and  ends  today at the Pangrizampa School of Astrology (PSA), the person does not need to do any rimdos (annual ritual for …

Unidentified miscreants burgled a jewelry shop and decamped with ornaments worth Nu 1 mn including gold rings, broaches and chains. This is the first incident of robbery this year targeting a jewelry shop in the city. The shop is located right below the Norling building and the theft is believed …

Commuters and motorists have yet to make sense of what looks like painted circles on city crossroads   that are meant to act as roundabouts. These circles have been much speculated about and many people are of the opinion that they do not serve their purpose by virtue of their  being …

A Khangzang choeten believed to be more than 100 years old was vandalized last night. The choeten located in Charkilo, four kilometers  from Thimphu, was renovated just two weeks ago. A  student of Khasadrapchu Middle secondary School saw the vandalized choeten early morning  yesterday while he was walking to school …

Greener way, Bhutan’s first private waste management firm’s hopes to transform the face of waste management in the capital  received further impetus when the government allotted it an acre of land below the fly over bridge near the truck parking for the construction of a Material Recover Facility (Transfer Station). …

The ramshackle Dechencholing market which was shifted next to the Thimpchu river in 2008 from its earlier location below the Royal Body Guard premises will be getting a new location. Lyonchhen said that His Majesty the King has granted approval to use the land opposite the new township (near the …

Gang members who pledged to dissociate their gangs and abandon gang violence are still operational as individuals or in smaller groups. Many unlawful offenses are committed by ex-gang members, according to police records. Police officials said though now large gangs do not exist, ex-gang members still commit crime when the …

Within the last two months, 32 cases of domestic violence cases were reported in the capital: 12 cases of battery; 12 cases of willful negligence; one extra marital affair; and seven other cases under different categories. Records with RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women) show that cases of domestic …