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Pema Tenzin was elected as the National Council (NC) representative for Chukha dzongkhag after he secured 7,421 votes through as total of 6,995 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes and 426 postal ballot (PB) votes. The incumbent NC member Tshewang Lhamu received in total 3,931 votes (EVM-3,680- PB- 251). Pema Tenzin …
Read More »Sarpang elects second timer
Sarpang dzongkhag in the National Council (NC) elections went for 33 year-old Dhan Bahadur Mongar from Dekidling gewog and voted him as their representative for the upper house. Dhan Bahadur Mongar secured total votes of 4,131. His EVM votes count is 3, 695 and Postal Ballots amounted to 436 votes. …
Read More »PDP brings out four more candidates
Among the four new People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates disclosed yesterday 44 year old Jigme Drukpa who went up against PM Jigmi Y. Thinley is one of them, once again up for the 2013 race from Nanong-Shumar constituency against his titanic rival. Jigme Drukpa for Nanong-Shumar, Pemagatshel He has an …
Read More »Child sent to RENEW, where adoption awaits
Pema Jamtsho the two years and a month-old child arrived at the Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Thimphu police station on 4 April with swollen forehead, infections on tip his nose, rash on his body, his eyes swollen and watery. But today, he looks healthy except for a …
Read More »Bangladesh Ambassador bids farewell
The out-going Bangladesh Ambassador Imtiaz Ahmed made a farewell call on the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on Monday. Ambassador Imtiaz Ahmed, who came to Bhutan in October 2010, expressed his gratitude to Lyonchhen, the government and the people of Bhutan for the support and cooperation …
Read More »PM meets De-suung volunteers
Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley as the chief guest met the 119 volunteers of the seventh batch of De-suung training program at the military training centre in Tencholing, Wangduephodrang last Thursday on 11 April, 2013. Lyonchhen at the opening ceremony of the five-week training program, thanked His Majesty for …
Read More »Tsirang NC nominees see the need for a recap of their speeches with gewog voters
The commonly agreed reason among the nominees is that the people showed blank faces at the forum Since the opening of Common forum for Tsirang Dzongkhag National Council (NC) nominees on 5 April, only a handful of people have understood what the six candidates spoke during the forum. The forum …
Read More »Taekwondo festival gains popularity
Staff Reporter / Thimphu Despite being only two years old, the Chimi & Dema Memorial Taekwondo Festival event has seen remarkable growth and popularity, as this year there are a total of 300 children participating from Paro, Phuentsholing, Samtse, Thimphu and Trongsa. In total there are 17 clubs participating from …
Read More »Lhuentse’s NC nominees demonstrate good-will and solidarity during the Common forum in Kurtoe
Jarey gewog’s Tempa Dorji and former National Council MP Rinzin Rinzin from Khoma gewog met with the Kurtoe people at the common forum conducted in Kurtoe gewog yesterday. The common forum took place at Dungkar School under Kurtoe gewog where more than 150 people gathered. Some people came walking for …
Read More »Parties introduce themselves at the first common forum
While the two incumbent parties reintroduced themselves, the three new parties for the first time introduced themselves and presented their party visions and objectives at the first common forum held for the five political parties at The Royal Thimphu College (RTC) last Wednesday. The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) was represented …
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