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The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay said the government is set to start helicopter services by November, this year. Lyonchhen, speaking to media, during meet the press session, said they have decided on Airbus which is expected to aid victims of natural disasters and also use it for tourism purpose.

Content of lead and Monosodium Glutamate in Maggi noodles is within the permissible level, the test results of samples, sent to India and Thailand, reveals. Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority had sent about 39 samples for tests.

His Royal Highness, Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, accompanied by Ashi Yeatso Lhamo, graced the inauguration of the Wangchuck Zam in Monggar, yesterday. The bridge, one of the longest in the country, is located at Yangbari under Gongdue Gewog. The inaugural is dedicated to the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.

The Regional Trade and Industry Office in Trongsa say the office will not be able to implement the resolution passed by the Dzongkhag Tshogdu until further notice from the ministry.

The Silung Pekar Chhoeling Goenpa, a 600-year-old monastery in Dawakha, Paro, now has a new thongdrel. The monastery is the seat of Drubthob Thangthong Gyalpo.

Representative of His Holiness the Je Khenpo, Dorji Lopen appointed a new Lopen at Druk Sangacholing Dratshang at Darjeeling in India and the new secretary general of Zhung Dratshang at Tashichhodzong, this morning.

Paro Police have detained a 25-year-old woman from Samtse for allegedly murdering a married couple. The police said the husband and wife were strangled to death on Wednesday evening in Woochu under Loong-nyi Gewog.

One of two men, who were severely injured in a minor explosion caused by an electric short circuit in Pasakha, last month, succumbed to the injuries. The man had been referred to Kolkata in India after he suffered severe burns due to the explosion.

The construction of a new road has affected the water source of Changzamtog area in Thimphu, aggravating the existing water shortage problem in the area, according to the residents.

Revenue from the sale of energy to India is expected to increase this year compared to last given favourable hydrological factor and good amount of rainfall the country received so far.