Monthly Archives: December, 0

A 42-year-old woman was found dead in Phumazor village under Chali Gewog in Monggar, yesterday.

His Majesty the King granted Amnesty to 28 Inmates from different prisons in the country.

Thousands of Bhutanese visited Lhakhangs and monasteries, on the birth anniversary of Guru Rinpochhe today. Guru Rinpochhe was born on the 10th day of the sixth month of the Monkey year. Legend has it that he appeared miraculously from the blossom of a lotus in a lake called “Ocean of Milk” in South West Oddiyana, which in present day is Pakistan.

The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Kanglung-Samkhar-Udzorong Candidate, Norbu Wangchuk, refuted all the allegations put up against him by the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) in Trashigang.

People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) supporters in Trashigang have filed a complaint against Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) Kanglung-Samkhar-Udzorong candidate Thinley Palden Dorji.

Druk Phuensum Tshogpas’s (DPT) foot soldiers in Haa have put up a complaint letter to the Election Commission of Bhutan, against People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alleging them of bribing.

Heavy rainfall, last night in Gelpehu, has caused several minor roadblocks and power blackout. The power was resorted this morning. Also, a maruti van was washed away, a few meters at shetikhari and a truck buried under landslide at Chisopani gate. No casualties have been reported.

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) Dzongkhag coordinator in Trashigang has filed a complaint letter against the People’s Democratic Party’s (DPT) Kanglung-Samkhar-Udzorong candidate, Norbu Wangchuk.

The candidates for Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and People’s Democratic Party have jointly decided to do away with common forums because of time constraint.

Police in Trashigang has arrested a 46-year-old man for illegally buying and selling tobacco products. Police recovered more than one thousand packets of various tobacco products from his house during a raid last week.