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Sangla Village, under Samtse Gewog, is now connected with a six-kilometre farm road. The road will benefit over eighty families of the Sangla- a home to Lepcha Community- located towards the South-East of Samtse.

Gyetsa mini power project, in Chhumig in Bumthang has been defunct for the last one and a half years and the Bhutan Power Corporation has started repair works to curb the frequent power blackouts in Bumthang.

The Disabled Persons’ Association of Bhutan received assistive devices, worth Nu.800, 000 from a charity called PhysioNet founded in York, England.

The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the five-kilometre farm road in La Bar and Kheng Zor Chiwog under Khar Gewog in Pema Gatshel was held yesterday.

Farmers in Ramjar Gewog, Trashi Yangtse are worried about their potato yield this year. Although, they reaped bountiful last year, this year, it is expected to drop significantly as they did not get enough fertilisers on time.

The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay called on the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the India’s capital, New Delhi, yesterday.

The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay met with the Minister of Home Affairs of India, Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, today. Lyonchhen also met with the Minister of Defense, Manohar Parrikar, Minister of Finance, Arun Jaitley, National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, the Converner of the BJP Overseas Affairs, Vijay Jolly and the members of the Indian Council for International Cooperation.

A Bhutanese teenage cyclist took the second place and bagged a silver medal at the Dharan Showdown Mountain Biking Championship, held at Nepal. Jigme Tenzin, 16, completed the cross country race, in junior category, just four seconds later than the first rider.

Football coaches from 18 dzongkhags are meeting in Gelegphu to take stock of the achievements in the last six months and the action plan for the coming six months. Some of the participants pointed out lack of proper football ground and sporting materials as a stumbling block in developing the sport in their dzongkhag. The five-day workshop will end on Friday.

Paro Police are investigating a hit and run case which killed a woman, 36, in Isuna, Paro, last evening at around 7. The victim lived with her family in Isuna. Police say there was no eyewitness at the time of the incident. They are requesting people, who sees any vehicle with suspicious dent marks, to inform them.