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Police in Gyalpozhing of Monggar forwarded cases of alleged rape of a minor and alleged illicit trafficking of marijuana and hashish to the Office of the Attorney General today.

His Majesty The King graced the Opening Ceremony of the 6th Session of the Third Parliament today. The opening session was also graced by the Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen along with their Royal Highnesses Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck, Princess Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck and Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck.

Wungchilo in Trashi Yangtse is a safe haven for abusing and making drugs. As the place is far from the settlement and with plenty of marijuana plants, miscreants visit the place to abuse drugs and make hashish to sell. Police have started patrolling the area to curb illegal activities in the area.   

The former chairperson of Chhukha Dzongkhag Tshogdu was disqualified from contesting in the local government election. He could not produce security clearance from the police. He was to contest for the post of Bongo Gup after getting selected from the Dhamngoi Zomdu recently. He is from Gedu-Meritsemo chiwog. 

An aspiring gup candidate from Lhuentse could not file his nomination for the upcoming local government election due to his past criminal record. He...

Two men in their late 30s are in custody for the alleged statutory rape in Zhemgang. They are accused of the alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl in separate incidents. 

It requires a great deal of patience if you want to fix your car at the automobile repair workshops in Samtse town. Sometimes, it takes an entire day just to fix a minor problem. And at times, you have no other option but to return home without any service at all. This is because the only two automobile workshops at the Samtse town are running short of skilled workers.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, SAARC Agriculture Centre, International Food Policy Research Institute and SAARC Development Fund have launched a partnership for scaling-up...

A herd of wild elephants destroyed nearly three acres of paddy fields in Norbugang Gewog in Samtse. Three families lost all their crops. The incident happened on Monday evening.

The residents of Bji-Semji in Nubi Gewog, Trongsa are now connected with 4G mobile network. The news came as a delight to about 80 households in the gewog. They lived with poor internet connectivity until now. Bhutan Telecom office in the district installed a new tower at Bjeezam in the beginning of this month.