More power tillers for Bhutanese farmers (Kuensel)
24 December, 2007 - The Japanese government has extended a grant of about Nu 76 million (Yen 210 million) to provide agricultural machinery like power tillers, trailers and ploughs for underprivileged Bhutanese farmers through the KRII project.

Meet Thimphu’s second NC candidate (Kuensel)
25 December, 2007 - Thimphu dzongkhag’s hunt for a second National Council candidate ended with the nomination of Sangay Tshoki from Kawang gewog. Thimphu will, one way or another, have a woman representing them in the National Council.

Bhutanese refugee dies in India (Nepalnews. com)
A Bhutanese refugee who had left for Gujarat, India, for job two months ago has been found dead in mysterious condition in Maharastra of India. Man Bahadur Bhattarai, 51, who had been living at a camp in Sanischhare of Morang, had gone to Gujarat on October 29.

The Tara-thon: Running for a good reason (Kuensel)
24 December, 2007 - With the blessings of the Trashigang Lam Neten, 10 students and two lecturers of Sherubtse college hit the east-west highway on December 21 in a 600 kilometre marathon from Kanglung to Thimphu to raise funds for poor Bhutanese children.

Security beefed up in Indo-Bhutan border (Outlook India)
Security has been tightened along the Indo-Bhutan border in view of the first Parliamentary election in the Himalayan kingdom on December 31. A closed door meeting was held here between the officials of Serpang district of Bhutan and Indian districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baska and Udalguri today.

Alternative venues prove art is all around us (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
From hotel lobbies to the local coffee house, art is everywhere. So it was that on a recent trip to Breathe Yoga Studio on the South Side that I ran into the work of a remarkable artist, Chhime Dorji, who hails from Paro, Bhutan.

Bhutan power to cost more from next fiscal (The Times of India)
State utilities will have to pay more from the next financial year for power they buy from Bhutan.

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal hope to resettle in the US (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
The first planeloads of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal are expected to leave the Himalayan nation in January for resettlement in the United States. U.S. officials will begin processing some of the 106,000 Bhutanese living in U.N.-managed camps in east Nepal.

India to seal Bhutan border, intensify policing on Nepal border (Deepika)
Siliguri, Dec 22 (UNI) India will seal Bhutan borders in West Bengal and Assam on the eve of Himalayan nation’s first National Council election on December 31 and intensify policing on Indo-Nepal border, a senior police official said today.

Bhutan is best for biking (Kuensel)
22 December, 2007 - Mountain biking can be a natural wonder with unlimited adventure. And Bhutan had an environment suited for it.

Gasa’s last two graduates still reluctant

Bare like Mother Hubbard’s cupboard

25 December, 2007 - Gasa dzongkhag is freezing. But that’s not what’s on its residents’ minds. What is, is the utter absence of a qualified candidate to stand for the National Council election, even as the deadline approaches its doorstep - for the second time.

Tense NC campaign in Bumthang
25 December, 2007 - The central district of Bumthang, better known as the spiritual heartland of Bhutan, is also regarded by many as one of the most politicized dzongkhags in the country.

Meet Thimphu’s second NC candidate

25 December, 2007 - Thimphu dzongkhag’s hunt for a second National Council candidate ended with the nomination of Sangay Tshoki from Kawang gewog. Thimphu will, one way or another, have a woman representing them in the National Council.

The Birthday Treat
24 December, 2007 - Dear Dechen, I don’t know
whether it’s your fault for
being here or mine for falling for you. I don’t know whether it’s fate’s caprice to bring us together. I only know that I’m in love with you …. this is my heart speaking the truth … I love you … will you be mine forever?

Yours ever Sonam

Thank Heavens for Small Mercies
24 December, 2007 - Often in our lives we compare,
contrast and complain. We are never happy with what we have and pine for what we do not. We always have a tendency to compare our lot with that of someone better off and feel miserable, little realizing that we are actually making it so. We hanker after wealth and money rather than nurture love and relationship.

The Tara-thon: Running for a good reason

The long distance dozen - 600 km in 35 days

24 December, 2007 - With the blessings of the Trashigang Lam Neten, 10 students and two lecturers of Sherubtse college hit the east-west highway on December 21 in a 600 kilometre marathon from Kanglung to Thimphu to raise funds for poor Bhutanese children.

CTC provides viable alternative

HRD director hands out graduation certificates

24 December, 2007 - When 26-year-old Jagat got his final examination result in 2005, he thought he would end up working ar his farm like his parents. The farmer’s son from Sarpang did not qualify for a government school and could not afford higher studies anywhere.

RAA makes record recovery
24 December, 2007 - The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has recovered more than Nu 70 million this year, from unresolved irregularities in the government budget, the highest so far, say audit officials.

UN commits US$ 63.4m
24 December, 2007 - The United Nations (UN) systems in the country has committed a total of US$ 63.40 million to support programmes in Bhutan for the next five years under the common Country Programme Action Plan (cCPAP).

Cardamom produce on the decline
24 December, 2007 - At this time of year, villages in Tendu gewog, about 72 km from Samtse town, give off the gentle but distinct fragrance of cardamom.

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