Calcutta Telegraph

Flood fury continues: Assam, Bihar crippled Indian Express, India - Jul 29, 2007 State Water Resource Department officials said incessant rains across the Northeastern region including Bhutan had caused the Brahmaputra and most of its … Brahmaputra crosses danger mark in Guwahati Times of India all 3 news articles

NDTV.com

Pranab hopes to finalise nuke deal soon NDTV.com, India - Jul 29, 2007 He said this on board a special aircraft while returning to Kolkata from Bhutan after a three-day official visit. Mukherjee said the draft agreement … Nuclear deal will not interfere with weaponisation: Pranab Hindu all 16 news articles

Villagers halt farm road construction

Narang villagers: “we were promised a road”

30 July, 2007 - Sixty three year old Karchung, a potato farmer in Mongar, knows the three hour walking trail from his village, Khalong, to Drametse like the back of his hand.
He uses the path almost everyday from May to November to ferry his potato crop to Drametse, which has a road that links to the national highway.

Finding the right candidate

30 July, 2007 - The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), the two parties that are yet to formally register with the Election Commission of Bhutan appear to be having a difficult time finding the ‘right’ candidate to contest in the 2008 general election.

Import of poultry banned

BAFRA rapid response team alerted

30 July, 2007 - The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) has indefinitely banned the import of poultry and poultry products from India in response to an outbreak of the bird flu (avian influenza) in Chingmeirong, a village near Imphal in Manipur, India, on Wednesday.

Rain disrupts life in southern region

30 July, 2007 - The heavy downpour over the past week disrupted roads and flooded urban centers in several dzongkhags in the southern foothills.

Special Dzongkha language course

30 July, 2007 - A private institute in Changangkha, Thimphu, has started a three-month special language course for anyone interested in improving their command over the national language, Dzongkha.

Punatshangchhu I agreement signed

Pranab Mukherjee and Khandu Wangchuk sign the agreement

29 July, 07 - Bhutan and India signed yesterday a landmark agreement on the implementation of the 1095 MW Punatshangchhu-1 hydroelectric project, the largest project ever to be undertaken in Bhutan in partnership with the government of India.

Lhengye Zhungtshog: Final session
Seven ministers submit resignation

The last Lhengye Zhungtshog in session on 26 July, 2007

28 July, 2007 - The works and human
settlement minister,
Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji, will take over the reins of the government as the 10th prime minister of Bhutan from July 31.

RAA to look at performance, not problems
28 July, 2007 - The Royal Audit Authority (RAA)
will audit and report on the
economy, according to the Auditor General Ugyen Chhewang, looking on how the public funds and resources were provided, how they were utilised and how they benefited the people.

RCSC reshuffles executive positions
28 July, 2007 - The Royal Civil Service
Commission (RCSC)
announced on July 27, the appointments and transfers of senior civil servants to executive positions in the government.

No gifts please !
28 July, 2007 Gestures like offering of gifts
(chanjeys), which was once
seen as being customary and an age-old tradition, could now be considered as corruption.

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