A decade of crime in Bhutan (Kuensel)
12 April, 2008 - It can only mean two things: Bhutanese society is changing and more Bhutanese are approaching the law for justice.

Thinley takes over as Bhutan Premier (The Hindu)
Thimphu: Jigmi Y Thinley, who has had close ties with India, has taken over as Bhutan’s first elected Prime Minister, a post he held twice under the monarchy. Mr. Thinley, 56, assumed office on Wednesday after receiving the …

New PM takes office (Kuensel)
12 April, 2008 - On April 9, 2008, the fourth day of the third month of the male earth rat year, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley took his place on the highest seat of governance that a Bhutanese citizen can aspire for.

Rulers also Opposition in Bhutan (The Telegraph)
Thimpu, April 10: Bhutan’s ruling party will also play the role of the Opposition in the country’s first elected Parliament in what could be a unique experiment in a virtually “Opposition-free” parliamentary democracy.

Second GSM Network Launches in Bhutan (Cellular-News.com)
Bhutan’s second GSM network has launched its services, breaking the monopoly held by Bhutan Telecom. Tashi InfoComm was granted a license in 2006, but had difficulty raising funding for the network deployment.

Thinley takes over as Premier (The Hindu)
Thimphu: Jigmi Y Thinley, who has had close ties with India, has taken over as Bhutan’s first elected Prime Minister, a post he held twice under the monarchy. Mr. Thinley, 56, assumed office on Wednesday after receiving the ceremonial …

Call centre employees left in the lurch (Kuensel)
12 April, 2008 - The dreams and hopes of a decent life for some 100 employees of the Drukonnet business services in Thimphu, a call centre, are fading fast.

Grenade-packed auto seized near Bhutan (The Telegraph)
Guwahati, April 8: Police today seized 30 high-explosive grenades along with 30 detonators from an auto-rickshaw near the Bhutan bus stop at Rangia in Kamrup district.

Bhutan’s first ever publisher’s fair (Kuensel)
7 April, 2008 - A variety of books ranging from encyclopedia, sports and physical education, to leisure and children books are on display in the first ever book fair organized by the ministry of education at the new YDF complex in Thimphu.

Watch Tower: Bhutan after the polls (Central Chronicle)
Bhutan must be a truly unique country, something more than an idyllic nest high on the Himalayas.

His Majesty confers Dakyen on new cabinet

His Majesty the King with the new ministers

12 April, 2008 - His Majesty the King conferred Dakyen on the 10 cabinet ministers nominated by the first democratically elected government.

New PM takes office

His Majesty the King with Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley

12 April, 2008 - On April 9, 2008, the fourth day of the third month of the male earth rat year, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley took his place on the highest seat of governance that a Bhutanese citizen can aspire for. Chosen by the will of the Bhutanese people, Bhutan’s first elected prime minister received the auspicious five-colour dhar from His Majesty the King.

Master Politician

Jigmi Y Thinley

12 April, 2008 - On a late Sunday evening in early October 2007, as scattered, enormous clouds leaked a few unlikely raindrops over Bumdeling valley, Trashiyangtse, Jigmi Y Thinley stood holding a microphone in front of some 700 people inside a topless bamboo tent. He smiled and glanced around, shooting little arrows of recognition to faces he knew. All eyes were on him.

A decade of crime in Bhutan
12 April, 2008 - It can only mean two things: Bhutanese society is changing and more Bhutanese are approaching the law for justice.

Coming of age
12 April, 2008 - Take a rapid glance through the history of the governance of human society. Man was ruled by God, and then by Kings, and then by the people. That is why the transition of power taking place in Bhutan today is real history.

Call centre employees left in the lurch
12 April, 2008 - The dreams and hopes of a decent life for some 100 employees of the Drukonnet business services in Thimphu, a call centre, are fading fast.

Wall magazine competition on HIV/AIDS

12 April, 2008 - A wall magazine competition on HIV/AIDS, organised by the Department of Youth and Sports, was held at the YHS auditorium by 37 sections of class IX and XI to create awareness about the disease.

The DPT government's cabinet ministers

11 April, 2008 -

On election duty in Lunana

Polling officers and party representatives at their stations

11 April, 2008 - On January 25, three polling officers for Lunana experienced “the most nerve wracking 30 minutes of their lives”.

With the country’s northernmost gewog completely cut off by snow, Yangka, Thuji and Krishna were airlifted by an IAF (Indian Air Force) chopper to Lunana, where they would live for more than two months to manage the National Council and National Assembly elections.

Being a ‘politician’ in St Stephen’s College
10 April, 2008 - St Stephen’s College (Delhi University) is India’s most elite and well known humanitarian college with a high profile alumni of India’s current batch of top leaders, journalists, academics, intellectuals, corporate, senior bureaucrats and so on. Even some of Bhutan’s ministers and senior bureaucrats graduated from there, including the newly elected Prime Minister.

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