Indo-Bhutan border to be sealed for polls (Outlook India)
The Indo-Bhutan border will be sealed for 36 hours during the Himalayan country’s general elections on March 24. “The border along Bhutan and Assam will be sealed from 6 pm on March 23 to 6 am on March 25,” the ministry of home and cultural affairs said in statement here.

A campaign of terror as election day approaches (Kuensel)
19 March, 2008 - Even as Bhutanese voters head home for the March 24 polls by the bus-load militant organisations based in Nepal have stepped up terror tactics to frighten voters and disrupt Bhutan’s first general election.

Mr Nice Guy for North Thimphu (Kuensel)
NA ELECTIONS - THIMPHU 19 March, 2008 - The candidates of North Thimphu constituency, Ugyen Tshering and Dr Tobgyal Wangchhuk, don’t seem to believe in the saying: ‘nice guys, finish last’.

The South Thimphu choice: Experience or change (Kuensel)
NA ELECTIONS - Thimphu 17 March, 2008 - The parliamentary race in South Thimphu constituency has all the elements of a spicy political contest: two formidable personalities, a controversy, that has been the talk of the nation for weeks, and a race so tight that it is almost impossible to predict the outcome.

One killed in Bhutan blast; security alert sounded (Gulf Times)
THIMPHU: Bhutan has put its security forces on a maximum alert after one person was killed in an explosion ahead of the historic parliamentary elections on March 24, officials said yesterday.

One killed in Bhutan explosion, security alert sounded (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Thimphu, March 15 (IANS) Bhutan has put its security forces on a maximum alert after one person was killed in an explosion ahead of the historic parliamentary elections March 24, officials said Saturday.

Bhutan refugees not to cross border, Nepal assures India (New Kerala)
Darjeeling, Mar 17 : Nepal has assured India that it would not allow refugees trying to sneak back into their birthplace in Bhutan to cross the border.

Indo-Bhutan border to be sealed for polls (NDTV)
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the camp, who says four generations of his family were born in Bhutan. He fled when soldiers accused him of supporting the protest movement, his wife followed a year later after being beaten and raped by soldiers, the family said.

Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 | (News Today)
The Indo-Bhutan border will be sealed for 36 hours during the Himalayan country’s general elections on 24 March. ‘The border along Bhutan and Assam will be sealed from 6 pm on 23 March to 6 am on 25 March,’ the ministry of home and cultural affairs said.

Mr Nice Guy for North Thimphu

DPT’s Ugyen Tshering and PDP’s Dr Tobgyal Wangchhuk on a charm offensive

NA ELECTIONS - THIMPHU 19 March, 2008 - The candidates of North Thimphu constituency, Ugyen Tshering and Dr Tobgyal Wangchhuk, don’t seem to believe in the saying: ‘nice guys, finish last’.

The return of the prodigal sons

PDP’s Sangay Dorji and DPT’s Dorji Wangdi do their things on the hustings

NA ELECTIONS - ZHEMGANG 19 March, 2008 - Panbang has produced many civil servants but few come home. Perhaps it has to do with its inaccessibility - only 63 of the 1,104 households have access to roads - and the incidence of poverty is about 53.9 percent.

Don’t the candidates count?

PDP’s Namgay and DPT’s Dr Pema Jamtsho meet the folks who’ll decide their fate

NA ELECTIONS - BUMTHANG 19 March, 2008 - Wearing a blue cap with a logo of a white horse Namgay Drukpa, 55, the People’s Democratic Party candidate for the Tang-Chokhor constituency gets into his gray Maruti van and heads towards the scattered settlement of Pangrey and Dorjibi villages.

‘Late-comer’ takes on ‘senior player’ in Gelephu

DPT’s Prem Kumar Gurung and PDP’s Tshering Dolkar share a moment together

NA ELECTIONS - SARPANG 19 March, 2008 - For the black-necked cranes, it’s the final campaign, for the white horse, it’s the first.

PDP’s Tshering Dolkar, ‘the late comer’ and DPT’s Prem Kumar Gurung, ‘the senior player’, are both happily and strongly campaigning to make best of the last few days left.

Rooting as per roots

DPT’s Karma Rangdol and PDP’s Sonam Jatsho communicating with the Kurtoeps

NA ELECTIONS - LHUENTSE
19 March, 2008 - As poll day draws near a sizeable number of rural voters across the country are not sure whom to cast their votes for. The choice becomes difficult when the contesting candidates are equally popular and well known.

A Sherpa is sure to get to the top

DPT’s Yangku Tshering and PDP’s Nim Karma - take their candidacy to their constituents

NA ELECTIONS - TSIRANG 19 March, 2008 - The past few days have been the busiest for Lata in Mithun village, Tsirang. The 65-year-old mother is in full preparation to receive her relatives who will arrive in Tsirang to vote on March 24.

One way or the other, it’s a woman on top

DPT’s Choeki Wangmo and PDP’s Dorji Choden in a ‘fair’ fight

NA ELECTIONS - TRASHIGANG 19 March, 2008 - As the only constituency in the entire country where both contesting candidates are women, Thrimshing’s winner will help to bring some balance of gender to Bhutan’s new parliament.

Chapcha-Bongo plays it close to the chest

PDP’s Kunzang Dorji DPT’s Ugay Tshering bring their powers of persuasion to bear

NA ELECTIONS - CHHUKHA 19 March, 2008 - The people of Chapcha-Bongo constituency are all set and decided as to which party they are going to vote for.
But none of the people Kuensel spoke to wanted to say anything about which party they favoured.

A promise of hope

PDP’s Dr Pema Choephyel and DPT’s Sonam Penjore: Hand in hand and toe to toe

NA ELECTIONS - MONGAR 19 March, 2008 - According to the latest survey by UNDP, four of the 10 poverty-stricken gewogs in the country fall in Kengkhar-Weringla constituency, one of the three constituencies of Mongar dzongkhag.

PDP has the edge in Drujeygang-Tseza

DPT’s Sonam Jamtsho and PDP’s Karma Choden put their candidacies across

NA ELECTIONS - DAGANA 19 March, 2008 - As the two political candidates from Drujeygang-Tseza constituency in Dagana rush to wrap up their campaigns, they have presented a grand vision for the Dagaps.

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