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The Lesser Path - New York Times
UDAIPUR, INDIA — It’s not every day that you get to meet a real blood and dust tribal missionary — a man who’s heard Mother Theresa’s confession, been knighted by the Queen for “services to the poor in India,” written dozens of books …    [read more]

ICIMOD values Nepal - PR Inside
… Development, ICIMOD, is a regional knowledge development and learning centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan , China , India , Myanmar , Nepal , and Pakistan - and based …    [read more]

Providing refuge - State News
Community Relations and Marketing Director Julie Reynolds Picot works with Refugee Services of St. Vincent Catholic Charities by educating the community through outreach. Here Reynolds Picot is in the Lansing office, located at 2800 W. Willow St …    [read more]

North Central Massachusetts Community Calendar - Sentinel & Enterprise
Shirley Well Adult: Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Shirley Board of Health, announces that a free well-adult clinic will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at Town Hall Senior Drop-in room. La Leche Meeting: La Leche League of …    [read more]

Sangma meets Ulfa leader in jail - Daily News and Analysis
The shifting of Ulfa ideologue Bhimakanta Buragohain from Tezpur Jail, where he was lodged since his capture during Operation All Clear by Bhutan Army in 2003, to the Guwahati Central Jail on February 21 last is also being viewed as a step to …    [read more]

Tibetans fear China’s hand in Dalai Lama’s succession - Indian Express
We think China will try to appoint its own Dalai Lama, as it did with the Panchen Lama,” said Jigme, a monk in the Tibetan region of Tongren in the arid northwestern province of Qinghai. “If that happens, we will protest,” he added, punching his …    [read more]

Please end the daily tamasha at Wagah - Rediff
We have a similar post at Nathu La on the Indo-Tibet border, with Burma at Moreh and I am sure with Bangladesh as well as Nepal and Bhutan. To the best of my knowledge, this kind of tamasha does not take place at those places. Some years ago, the …    [read more]

Walking the ramp as difficult as playing: Pankaj Advani - New Kerala
Malkani took inspiration from Bhutan for the collection - she feels that it is the happiest country in the world. “During my travel to Bhutan, I decided to create a line of garments which will represent the happiest country of the world,” explained …    [read more]

Revel in the wonder of the Solar System - BBC Science/Nature
There are maps you can buy which show how light pollution blocks out the night skies. Look at the map for the UK, and English star-gazers have it the worst. It would take a trip to a few scattered oases in Northumberland, East Anglia or the West …    [read more]

INDEPENDENT TIBET – THE FACTS : BY JAMYANG NORBU - Phayul
Tibet was a fully functioning and independent state before the Chinese invasion. It threatened none of its neighbors, fed its population unfailingly, year after year, with no help from the outside world, and owed nothing to any country or …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Falling between the census cracks
Children born out of wedlock remain out of the mainstream

5 March, 2010 - The recent annual census registration across the country left a 27-year old woman in Zobel gewog, Pemagatshel, perplexed.    [read more]

Picture Story

5 March, 2010 - His Holiness the Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Choeda, arrived in Gelephu yesterday to conduct a five-day moenlam chenmo (great prayer ceremony) starting Sunday. His Holiness is on a 49-day tour of the south, central and eastern dzongkhags    [read more]

Indian cabinet secretary in Bhutan

5 March, 2010 - The cabinet secretary of the government of India, Mr K.M Chandrasekhar is on a three-day visit to the country starting today.    [read more]

Picture Story

5 March, 2010 - A taxi driver Nado from Chamkhar and Tamzhing Lhakhang monk Sonam Tashi each received Nu.50,000 soelra from his Majesty the king on March 3 in recognition of their courage and exemplary display of respect for the Dharma.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Indian Cabinet Secretary calls on His Majesty and Prime Minister
The visiting cabinet secretary of India, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, called on His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister, besides meeting his Bhutanese counterpart today.
Discussing a gamut of issues with the Prime Minister, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, who is on his first visit to the kingdom, described Bhutan as a “happening place” with great […]    [read more]

Nganglam finally gets a bank
Opening of a Bank of Bhutan (BoB) branch in Nganglam in Pemagatshel last month is expected to benefit civil ser­vants, business community and the public of the dung­khag.
After repeated requests by the public and dungkhag ad­ministration for more than two years, BoB opened the branch coinciding with the 30th birth anniversary of His Majesty the […]    [read more]

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Down to top 12, Druk Star heats up
Ten weeks after Druk Star singing show was started, the competition has become more stiff and fierce. Contes­tants are spending more time practising songs, and of late, many of them have begun informally campaigning for votes.
Many regular viewers say that with every passing week, the contestants have improved their singing talent as well as presentation […]    [read more]

Give Thimphu respite
Until recently, we have rarely planned bigger than ourselves. Now, we are. But what we often tend to overlook is that bigger plans need bigger space.
We are planning a knowledge city in Thimphu. By far, the largest FDI venture, it aims to bring in between 15 and 30 top universities and 40,000 students into a […]    [read more]

Little hope for dying parties
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has given Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and People’s Demo­cratic Party (PDP) until 2012 to become financially sound. And the party offices in all 20 dzongkhags should be up and running.
ECB has issued a notice cautioning that any party having credits in 2012 cannot contest in the 2013 elections.
But both […]    [read more]

Bird flu under control
The recent outbreak of bird flu in Rinchending, Phuent­sholing, is now under control, according to officials from the livestock department.
The Department of Live­stock and Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Author­ity are successfully carrying out the decontamination, de­population and disinfection (3D) in Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse, Gelephu, Sarpang and Phuentsholing.
Until March 1, veterinar­ians depopulated or culled 1,119 […]    [read more]

Wai! Have you realised that sometimes it’s worth years of learning to go back to the past and reflect on it. In my wayward fancy, I’ve often tried to identify myself with many of the characters in our folk tales. I’ve tried to give them flesh and blood and put them in a social setting […]    [read more]

Standardising tourist hotels starts
A six-member team led by TCB started a countrywide hotel standardization and classification assessment yes­terday. The assessment is in line with the government’s decision which requires all hotels catering to tourists to be upgraded to a minimum of three star category.
The month-long exercise will assesses tourist hotels and accommodations reg­istered with the Tourism Council of […]    [read more]

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