The role of the Indian government on the paraphernalia of the Bhutanese democratic movement for human rights and democracy begs for more criticism than appreciation. India’s strategic advantage both in terms of location and influence on governance in Bhutan is hardly concealed from anyone. But after two decades, India’s attitude on the Bhutanese movement remains [...]
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Posted in Commentary on 30 January 2010
January 30, 2010: Despite being a leading democracy in world, India always remained silent spectator to many of the democratic struggles in its neighbor. Bhutan is one of them, where India not only acted as mere spectator but sided with autocracy to crash democratic fight.
Bhutan Media Society (BMS) called upon leaders from diverse background on [...]
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Posted in Main News on 30 January 2010
It has been over a month since I landed at Adelaide airport in South Australia. The first month remained impressive as expected. I had my ninety six year old grandfather on his wheel chair- the eldest man in Adelaide from Bhutanese Community whom I had accompanied along with. After some 12 hours of flight from [...]
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Posted in Opinion on 13 July 2009
A highly placed source at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that altogether 16,000 Bhutanese citizens have been resettled in various developed countries so far. The statistics update from the UNHCR showed that until April 11, 2009 some 10,934 individuals have resettled in the United States of America under the third country [...]
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Posted in Commentary on 10 July 2009
Over a year and a half has gone by since Bhutan became “democratic”, but there is little to evidence Bhutan’s democratic credentials, and a lot is still left wanting, Druk National Congress said
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Posted in Main News on 07 July 2009
The Royal government of Bhutan will receive a total of IRs 5.6 billions in grants in the new fiscal year 2009-10 from the government of India
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Posted in Main News on 07 July 2009
The government projects ton create at least 16,000 jobs for jobseekers in the next four years, when the first elected government ends its tenure
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Posted in Main News on 06 July 2009
A veteran writer vice Chairman of the National Council, Upper House, Karma Ura has resigned from the post owing to health conditions
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Posted in Main News on 06 July 2009
Four members from the family of human rights leader Tek Nath Rizal have flown to Canada on Monday under resettlement program
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Posted in Main News on 03 July 2009
After two years of discussion, Humane Society International has announced the beginning of a nationwide spay neuter program in Bhutan
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Posted in Main News on 03 July 2009