The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Thimphu, July 18 (Reuters): Bhutan's parliament endorsed the country's first Constitution today, formally turning the former absolute monarchy into a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Trip to Bhutan-The Last Shangri-La!
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Jen and Jeff's Honeymoon Around the World
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Thimphu: Twelve Indians working in a construction company in Bhutan were killed and six others injured when a boulder hit the rear end of the truck in which they were travelling, police said. The incident occurred when the truck was ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Thimphu, Bhutan Day 2 did some early morning wandering around Thimphu.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Thimphu, Bhutan Arrived in Paro and set out for Thimphu - will visit Paro on the return trip. Coming in to the airport at Paro is an experience - the plane maneuvers through steep mountains and a deep valley. The plane comes in from the south, so the people on the left side of the plane could see Mt. Everest (what is it with those people on the left side? Why always...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Thimphu: Bhutan is the only country to have tigers at incredibly high altitudes, where their habitat is overlapping those of the elusive snow leopards, conservationists in the Himalayan country have claimed. Fresh pictures and pugmarks ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Thimphu: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ended his two-day visit to Bhutan on Saturday with an address before the first-ever joint sitting of the country's newly elected Parliament. Declaring himself to be “a friend, and quite ...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
By Murali Krishnan Thimphu, May 17 (IANS) The first rail link between India and Bhutan will be built soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Saturday as he pledged Rs.100 billion ($2.5 billion) over the next five years as part of a package of economic engagement with that country. Addressing a joint session of Bhutan's newly elected [...]
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
By Ashok Dixit Thimphu, May 17 (ANI): Friendly ties between India and Bhutan took another step forward with Prime Ministers Dr. Manmohan Singh and Jigmi Y. Thinley dedicating the 1020 megawatt Tala Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan's Chukha Valley to the two countries. An impressive and colourful ceremony marked the dedication that followed Dr. Singh’s address to [...]
Timpu (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Thimphu, May 17: Having spent the better part of his two-day official visit to Bhutan lauding that country's emergence as the youngest democracy in the world and for its improving relations with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, cautioned that the challenge before both would be to evolve a “model of sustainable, inclusive and [...]
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
By Ashok Dixit Thimphu, May 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that India was ready to assist in making the region more peaceful, secure and prosperous. He was addressing the Bhutan Parliament this morning. India desires to see a South Asia which is at peace with itself. We wish to contribute to ever [...]
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Tigers in Snow Leopard Land By Tenzing Lamsang THIMPHU, Bhutan, May 9, 2008 (ENS) - Fresh pictures and pugmarks from the Jigme Dorji National Park show that royal Bengal tigers in Bhutan are being found at altitudes never seen before. In fact, authorities say that the tigers are going so high that they are overlapping the habitat of the elusive snow leopard. "We've realized that Bhutan is now officially...
Timpu (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Paro/Thimphu, May 16: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was given a rousing welcome on his arrival at Paro International Airport on Friday morning by both Bhutanese dignitaries and locals. Click Here To Read the Full Post
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
By Ashok Dixit Thimphu, May 16 (ANI): It was a ceremonial guard of honour worth replicating for its precision and panache. Visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was given a grand welcome at the Tashichhodzong, the seat of government in Bhutan Capital Thimphu on Friday afternoon. It was an event that emphatically emphasized theclose and [...]
