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New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck met with the Indian leadership here on Tuesday. Wangchuck, who is on a weeklong visit to India, held talks with President Pratibha Patil, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and ...  

FIRST VISIT: Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk being welcomed by President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: Describing Bhutan as ...  

Bhutan at present has a total instaled capacity of 1500 MW of which its domestic requirement is 400 MW. The remaining surplus of 1100 MW is given to India. The Agreements were signed here after talks between visiting Bhutanese King Khesar Namgyel ...  

New Delhi, India (AHN) - The King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has begun a 6-day visit to India on Monday. This is the first visit of the King of Bhutan to a foreign country after his formal coronation in November 2008. The ...  

The HinduIndia, Bhutan to sign four MoUs for hydel power projectsHindu— PHOTO: PTI For stronger ties: Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck being received by Union Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia on his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Monday. ...Photo exhibition at NGMA on Bhutan Dec 23-Jan 31NetIndianBhutan King arrives in India on state visitThaindian.comBhutan king visits India...  

New Delhi, Dec 21 : Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk arrived here today on a six-day official visit to enhance bilateral ties. This is Wangchuk's first official state visit since his coronation in 2008. During his visit, Wangchuk will meet ...  

New Delhi, Dec 21 : India and Bhutan will sign four agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for strengthening cooperation in hydel projects, information and communication technology, health and civil aviation during the six-day visit of ...  

India and Bhutan stepped up their engagement in the power sector by signing new pacts, including a memorandum of understanding for four new hydel projects and for initiating consultancy services aimed at the preparation of a transmission grid master ...  

NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (Reuters) -Bhutan's young new King is on a week-long visit to India, his first official trip aimed at cementing the new democracy's relations with an Asian powerhousee that pays for a nearly a quarter of the government's budget ...  

Kolkata, Dec 18 : The Bhutan government has decided to go carbon neutral notwithstanding whatever happens at climate meet in Copenhagen, Foreign Minister of Bhutan Ugyen Tshering said today. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an interactive ...  

The government is going to withdraw entire import duty from 18 major exportable products from Bhutan including some industrial raw materials, fresh fruits and spices to boost bilateral trade with the neighbouring country. South Asian department of ...  

In Bhutan, a stock trade a day keeps stress away In Bhutan, a stock trade a day keeps stress away THIMPHU: It is a sign of the times for Bhutan that a $9 million McKinsey consultancy report to find ways to accelerate Bhutan's economic growth has ...  

http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News=article=14259 Lhotsham (Southern Bhutanese) amongst 3 other officials awarded red scarf by King. [BPC’s managing director, Dasho Bharat Tamang, started his career as an engineer of the department of power in 1984. “Young engineers would be inspired to work harder. And I think that this honour is an appreciation of our humble contribution to society,” said the 52-year-old managing...  

KOLKATA: Diplomatic and trade ties between Bhutan and China are definitely conceivable in the future, but the current priority is to resolve all border issues, said Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, the Foreign Minister of Bhutan here on Thursday. “We have no ...  

PUNAKHA DZONG, Bhutan, Dec 17 (Reuters) - For centuries this monastic fortress in Bhutan's Himalayas has sheltered ancient Buddhist relics and scriptures from earthquakes, fires and Tibetan invasions. Now the lamas here may have met their match ...