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Phuentsholing, December 13: Indian security forces feel that the ULFA has been running temporary training camps inside Bhutan after they were flushed out from there three years ago. NDTV crew found that the camps would probably be located on the Indo Bhutan border crossing over to Bhutan from Bharaibkund. Jintu Kalita of ULFA was arrested … Read more

Kathmandu, December 13: One senior Indian journalists Kuldip Nyar warned that further 'mishandling' of the issue of the exiled Bhutanese could set a wrong example in the entire South Asian region. Nyar has bee in Nepal visit to gather views on what could be done to solve the problem at the earliest. "If the crisis … Read more

Kathmandu, December 11: Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala assured the exiled Bhutanese leaders that his new government would take stronger measures for repatriation of all the Bhutanese languishing in Nepal for the last 17 years. During the meeting with the 7-member delegation of the exiled Bhutanese leaders led by human rights activist Tek Nath … Read more

Thimphu, December 10: The 86th session of the National Assembly that begins from December 22 will discuss about the Labour and Employment Bill. According to spokesperson for the Legislative Committee the draft Immigration Bill and the Judiciary Services Bill would also be put up for discussion. It is also learnt that a lot of chatrims … Read more

Kathmandu, December 10: Bhutanese Refugee Durable Solution Coordination Committee (BRDSCC) has strongly urged King Jigme Singye Wangchuk to realize the rights of Bhutanese people. In a letter sent to Bhutanese king on the occasion of world human rights day, BRDSCC has expected for an act of declaration is made in favor of innocent people evicted … Read more

Kathmandu, December 08: The UNHCR is set to present its budget of US$1.06 billion for 2007 to donor countries at an annual conference in Geneva on Monday. In a press release issued by the agency on Friday, the agency expressed hopes that the international community will give generously "to support millions of people around the … Read more

Damak, December 07: The Nepalese teachers working in the private boarding schools in Jhapa district have demanded that the school management should expel all the Bhutanese teachers working in the schools and recruit Nepalese in their place. During a press conference here, the members of the Institutional Schools Teachers Union made this demand. Secretary of … Read more

Damak, December 05: Exiled Bhutanese leaders repeated their demand for a respectful repatriation of the the Bhutanese citizens back to their country. "We want to go back home and not to the US", the leaders said. Speaking at an interaction organized by the Bhutan Women's Development Association in Urlabadi on Monday and central member of … Read more

Beldangi I, December 03: The officail registration of the exiled Bhutanese in Beldangi-I ,which started from November 15, would end on December 8. Regular census would complete by Wednesday December 6. But it takes at least two days to register absentees who were marked temporarily absent earlier. After the completion in Beldangi-I, the census of Beldangi-II … Read more