In hydropowered Bhutan, solar starts to riseBhutan is expanding solar power capacity to meet rising electricity demand. Hydropower faces challenges from low winter river flows and cli...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Bhutan business bets on hazelnuts for farming futureBhutanese farmers are cultivating hazelnuts, a high-value crop, on their lands. This initiative aims to improve subsistence farming and add...
12 Sep, 2026, 09.48 AM IST
India, Bhutan approve 12 new PTA projects worth Rs 332 crore, sign Rs 4,000 crore credit lineIndia and Bhutan reviewed development projects during high-level talks. A concessional line of credit worth Rs 4,000 crore was signed. Coop...
31 Jul, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
Union minister Rijiju in Bhutan to bring back Buddha relics after public expositionUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju is in Bhutan to retrieve sacred relics of Lord Buddha. These relics were on public display in Thimphu, strength...
24 Nov, 2025, 04.28 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma is the first chief minister from Assam to visit BhutanAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma embarked on a three-day visit to Bhutan to attend the nation's National Day celebrations as a spec...
16 Dec, 2024, 08.05 PM IST
In Bhutan, Kwatra discusses 5-year plan, energy visionThe Indo-Bhutan ties are so significant that the newly elected PM met the visiting foreign secretary on the very first day in office, accor...
31 Jan, 2024, 08.38 AM IST
India and China in outreach war in poll-bound BhutanAhead of Bhutan’s parliamentary polls, both India and China are jockeying for influence with all stakeholders who, they believe, are like t...
24 Jul, 2018, 03.21 PM IST
Bhutan king’s India visit reaffirms ties, sends signal to ChinaWhile Bhutan needs to reaffirm special security ties with India, Delhi on its part needs to strengthen establishment in Thimphu amid China’...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Bhutan plays big role in ending Sino-Indian military standoff in DoklamVery little has been said about how Bhutan undertook a delicate balancing act between two hostile neighbours, withstanding huge pressure fr...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
India watching China’s bid to court BhutanDelhi-based senior Chinese diplomats have been visiting Bhutan regularly over the past few months and continued to do so even during the Do...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
Foreign secretary S Jaishankar in Bhutan amid fresh PLA citings near DokalamJaishankar’s trip to Thimphu is the maiden visit by a top Indian official to Bhutan since the Dokalam standoff ended on August 28.
04 Oct, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
China wants to establish diplomatic ties with BhutanStrategically placed between India and Tibet, Thimphu remained aloof since 1951 after China took firm control of Tibet, which formed border...
12 Aug, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Narendra Modi arrives in Bhutan on his first foreign visit as PMHe is accompanied by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh.
15 Jun, 2014, 02.06 PM IST
Stronger Indo-Bhutan air link: Bhutan's national airline Drukair to connect Mumbai with ThimphuIndo-Bhutan air link is getting stronger with the plan of Bhutan’s national airline Drukair to connect Indian city Mumbai with Thimphu.
03 Feb, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
- India, Pak optimistic about taking dialogue process forward
THIMPHU: A day after their meeting here aimed at restoring the dialogue process, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistan counterpar...
07 Feb, 2011, 12.54 PM IST
- Pak hopes for 'constructive' Indian attitude at FS talks
Pakistan today said it is going to the upcoming Foreign-Secretary level parleys with India with an "open mind" and was hopeful of a "constr...
04 Feb, 2011, 03.48 PM IST
- Krishna may meet Qureshi in Thimphu
Foreign minister, S M Krishna, may have a "pull-aside" meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in Thimphu on the side...
18 Jan, 2011, 05.22 AM IST