Bhutan Prime Minister on four-day visit to India from Tuesday

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday left for Bhutan on a three-day official visit during which he is likely to discuss issues related to border security and activities of northeast militants. During his visit, Chidambaram will meet King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley, former king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs Minjur Dorji and other leaders.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will leave for Thimphu today on a three-day official visit to Bhutan.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI -Home Minister P.Chidambaram will leave for Thimphu Friday on a three-day official visit to Bhutan, his first foreign tour after taking over the portfolio Dec 1 last year. During his visit, Chidambaram will meet the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Prime Minister Jigmi Y.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will begin his tour to India on August 18. This will be his first visit to India after assuming power in May.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Bhutan will hold a meeting of the Empowered Joint Group to fast-track implementation of hydropower projects next month. The first meeting of this group was held in New Delhi in March 2009 after the signing of the Protocol to the 2006 Agreement on Cooperation in Hydropower.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday pledged $2 million for the victims of flash floods in Bhutan and offered its full support to Thimphu to host the 16th Saarc summit in April next year. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed his sympathies for the loss of lives and property in recent floods in Bhutan, a joint statement said a day after Manmohan Singh held talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lyonchen Jigmi Y.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Yoser Thinley called on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here on Wednesday over bilateral economic relationship. Bhutan has liberalised its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) laws to attract Indian investors.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley held meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday evening at Hyderabad House here. Both the leaders believed to have discussed about ways and means to take the bilateral relations to new heights.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Yoser Thinley will hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House here today.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will arrive here today on a four-day visit to strengthen ties between the two countries. During his visit, Thinley will meet President Pratibha Patil and his Indian counterpart Dr.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan's Prime Minister, Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley, will pay a four-day working visit to New Delhi from June 30 to July 3, 2009.

June 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, on his maiden visit to Bhutan, announced a new series of scholarships for young students from the Himalayan kingdom to study in prestigious Indian institutions, the external affairs ministry said Saturday.

June 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI J - Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is visiting to Nepal for a two-day visit from today. Strengthening relations between India and Nepal will be the top on the agenda of this visit.

April 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the country's leading engineering and construction conglomerate, Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs.1,245 crore (Rs.12.45 billion) contract for the construction of dams as part of the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydroelectric Project in Bhutan. The project is being set up by the Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project Authority which has been constituted through an agreement between the governments of India and Bhutan, a company statement said.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has helped Nepal and Bhutan to set up medical colleges, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare P.