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Vijaya Dashami being celebrated today

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:22 PM PDT

The main day of the Dashain festival, Vijaya Dashami, is being celebrated by the Bhutanese Diaspora in Nepal and various resettlement countries, Sunday.

On this day, people receive Teeka from their parents and seniors at the most auspicious time, which is 10:43 am in Nepal.

According to initial reports from our correspondents in various countries, group celebrations are being planned and underway to celebrate this year's Dashain festival. For them, this is a rare opportunity to gather at one place for exchanging exchange greetings.

Detailed reports are being awaited.

District court slaps three-year jail tern for promoting Christianity

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:10 PM PDT

A Christianity promoter has been sentenced to three years’ prison by Gelephug District court last week charging him for attempting to promote civil unrest.

Prem Singh Gurung from Tarithang was arrested on May 21 as he was found screening movies on Christianity in Simkharkha and Gonggaon, two remote villages in Bhutan.

Prem Sing has been accused of screening Christian movies unlike his commitment to the villagers to showing them the nepali movies.

Gelephu police filed the case on July 23 and charged him for the promotion of civil unrest, and violation of sections 105(1) and 110 of Bhutan information, communication and media act, which says that a producer or owner or importer of any film, which is intended for public exhibition by any mode of information and communication technology or media within Bhutan, shall submit the film for examination; and failure to comply with the requirement shall be an offence.

None of the concerned authorities commented on the case and the verdict.

interestingly, although the country has termed it  ” secular”, people’s right to exercise their religious practices still seem snatched by the government.