Tea Gardens

Assam tea garden workers criticise Narendra Modi for 'chaiwala' references, urge PM to implement promised minimum wage

Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) General Secretary Rupesh Gowala said while Modi often refers to himself as a "chaiwala", he is yet to make good his promises.

Gorkhaland agitation: Three tea gardens reopen; Mamata Banerjee warns of action if strike continues

Three tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills reopened on Monday, signalling a gradual return to normalcy which has eluded the hills for the past three months due to an indefinite strike by the GJM over the Gorkhaland statehood issue.

International Tea Day: Mamata urges Centre to help tea workers hit by demonetisation

Mamata Banerjee yet again urged the Centre and RBI to "extend a helping hand to tea garden workers", who she alleged were "dying" in the aftermath of demonetisation.

In north east India, people want to follow a different time: Here's why

India has just one time zone for its 1.2 billion people, spread from points further east than Bangladesh to the western Arabian Sea.

BJP-led alliance in Assam is coming together of 'two dangerous forces of communalism and divisiveness': Sonia Gandhi

Slamming the BJP-led alliance in Assam as coming together of "two dangerous forces of communalism and divisiveness", Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "insulting" people of the state and going back on promises of development.

Give BJP 5 years to correct misrule of 15 years by Gogoi, Congress: PM Modi calls for a young CM in Assam

Ahead of the Assam elections in April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his five-day public meetings in the state on Saturday. He started with a rally in Tinsukia where Modi emphasised on the need for development in Assam and talked about bringing Assam back to its glory days.

Denied wages for nine months, two West Bengal tea garden workers die of starvation

Two tea garden labourers allegedly died due to starvation in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts in West Bengal.

Gogoi orders strict implementation of Plantation Labour Act

Expressing dissatisfaction over non-implementation of the Act by some tea gardens, Gogoi ordered the department to start implementing provisions of the Act in a time-bound manner.

Centre committed to revive sick tea gardens: labour minister

Tomar said Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit West Bengal soon to discuss with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on how to revive the sick tea estates in the state.

Has the government failed the tea garden workers of Jalpaiguri?

A CNN-IBN report shows that the worker's condition of several tea estates in North Bengal are abysmal with acute malnourishment, trafficking and unemployment taking its toll.