The Barak Cha Sramik Union on Saturday demanded a special package for tea gardens in the Barak Valley and the rest of Assam so that they can overcome the losses caused by the nationwide lockdown and f...

The state government has decided to set up two Bailey bridges over Tolly’s Nullah in Tollygunge to ease the traffic flow across New Alipore, Behala and Joka.One of the Bailey bridges will link Mahat...

The Bengal cabinet on Thursday expanded the policy that allows tea gardens to use land for tourism with riders, trebling the ceiling from 5 per cent to 15 per cent of total holdings.The proposal is pa...

The entire workforce of tea gardens of Andrew Yule in Assam on Sunday offered voluntary service thanking the management for the help they rendered during lockdown.A total of 4,210 workers of the compa...

The GNLF has alleged that management of some tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills is asking labourers to sign on petitions stating they would want to go back to work.The Bengal government has not given...

The workers of Dhoedaam tea estate in Tinsukia district under the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) on Friday demanded that their dues be cleared by the month end.The workers threatened...

Hundreds of workers under the banner of All Assam Tea Tribes’ Students’ Association (ATTSA) on Friday staged a demonstration in Bokpara and Sessa tea estates, seeking a wage hike.The protesters he...

The boy and girl in uniform whose cartwheel and somersault on way to school, with bags on their backs, won praise from legendary gymnast Nadia Comaneci are children from Garden Reach who were only try...

Rooting for honey Cut a short stem of a plant and dip into a container of honey. Insert the stem into some cinder, sand or even a potato. Pluck any leaves and flowers from the stem. The honey acts as ...

Stakeholders of tea industry in Bengal breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the sector could engage its entire workforce from June 1. After the nationwi...