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Tea Estates
Business  /  Published 22.08.22

Legal hurdle to tea garden hunt for investors

The former majority promoter of Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Pvt Ltd has received an interim injunction restraining the company from selling properties...
By Sambit Saha in Calcutta

West Bengal  /  Published 03.08.22

Planters miffed over tourism policy

‘We feel it is important for the governments to consult with the tea industry before deciding on something’...
By Vivek Chhetri in Darjeeling

West Bengal  /  Published 29.07.22

Reopening cheers at 3 tea gardens

Development comes as a major relief to over 1,000 jobless workers and their families...
By Our Bureau in Alipurduar, Siliguri/Jalpaiguri

West Bengal  /  Published 25.06.22

Plan for shut garden workers

There are four closed tea estates — Raipur, Dharanipur, Redbank and Surendranagar — in Jalpaiguri district. Another 15 tea estates, struggling to continue production, have also been identified ...
By Our Correspondent in Jalpaiguri

West Bengal  /  Published 09.06.22

15% wage hike for tea workers

Daily wage looks set to go up from Rs 202 to Rs 232 for tea estate workers in north Bengal ...
By Avijit Sinha and Anirban Choudhury in Siliguri/Alipurduar

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West Bengal  /  Published 04.05.22

Tea belt feels pinch of CM’s coal fiat

Coal trucks from Northeast barred entry...
By Avijit Sinha in Siliguri

West Bengal  /  Published 10.02.22

Tea workers of shut estates without dole

Sources in the state labour department, which disburses the money, admitted the state is in the middle of an austerity drive and payment got delayed over a fund hurdle...
By Our Correspondent in Alipurduar

West Bengal  /  Published 26.01.22

Bhutan lockdown hurdle to home

The duo, working as domestic helps for the past three years, in the neighbouring country since the pandemic-induced lockdown there in March 2020...
By Our Correspondent in Alipurduar

West Bengal  /  Published 01.12.21

Govt: 6 tea gardens to reopen soon

The state labour minister, who was at Madarihat in Alipurduar district, held a meeting with officials of different departments at the local tourist lodge...
By Our Correspondent in Alipurduar

West Bengal  /  Published 24.07.21

Tea garden robbery bares banking woes

A gang of robbers stopped some employees of the Thanjhora garden, opened fire in air and snatched away Rs 26 lakh from them on Thursday afternoon...
By Avijit Sinha in Siliguri


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