Darjeeling, May 25: The labour commissioner has directed management of tea gardens across the state to submit a formal and concrete proposal on wage revision for the workers within a fortnight, after a tripartite meeting in Calcutta today failed to make much headway.
The meeting was convened after garden unions across north Bengal threatened to launch an agitation. The labour commissioner has directed the management to submit a formal proposal on the wage revision in the next meeting slated for June 8 in Calcutta.
Gangtok: Sikkim Pradesh Congress president Nar Bahadur Bhandari was officially re-elected president of the party on Wednesday. He was elected uncontested since no other nomination had been filed by any Pradesh Congress member. Seven members of the rebel group have been included in the 32-member Pradesh Congress Committee.
Kumarpara (Alipurduar): Chakoakheti No.1 Board Primary School at Kumarpara, Alipurduar Block-I, celebrated its diamond jubilee year on Wednesday. Gadadhar Roy (85), a former student, inaugurated the programme.
Siliguri: A makhna elephant died on Wednesday following a fight with another pachyderm, forest officials said. The body of the elephant was found near Gajoldoba with severe wounds to its neck. Its right ear, too, had been ?torn away?.
