West Bengal votes in the first phase of assembly elections on Thursday, covering 152 of 294 seats, with over 3.6 crore voters and heavy sec...

The Trinamool Congress pledged to increase tea garden worker wages to Rs 300. Industry stakeholders express caution, citing the sector's fi...

Sandeep Mukherjee, principal adviser of Darjeeling Tea Association said “Of the 87 tea estates in Darjeeling, 7 are permanently closed. Man...

Darjeeling’s famous tea estates are opening their gates to visitors for another sensorial stimulation—a bungalow stay with a view of the lo...

The tea belt is located in Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars region of North Bengal where 3 lakh odd permanent workers are employed in around 30...

Of the annual Darjeeling tea production of 8.5 million kg, nearly 1.7 million kg is first flush teas.

The Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA), however, had sought a much higher package to compensate for the revenue loss and for payments to work...

The Darjeeling district, four months after the unrest, remains tense even after the settlement with incidents of sporadic violence having b...

Addressing the annual general meeting of Darjeeling Tea Association here, he said tea production is an important element of the country's p...

A senior government official told ET that the state has hired professional services firm KPMG to evaluate the bids, which have been submitt...

As the first flush of prized Darjeeling tea nears harvest this spring, workers in fair-trade tea plantations there are still waiting for a ...

Tea gardens in Darjeeling may go for close if the impasse in hills due to ongoing indefinite strike continues.

Darjeeling tea companies can see losses brewing after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has put an embargo on movement of teas.

As chaos engulfs the serene hill tracts and platoons of men in fatigues battle frenzied supporters of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha since Tue...

The Indian tea industry, which is on a revival path, is now faced with a new challenge — an acute labour shortage.

The decision of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha to paralyse tea production at the 87 tea estates in Darjeeling from June 25 has sent shockwaves amo...

The Darjeeling tea industry apprehends that some tea estates may have to close down operations if the bandh called by Gorkha Janamukti Morc...