Bengal registers sporadic violence across pockets as strike enforcers scuffle with police, TMCA general strike called by trade unions in West Bengal led to widespread clashes between Left-wing activists, police, and TMC supporters ac...
09 Jul, 2025, 04.31 PM IST
Fuel crisis for vital installations, defence or neighbouring countriesIndian Army 33 corps, which looks after Sino-Indian border, is fuelled by the same terminal. Large portions of land locked Bhutan or Nepal'...
05 Jan, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Tea workers in West Bengal may go on indefinite strike in JuneThe move comes in the wake of a prolonged dispute over wages of tea workers and the state government's failure to arrive at an amicable sol...
04 Jun, 2018, 05.19 PM IST
Tea bonus talks have seen dragging on, affecting festive season salesSince 2011, tea estate trade unions and planters have been following a 20% bonus policy, with exceptions being made for a few gardens on a ...
06 Sep, 2017, 06.50 PM IST
Bengal tea belt may witness major unrest on workers wage issueIt could prove to be a tough task for planters to withstand any kind of unrest in gardens at this moment when plantations are approaching t...
16 Feb, 2017, 06.01 PM IST
Tea workers' trade union forum claims workers to get 19 per cent puja bonusSenior CITU leader and Convenor of Joint Forum of Trade Unions, an umbrella organisation of 24 trade unions working in tea sector, Ziaul Al...
19 Sep, 2016, 02.46 PM IST
Tea Bonus negotiation may cause turmoilThe negotiation process between planter’s organizations and trade unions involving over 300 organized gardens in foothills and hills with 4...
23 Aug, 2016, 04.00 PM IST
Trinamool Congress trade union under fire for 'vulgar' I-Day showThe incident came to light after a video was played in TV channels where a scantily dressed woman was dancing to the tunes of a song at an ...
15 Aug, 2016, 11.45 PM IST
TMC announces candidates for 70 constituencies in KeralaTrinamool Congress today announced its candidates for 70 Assembly constituencies in Kerala after Mamata Banerjee said she would visit the s...
12 Mar, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
CPI(M) gains ground in it's former stronghold at Durgapur before October 3 civic pollsCPI(M) has managed to thwart victory of the ruling Trinamool Congress in the elections to the Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) workers union held...
01 Oct, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Workers' wage issue may spell trouble for West Bengal tea industryOver 7 lakh tea workers in the West Bengal tea belt — organized under an umbrella joint forum of 23 trade unions — went on a stir starting ...
11 Jun, 2015, 05.09 PM IST
Take Army help to hold job tests, Calcutta High Court tells LICSources said Ghatak and Sen’s men had repeatedly intimidated LIC officials against holding the exam unless their candidates were allowed to...
05 Feb, 2015, 11.26 AM IST
Strike: West Bengal ex-minister detained; functioning hit at tea gardensStrike has evoked a mixed response as life has been quite normal in Darjeeling district while normal life was affected in Jalpaiguri.
12 Nov, 2014, 12.57 PM IST
Stalemate in plantation workers wage settlement gets GoI interventionImportantly, people, apparently from diametrically opposite political corners, have joined hands to form the United forum.
13 Aug, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
Ratan Tata’s message to West Bengal: Look what PM Narendra Modi has done for Gujarat"A state government should be supportive of industrial groups and should not be biased against anyone. It should act as a facilitator,"
07 Aug, 2014, 10.56 AM IST
Iron wire factory closed in Kalyani, 650 joblessAuthorities of an iron wire factory in Kalyani Industrial Belt today announced suspension of work, rendering about 650 workers jobless.
05 Apr, 2013, 10.40 PM IST
Haldia Bulk Terminals’ exit leaves 625 joblessWith HBT gone, all 625 workers on its payroll have been rendered jobless, turning the wrangling match into a lose-all game for TMC MP Subhe...
02 Nov, 2012, 02.58 PM IST