IMD warns of heavy rain in Darjeeling and other districts of West BengalThe IMD has issued a heavy rainfall warning for sub-Himalayan West Bengal districts until August 12, with potential for very heavy rainfall...
07 Aug, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
ITA and UNICEF draw up protections against child trafficking in North Bengal tea estatesThe Indian Tea Association (ITA) and UNICEF have launched a programme to combat child trafficking in 30 tea estates in North Bengal. The in...
29 Aug, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
Climate change takes centrestage as Bengal's tea junction prepares to voteDooars faces climate change impacts on tea estates, with Gorkha community seeking Gorkhaland. Political contests intensify in LS seats. Mam...
10 Apr, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Down the memory track! Add these toy trains to your Shimla, Darjeeling itinerarySome of these narrow-gauge trains have been running since the British era.
23 Nov, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman meets stakeholders of closed, stressed tea gardensCommerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met stakeholders of closed and stressed tea plantations of West Bengal at Siliguri amidst...
04 Jan, 2016, 11.08 PM IST
West Bengal draws plan to support closed tea garden workersIn the wake of reported death of tea garden workers, West Bengal ministers and officials met to find ways to help workers of closed tea gar...
06 Nov, 2015, 10.39 PM IST
Hunger deaths stalk North Bengal tea estatesThe Godhulibazar North East Society for Empowerment of Public, an NGO working in tea belt, says the number of deaths has touched 100.
30 Jul, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
How the tea plant has transformed lives of an emerging class of Indian estate ownersDipen Roy, 42, is one such small tea producer. He’s just shifted from a thatched mud home in Singhibari in Jalpaiguri district to a pucca h...
01 Mar, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee government's new tea tourism policy not practical: DTAThe new tea policy allows tea garden and estate owners to use some of areas which are not under cultivation for alternative use such as tou...
20 Oct, 2013, 11.05 AM IST
- Bison gores tea garden resident to death
Man-animal conflict led to yet another death at Mogolkata tea estate in Banerhat on Monday.
19 Feb, 2013, 02.34 AM IST
- Mamata Banerjee to boost MSME sector in West Bengal
At present nearly 4,500 people are involved with 38 industrial estates and 12 commercial complexes under MSME sector in the state, he said.
11 Jan, 2013, 10.54 PM IST
- Tea auction centre in Jalpaiguri reopens after two years
The tea auction centre in Jalpaiguri has reopened after two years and conducted its first e-auction by selling 12,570 kg of brew from Dooar...
10 May, 2012, 02.13 PM IST
- Tribal voter mood in North Bengal leaves parties guessing
Tribal voters, numbering around 7.5 lakh, are set to play a key role in the four Lok Sabha seats in North Bengal. These are Alipurduar, Jal...
29 Apr, 2009, 08.11 PM IST
- Rs 12.85 cr invested to set up 48 small units in WB: Min
48 small units were set up in four industrial estates in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 12.85 crore between 2003 and January 2008, gove...
04 Jul, 2008, 08.39 PM IST
- North Bengal: On a growth trail
The state government is doing all it can to reshape the Siliguri-Jalpaiguri belt into an industrial hub.
30 May, 2008, 03.03 AM IST
- Govt invites bids for control of four ailing tea gardens
The commerce ministry has finally kicked off the process of handing over management control of sick tea estates in the country by invoking ...
13 Feb, 2008, 05.09 AM IST
- Dumdin tea estate suspends operation
Tata Tea-owned Dumdin Tea Estate in Dooars region of North Bengal suspends operation on Tuesday.
04 Sep, 2007, 07.50 PM IST