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MARGINALISED TEA TRIBES
In first Cabinet meeting, J'khand CM decides to form panel to study 'plight' of tea tribes in AssamJMM leader Hemant Soren, newly sworn in as Jharkhand's chief minister, approves the formation of an all-party panel to investigate the marg...
28 Nov, 2024, 10.45 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
Looking to buy premium pu-erh of China or Caravan tea from a Russian in Goa? Try Indian phalap teaPhalap is grown in northeastern India and aged in Singpho tribal kitchens over a period of years, creating a unique flavour that profession...
11 Jun, 2023, 10.38 AM IST
Cabinet Reshuffle: How are new ministers being selected? Here's a clueThe new set of India's Council of Ministers will be chosen keeping the existing paradigm in mind while accounting for political exigencies ...
07 Jul, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma appeals to opposition MLAs to join BJPHimanta Biswa Sarma was replying to a question on Kurmi, the Congress' lone legislator from the tea tribe community, who quit the grand old...
19 Jun, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
How an IPS officer is changing the fortunes of students from marginalised communities in TelanganaIn an amazing feat of institutional transformation, this IPS officer turned a moribund network of state-run social welfare schools into a p...
11 Oct, 2020, 03.38 PM IST
Gram Swaraj Abhiyan benefits yet to reach many poor householdsThe government claims it has achieved “100% saturation”. However, all beneficiaries are not covered.
24 Sep, 2018, 08.12 PM IST
Somnath Chatterjee was more a Bengali bhadralok than a copybook communist ideologueAs his memoir ‘Keeping the Faith, Memoirs of a Parliamentarian’ reveals, Basu too found merit in his arguments that the Speaker need not be...
14 Aug, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
How the BJP is shaking up the red bastion in the run-up to the February 18 pollOnly in 2013 assembly polls, when the BJP contested in 50 seats, did it manage a meagre 1.54% vote share; in absolute nos, the BJP in Tripu...
04 Feb, 2018, 06.40 AM IST