Himanta Biswa Sarma to take oath on May 12, says Assam NDA 3.0 will unveil ‘full picture’Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 12, embarking on his second term. He described his first te...
Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to China in need of winsPresident Trump visits China with reduced trade goals. His earlier tariff strategy has not yielded expected results. The meetings will focu...
Assam exit poll projections may be hinting at a tough road ahead for Gaurav Gogoi and CongressEarly projections indicate a strong win for the BJP in Assam. Exit polls after high voter turnout suggest the ruling party is set for anoth...
Commercial LPG: Kharge, Siddaramaiah call price rise a shocker to people on Labour DayCongress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Siddaramaiah have strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They highlighted a substantial ...
Assam Elections: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren predicts tea tribe vote shift to JMMAssam Elections: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren predicted a shift in the tea tribe-Adivasi vote towards Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He c...
TMC's Rs 300 tea wage pledge draws cautious industry response over sector viabilityThe Trinamool Congress pledged to increase tea garden worker wages to Rs 300. Industry stakeholders express caution, citing the sector's fi...
Wages of tea workers in Assam increased by 27 per dayTea wages was a hotly debated issue in assembly polls last year. Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma in a series of tweet stated, “Ha...
Assam polls: State government will transfer Rs 1000 every month in the bank account of tea workers, says Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We were providing tea garden workers with Rs 3,000 annually however we will now provide t...
Indian Tea Association to increase daily wages of tea workers by Rs 26The national committee of the association reviewed the court direction at a meeting on Sunday and decided to enhance the wages by Rs 26 per...
Guwahati high court provides liberty to tea estates to pay workmen interim enhancement of their wagesGuwahati High Court has provided the liberty to tea estates to pay to the workmen any interim enhancement of their wages as they deem prope...
Assam Tea Tribes' Students' Association announced complete shutdown of all tea gardens on March 22ATTSA president Dhiraj Gowala said that government has failed to address problems of tea workers. "The government has given 'lollipop' to t...
Minimum wage of tea estate workers to be revised soon: Himanta Biswa SarmaWage revision of tea workers is one of the election issues in Assam, with Opposition - including Congress - attacking the BJP-led governmen...
BSNL top brasses apprehend major service disruptionTop brasses at Indian state-owned major telecommunications company BSNL are apprehending major service disruption to take place soon due to...
Feel the plight of the tea workers and revise the min. wages to Rs 350 per day: ACMS to PM ModiThe body asked the Prime minister to ensure that tea workers are paid Rs 350 per day as promised by the BJP in the run up to assembly polls...
Stalemate over tea wage negotiation in West Bengal is overYear long stalemate over daily wage negotiation between around 450 tea gardens and near 7 lakh workers of them in West Bengal ended on Frid...
Nirmala Sitharaman asks tea producing states to pay minimum wages to tea workersNirmala Sitharaman was in Guwahati on Monday to participate in the stakeholders’ meeting of the tea industry.
Fifth round of vital tea wage settlement meeting ends inconclusivelyThe two day long vital tea wage settlement meeting for around 3.5 lakh tea workers of over 400 tea gardens in Terai, Dooars and Darjeeling ...