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West Bengal polls first phase: BJP's north Bengal citadel, deleted names and battle for momentumWest 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...
Inside Assam’s big contest: Sarma’s dominance vs Gogoi’s comeback betAssam voted in a crucial election. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's BJP faced a challenge from Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi. The outcom...
West Bengal assembly elections 2026: BJP stresses security, TMC eyes revival in Siliguri corridorThe BJP and Trinamool Congress are in a direct electoral battle for four assembly seats in Siliguri. This region, known as the Siliguri cor...
Amit Shah vows end to infiltration in Assam, Bengal under NDAUnion Home Minister Amit Shah assured that BJP governments in Assam, West Bengal, and Tripura will completely stop infiltration. He highlig...
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...
Assam cabinet nod to hike tea garden wages by Rs 30 ahead of pollsAhead of assembly elections, the Assam government has decided to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers by Rs 30. This will bring t...
Daily wages of tea garden workers may be hiked from Mar 1: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Biswa Sarma joined daily wages of tea garden workers in the state if the ongoing negotiations with stakeholders become...
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...
Tea garden workers from North Bengal to launch protest if minimum wage demand not metA mega rally has been called by a joint forum of tea garden unions on June 6 in Siliguri, where the unions of all political parties, includ...
400,000 tea garden workers reeling under Covid-19 impactWhile both the BJP and Trinamool Congress had promised Rs 350 as minimum wage for tea garden workers during the 2021 assembly poll campaign...
TDS on cash withdrawal to compromise the liquidity of tea estatesIt is expected that tea estate population would be provided a more comprehensive coverage on schemes related to housing, education, sanitat...
Non-fixation of minimum wages, closed gardens main poll issues in Bengal tea beltThe tea belt is located in Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars region of North Bengal where 3 lakh odd permanent workers are employed in around 30...
Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha demands workers of state owned tea estates be paid at par with private estatesThere are 26,000 workers in state government owned 14 tea estates of Assam Tea Company Limited (ATCL).
Asom Chah Mazdoor Sanga have called for tea estate bandh on January 8The bandh is called following the two day strike called by the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on January 8 and January 9 next year.
Banks to launch drive for opening bank accounts of tea workers and setting up ATMs in tea estatesChief Minister appreciated the active role played by the Banks in tiding over the crisis, especially the issue concerning timely payment of...
Tea workers in Bengal demand wage revisionTwenty-seven trade union organisations representing tea garden workers in north Bengal today took out several processions demanding wage re...