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...
01 May, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Assam Exit Poll Results 2026: Can Himanta Biswa Sarma lead BJP to another win?Assam Exit Poll Results 2026: Exit polls predict a second consecutive term for Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the BJP-led NDA in As...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
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...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Assam elections: BJP's Sonowal launches poll campaign, says Barak Valley now key economic hubUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched his campaign in Assam's Barak Valley. He stated the region is now a gateway to Southeast Asia. T...
28 Mar, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
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...
22 Mar, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Govt expands Oil Palm Scheme to Assam’s tea estates, say plantersThe Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will extend the NMEO-OP scheme to Assam's tea estates for oil palm cultivation. This ...
03 Apr, 2025, 09.31 PM IST
Assam govt issues notification hiking wages of tea garden workersWith this hike, the tea workers in Brahmaputra Valley will receive Rs 232, while tea plantation workers in Barak Valley will get Rs 210. Ch...
23 Aug, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Major portion of budget package to be used for welfare of female tea workers and their kidsThe broad contours of the scheme will include health, education and skill development and will significantly enhance the quality of life of...
10 Feb, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Efforts under way to reopen 12 tea gardens: Nirmala SitharamanThe government has requested states to provide benefits of social and economic development and welfare schemes of central and state governm...
05 Apr, 2017, 05.18 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
Assam government to set up tea estate marketsThe shops, which will stack nutritional foods and grocery items, will be run by selected self-help groups that comply with the norms of the...
04 Oct, 2015, 02.53 AM IST
Assam government committed to revitalise Assam Tea Corporation Limited: Tarun GogoiAssam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the state government is committed to revitalise the Assam Tea Corporation Limited.
09 Sep, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
West Bengal tea plantation employees Welfare Fund bill passedLabour Minister said that the bill will will provide interest subvention and matching grants to the employers of tea gardens as soft loan.
18 Jun, 2015, 03.57 PM IST
Food security act likely to lessen social cost of the tea industrySources said supplying rations to such a large number of people scattered in different areas of tea gardens timely will be a big challenge.
24 Jul, 2013, 12.40 PM IST
- Tea companies not doing enough for workers: Gogoi
Terming the work done for tea estate workers by their companies as not enough, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called upon the corporates ...
03 Mar, 2012, 07.52 PM IST
- Panel reviews situation of closed tea gardens in Bengal
There is a perceptible difference between the claims of various government departments and ground reality in the case of 13 closed tea gard...
22 Jun, 2007, 07.10 PM IST
- WB to discuss situation in tea gardens
Concerned by reports of starvation deaths in closed tea gardens in West Bengal, a state assembly panel has convened a meeting with official...
15 Jun, 2007, 10.50 AM IST