Silchar Assembly Election Result 2026: BJP's Rajdeep Roy vs Congress' Abhijit Paul. Who is winning?Silchar Election Result 2026: Silchar, an urban constituency in Assam’s Cachar district, is a key economic hub in the Barak Valley and part...
04 May, 2026, 03.14 PM IST
Khowang 2026: Upper Assam’s tea belt turns into key political battlegroundKhowang constituency in Assam is set for a crucial 2026 Assembly election. The BJP faces a strong challenge from the AJP president. An inde...
05 Apr, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
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...
03 Apr, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Assam Assembly Polls: A contest of coalitions, calculations and cloutAssam gears up for assembly polls with major alliances forming. The BJP-led NDA faces a Congress-backed grand alliance. Key issues include ...
23 Mar, 2026, 08.46 AM IST
Congress leaders go back in time to connect with tea tribesThe Congress leaders talked about past connections the tribes had with Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chotta Nagpur and how they migrated to ...
23 Mar, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
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...
22 Mar, 2021, 08.57 PM IST
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...
16 Mar, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2021, 09.28 PM IST
Narendra Modi blames Congress for Assam Accord delay in Northeast rallyModi also touched up on the topic of infiltration.
30 Mar, 2019, 02.57 PM IST
Assam polls: How 25,000 RSS men made the difference to BJP's campaignRSS cadres fanned out in Upper, Central and Northern Assam to take on the strong Congress organisational base.
20 May, 2016, 04.35 AM IST
Congress trying hard to retain traditional support among Tea tribesBJP’s firebrand tea tribe leader and MP from Jorhat Kamakhya Tassa is contesting Titabor assembly seat against chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
28 Mar, 2016, 01.47 AM IST
Pay minimum wage to workers: Tarun GogoiIn two teas producing areas of Brahmaputra Valley and Barak workers per day get Rs 95 and Rs 75 respectively.
17 Jan, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
Assam CM urges Deputy Commissioners to scrutinize Plantation labour actTea tribe constitutes 17 per cent of the State’s population and its support is crucial for forming the next government in 2016.
19 Dec, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
- Assam government asks planters to provide wage hike tea garden workers
The Centre has recently asked the state government to do away age old system of allocating bulk food grains to the tea garden management.
16 Dec, 2014, 05.24 PM IST
BJP talks of minimum wage, Congress talks Plantation Labour actAssam chief minister, Tarun Gogoi on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over non implementation of Plantation Labour Act.
04 Nov, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
Congress focus on regaining lost ground in Assam; target tea tribe communityTea tribe community, which is over 40 lakh in Assam, has gradually shifted to BJP and in recent Lok Sabha polls BJP won 7 out of 14 seats.
12 Sep, 2014, 01.59 PM IST
- Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha lobbies for PM's berth
Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha is lobbying hard for a berth in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers. It is backing veteran Congr...
23 May, 2009, 10.08 PM IST