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West Bengal Assembly polls: Tea garden workers hope for better fut
Updated : 5 days, 22 hours ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): The tea garden workers of West Bengal, reeling under financial crisis and lack of basic facilities such as sanitation and shelter, are hoping for a change in their fortunes after the Assembly polls as the leaders from across the political s
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Polling today for third and final phase in Assam Assembly polls
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Polling for the third and final phase of the tea-garden state of Assam began on Tuesday morning with security arrangements in place.
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BJP's unfulfilled promises to tea garden workers may hamper its pr
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 20 (ANI): Around thirty per cent of the voters in the Upper Assam region are engaged in different kind of works in tea gardens. There are around eight lakh tea pluckers in upper Assam who remained loyal to the Congress party till 2014.
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No CAA in Assam if Congress is voted to power, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], March 19 (ANI): If Congress comes to power in Assam, then it will do away with the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), party leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday in the poll-bound state.
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Priyanka Gandhi tries hand at plucking tea leaves in Assam during
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Biswanath (Assam) [India], March 2 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Assam, was on Tuesday seen plucking tea leaves with estate workers at Sadhuru tea garden in Biswanath district.
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Will tea garden workers look at Rs 5,000 in bank accounts or 5 lea
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Taking a dig at Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi's visit to the tea gardens in poll-bound Assam and an attempt at plucking the leaves, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam chief Ranjit Dass on Friday said women working at tea garden
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West Bengal number one in human trafficking cases, comes second in
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that the state stands at number one position in human trafficking cases and comes second in highe
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Rahul Gandhi promises to hike wages of tea workers with money from
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Sivasagar (Assam) [India], February 14 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly polls in Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Central government, saying Assam's tea garden workers have been getting Rs 167 per day wage while traders in Gujarat own tea gardens.
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Assam tableau at R-Day parade depicts rich beauty of tea gardens
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Assam tableau at the 72nd Republic Day parade on the Rajpath here depicted the richness of tea gardens of Assam.
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Leopard entangled in wire mesh rescued, taken to Darjeeling's PNHZ
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], January 4 (ANI): A leopard that got entangled in a wire in Margarets Hope Tea Garden was rescued and taken to Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP), Darjeeling in West Bengal for further treatment, said a forest official on Sunday.
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Assam CM directs state officials to ensure tea garden workers rece
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 13 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday in a meeting with District Collectors (DCs), and Superintendents of Police (SPs) via video conferencing in Guwahati directed the officials to ensure tea garden workers receive bonuses at the fixed
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Female leopard rescued from tea garden in Assam's Dibrugarh distri
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], September 11 (ANI): A female leopard has been rescued from a tea garden in Dibrugarh.
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