A day after torrential rains wreaked havoc in large parts of north Bengal leaving a death toll of 28 in its wake so far, politics acquired centre stage after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Khagen Murmu......
Unrest in the hills has cost the tea sector its entire second flush and Rs 200 crore of its annual earnings.Avishek Rakshit reports. IMAGE: Since June 9, the day when the Gorkhaland agitation......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the United States for a three-day state visit, has gifted an eco-friendly lab-grown 7.5 carat diamond, placed in Kashmir's exquisite Papier mache box, to......
Discontentment seems to be increasing by the day in sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal with several leaders of both camps expressing displeasure over......
IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee speaks during an election rally ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls in Dhubri, on Friday. Photograph: PTI Photo......
Competition from Nepalese teas -- which has duty free access to the Indian market -- has emerged as a lower-cost alternative to Darjeeling tea, challenging its viability. IMAGE: A tea estate in......
The recent flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in north Bengal have caused massive destruction in at least 30-35 tea gardens in Darjeeling, with reports of loss of plantation areas,......
Geopolitical headwinds leading to lower demand from export markets, coupled with lower domestic buying, have dragged the auction average of Darjeeling tea to its lowest level since 2015.......
In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......
Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' 'Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing'.' IMAGE: A......