Assam Tea Estates

At least 11 workers of a tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district have died due to diarrhoea in the past one week.

Two people were killed after being attacked by wild elephants in Assam's Charaideo district on Monday.

A wild elephant was found dead at a tea estate in Assam's Sonitpur district on Tuesday night.

A man was allegedly beaten to death by some people in a tea garden in Assam's Charaideo district today, police said.

A rare variety of Assam tea called Manohari Gold Tea has been sold for a record-high price of Rs. 1 Lakh per kg.

An immersive journey into the fascinating realm of the world-famous Assam Tea at one of the state's most historic estates proves an eye-opening experience for a recent tea-drinking convert.

Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.

The drive to vaccinate tea garden workers in Assam, which is among the groups hardest hit in the second wave of Covid infections in the state, is progressing at a slow pace.

Four people were arrested today for allegedly disturbing and obstructing a team of healthcare workers while they were conducting Covid tests at a tea estate in Assam's Cachar district.

A man, considered to be murdered a few days ago, has returned to his home. The incident took place at Raidang Tea Estate in Tinsukia district of upper Assam.

At Keyhung tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district, Manju Tanti, a 47-year-old worker, sings to herself to keep her spirits high as she goes about plucking tea leaves.

The Gauhati High Court has sought a written reply from the state government on Covid-19 situation in the tea estates before May 31. Many people working at Assam's tea estates have got infected amid India's fight against a deadly Covid wave.

Over 200 workers and staff members from at least two different tea gardens in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district have been found to be coronavirus positive in the past three days, forcing the district administration to declare it a containment zone.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Jitendra Singh, on Friday ridiculed Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh stating that her recent visit to poll-bound Assam looked more like a film shoot as she plucked leaves at a tea estate there in the off-season.

On World Children’s Day 2020, a student from Namroop Tea Estate in Dibrugarh, Assam, took over the official Twitter handle of the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s office to share her opinions on reimagining education in a post-pandemic world.

At least 11 workers of a tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district have died due to diarrhoea in the past one week.

Two people were killed after being attacked by wild elephants in Assam's Charaideo district on Monday.

A wild elephant was found dead at a tea estate in Assam's Sonitpur district on Tuesday night.

A man was allegedly beaten to death by some people in a tea garden in Assam's Charaideo district today, police said.

A rare variety of Assam tea called Manohari Gold Tea has been sold for a record-high price of Rs. 1 Lakh per kg.

An immersive journey into the fascinating realm of the world-famous Assam Tea at one of the state's most historic estates proves an eye-opening experience for a recent tea-drinking convert.

Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.

The drive to vaccinate tea garden workers in Assam, which is among the groups hardest hit in the second wave of Covid infections in the state, is progressing at a slow pace.

Four people were arrested today for allegedly disturbing and obstructing a team of healthcare workers while they were conducting Covid tests at a tea estate in Assam's Cachar district.

A man, considered to be murdered a few days ago, has returned to his home. The incident took place at Raidang Tea Estate in Tinsukia district of upper Assam.

At Keyhung tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district, Manju Tanti, a 47-year-old worker, sings to herself to keep her spirits high as she goes about plucking tea leaves.

The Gauhati High Court has sought a written reply from the state government on Covid-19 situation in the tea estates before May 31. Many people working at Assam's tea estates have got infected amid India's fight against a deadly Covid wave.

Over 200 workers and staff members from at least two different tea gardens in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district have been found to be coronavirus positive in the past three days, forcing the district administration to declare it a containment zone.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Jitendra Singh, on Friday ridiculed Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh stating that her recent visit to poll-bound Assam looked more like a film shoot as she plucked leaves at a tea estate there in the off-season.

On World Children’s Day 2020, a student from Namroop Tea Estate in Dibrugarh, Assam, took over the official Twitter handle of the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s office to share her opinions on reimagining education in a post-pandemic world.