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Mamata Banerjee Plucks Tea Leaves In Bengal, Dances With Garden Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited a tea estate in Darjeeling district, plucked leaves along with workers besides talking to them.
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2 Men Escape Bear Attack By Spraying Pesticides At It In West Bengal
Two tea garden workers had a close shave on Thursday as they escaped a bear attack by spraying pesticides at it in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, officials said.
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Abhishek Banerjee Says Will Gherao Homes Of BJP Lawmakers Over Tea Workers' Demands
Houses of all BJP Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in West Bengal will be gheraoed if provident fund and gratuity benefits are not provided to over 3 lakh tea garden workers.
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Minimum Wages, Closed Gardens Main Poll Issues In Bengal Tea Belt
Non-fixation of minimum wages for workers and closed tea gardens are the main poll issues in West Bengal's tea belt where the Lok Sabha elections will be held in the first two phases.
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Trapped In Bengal’s Dying Tea Gardens, Workers Lose Children To Traffickers
By Anuradha Nagaraj Jalpaiguri: Fagua Ooraon was running late for work when traffickers stopped outside his hut and said they were taking his teenage daughter with them to the city for better employment. He said ‘no’ and went to work. When he got home that evening, his daughter was gone. “They took her anyway,” he said, sitting in his home...
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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Life After Note Ban: Bengal Jute Mills Take Wage Issue To RBI
Soon after tea garden owners sought the state government's intervention over cash problems due to the withdrawal of high-value notes, jute mills have approached RBI seeking a 'workable solution' to honour wage payments.
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Mamata Banerjee Blames Centre's 'Indifference' For Tea Garden Situation
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed the Centre's "indifference" for the plight of tea gardens of north Bengal, most of which are at the brink of closure while their workers are living in penury.
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North Bengal Tea Garden Workers Facing Hunger Death Promised Relief
In a move that could mean relief for 25,000 tea workers in north Bengal, the head of the Duncans Group, GP Goenka, met chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday and promised to reopen 14 tea gardens that had become non-functional since April. No time frame has been given, but Duncans will pay all dues and even open public kitchens for workers suffer...
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Hard Winter Ahead for Thousands at West Bengal's Tea Gardens
By January, when activity ceases at the tea gardens in north Bengal, 50-year-old Kunji Lohar will be among the thousands of workers who will have no income to live on.
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In West Bengal's Tea Estate Crisis, a World of Worry For a 21-Year-Old
For 21-year-old Supriyanesh Toppo, a second year engineering student, the price of an impasse at the tea garden in West Bengal's Bagrakote, may be an education.
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At West Bengal Tea Garden, Workers Claim Death By Distress
At least six people have died in north Bengal's Bagrakote tea plantation since October, the government says. But since the tea garden went into limbo in April - not abandoned, not shut down and yet not functioning - many more have died, workers say.
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Majority of Tea Gardens in West Bengal Making Losses: Tea Association
Nearly 70 per cent of the gardens operating in West Bengal were not making profits due to low price realisations, industry body Tea Association of India (TAI) said.
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Two Arrested for Killing Tea Garden Owner in Bengal
Two workers of a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district have been arrested by police in connection with the killing of its owner.
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Tea Garden Owner Allegedly Hacked to Death by Workers in West Bengal
Tea garden owner hacked to death, allegedly by workers, West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District, after disagreement over payment of wage arrears.
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Mamata Banerjee Plucks Tea Leaves In Bengal, Dances With Garden Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited a tea estate in Darjeeling district, plucked leaves along with workers besides talking to them.
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2 Men Escape Bear Attack By Spraying Pesticides At It In West Bengal
Two tea garden workers had a close shave on Thursday as they escaped a bear attack by spraying pesticides at it in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, officials said.
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Abhishek Banerjee Says Will Gherao Homes Of BJP Lawmakers Over Tea Workers' Demands
Houses of all BJP Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in West Bengal will be gheraoed if provident fund and gratuity benefits are not provided to over 3 lakh tea garden workers.
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Minimum Wages, Closed Gardens Main Poll Issues In Bengal Tea Belt
Non-fixation of minimum wages for workers and closed tea gardens are the main poll issues in West Bengal's tea belt where the Lok Sabha elections will be held in the first two phases.
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Trapped In Bengal’s Dying Tea Gardens, Workers Lose Children To Traffickers
By Anuradha Nagaraj Jalpaiguri: Fagua Ooraon was running late for work when traffickers stopped outside his hut and said they were taking his teenage daughter with them to the city for better employment. He said ‘no’ and went to work. When he got home that evening, his daughter was gone. “They took her anyway,” he said, sitting in his home...
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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Life After Note Ban: Bengal Jute Mills Take Wage Issue To RBI
Soon after tea garden owners sought the state government's intervention over cash problems due to the withdrawal of high-value notes, jute mills have approached RBI seeking a 'workable solution' to honour wage payments.
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Mamata Banerjee Blames Centre's 'Indifference' For Tea Garden Situation
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed the Centre's "indifference" for the plight of tea gardens of north Bengal, most of which are at the brink of closure while their workers are living in penury.
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North Bengal Tea Garden Workers Facing Hunger Death Promised Relief
In a move that could mean relief for 25,000 tea workers in north Bengal, the head of the Duncans Group, GP Goenka, met chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday and promised to reopen 14 tea gardens that had become non-functional since April. No time frame has been given, but Duncans will pay all dues and even open public kitchens for workers suffer...
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Hard Winter Ahead for Thousands at West Bengal's Tea Gardens
By January, when activity ceases at the tea gardens in north Bengal, 50-year-old Kunji Lohar will be among the thousands of workers who will have no income to live on.
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In West Bengal's Tea Estate Crisis, a World of Worry For a 21-Year-Old
For 21-year-old Supriyanesh Toppo, a second year engineering student, the price of an impasse at the tea garden in West Bengal's Bagrakote, may be an education.
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At West Bengal Tea Garden, Workers Claim Death By Distress
At least six people have died in north Bengal's Bagrakote tea plantation since October, the government says. But since the tea garden went into limbo in April - not abandoned, not shut down and yet not functioning - many more have died, workers say.
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Majority of Tea Gardens in West Bengal Making Losses: Tea Association
Nearly 70 per cent of the gardens operating in West Bengal were not making profits due to low price realisations, industry body Tea Association of India (TAI) said.
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Two Arrested for Killing Tea Garden Owner in Bengal
Two workers of a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district have been arrested by police in connection with the killing of its owner.
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Tea Garden Owner Allegedly Hacked to Death by Workers in West Bengal
Tea garden owner hacked to death, allegedly by workers, West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District, after disagreement over payment of wage arrears.
