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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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Focus On Tea Gardens, Women, Government Employees In Bengal Budget
The Bengal budget has brought good news to government employees, with the state government announcing a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance, which had become a hot political issue.
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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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Bear Rescued From Bengal Tea Garden
A Himalayan Black Bear which strayed into a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district was rescued by the forest department on Saturday, an official said. The animal was tranquilised and taken to Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Mamata Banerjee Attacks Centre On Tea Garden Promise, Dances With Tribals
Mamata Banerjee, fighting an exodus of Trinamool Congress leaders joining the BJP in the run-up to the Bengal election, attended a mass wedding today and was seen dancing with tribals.
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Woman Fights Off Leopard With Bare Hands In Bengal Tea Garden: Report
A woman fended off an attack by a leopard single-handedly in a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday, sources told news agency PTI.
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Leopard Stuck In Wire Mesh Rescued In West Bengal
A leopard that got entangled in a wire mesh in Darjeeling's Margarets Hope Tea Garden was rescued and taken to a nearby facility for further treatment, said a forest official on Sunday.
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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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Leopard Snatches 3-Year-Old Girl From Mother's Lap In Bengal: Officials
A leopard snatched away a three-year-old girl from her mother's lap after entering their home at a tea garden in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, officials said on Wednesday.
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Mamata Banerjee Considers Tea Tourism To Benefit Tea Gardens
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mentioned that her government will consider tea tourism to benefit tea plantations in the state.
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, 3 Tea Gardens Reopen
Three tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills reopened today, signalling a gradual return to normalcy which has eluded the hills for the past three months due to an indefinite strike by the GJM over the Gorkhaland issue.
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Darjeeling Stir Spreads, Trade Unions Join Hands With Gorkhas: 10 Facts
Not just Darjeeling, several places across in north Bengal went into agitation mode today. In the hills, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters were lathicharged in Darjeeling town. In Jalpaiguri district, more than 100 km away, tea garden works were lathicharged when they blocked a national highway to demand higher wages. The two agitations have c...
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6 Tigers From Assam To Be Introduced In West Bengal's Buxa Reserve
Following the success of tiger relocation at Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, wildlife experts and forest officials have proposed introduction of six big cats in West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve. The tigers will come from Assam. Fringed by forests of Bhutan and Assam, and tea gardens, Buxa in north Bengal has not reported consistent sighting ...
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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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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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Focus On Tea Gardens, Women, Government Employees In Bengal Budget
The Bengal budget has brought good news to government employees, with the state government announcing a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance, which had become a hot political issue.
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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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Bear Rescued From Bengal Tea Garden
A Himalayan Black Bear which strayed into a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district was rescued by the forest department on Saturday, an official said. The animal was tranquilised and taken to Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Mamata Banerjee Attacks Centre On Tea Garden Promise, Dances With Tribals
Mamata Banerjee, fighting an exodus of Trinamool Congress leaders joining the BJP in the run-up to the Bengal election, attended a mass wedding today and was seen dancing with tribals.
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Woman Fights Off Leopard With Bare Hands In Bengal Tea Garden: Report
A woman fended off an attack by a leopard single-handedly in a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday, sources told news agency PTI.
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Leopard Stuck In Wire Mesh Rescued In West Bengal
A leopard that got entangled in a wire mesh in Darjeeling's Margarets Hope Tea Garden was rescued and taken to a nearby facility for further treatment, said a forest official on Sunday.
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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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Leopard Snatches 3-Year-Old Girl From Mother's Lap In Bengal: Officials
A leopard snatched away a three-year-old girl from her mother's lap after entering their home at a tea garden in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, officials said on Wednesday.
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Mamata Banerjee Considers Tea Tourism To Benefit Tea Gardens
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mentioned that her government will consider tea tourism to benefit tea plantations in the state.
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, 3 Tea Gardens Reopen
Three tea gardens in the Darjeeling hills reopened today, signalling a gradual return to normalcy which has eluded the hills for the past three months due to an indefinite strike by the GJM over the Gorkhaland issue.
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Darjeeling Stir Spreads, Trade Unions Join Hands With Gorkhas: 10 Facts
Not just Darjeeling, several places across in north Bengal went into agitation mode today. In the hills, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters were lathicharged in Darjeeling town. In Jalpaiguri district, more than 100 km away, tea garden works were lathicharged when they blocked a national highway to demand higher wages. The two agitations have c...
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6 Tigers From Assam To Be Introduced In West Bengal's Buxa Reserve
Following the success of tiger relocation at Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, wildlife experts and forest officials have proposed introduction of six big cats in West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve. The tigers will come from Assam. Fringed by forests of Bhutan and Assam, and tea gardens, Buxa in north Bengal has not reported consistent sighting ...
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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...
