2016-05-09 05:23
Darjeeling, May 8: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-affiliated Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union (DTDPLU) has threatened to launch an aggressive movement if there was no headway by t… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Darjeeling Tea has commanded 15% higher rates in Europe this year despite the financial downturn in Europe as quality up-gradation and marketing have boosted margins of the beverage that is… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
KOLKATA: There's good news for the producers of Darjeeling tea, the champagne among tea varieties. The European Trade Council and the German Tea Association have agreed to confer the protect… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
KOLKATA: The long struggle for Darjeeling tea growers to protect its 'sanctity' is finally over. Only those that are 100% Darjeeling tea can be mentioned as such all over the world. If… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The term Darjeeling tea floods our mind with images of the extravagantly green stretches of tea gardens and our tongues yearn for an immediate sip into a cup of that aromatic tea. For evokes… Read More
2014-12-17 09:33
The Indian hillside resort is known worldwide for its exported beverage, but the surrounding region offers a taste of neighbouring Tibet, Tony Tharakan finds.Darjeeling, for many people, mea… Read More
2014-12-17 09:20
Drinking the pathetic, really morbid tea bag tea (I had run out of my regular Darjeeling tea) I got thinking about the character of a cup of good tea. It’s almost like wine. Sommeliers… Read More
2012-03-16 05:38
Retail tea prices are set to increase by Rs 10 to 12 a kg from April due to fall in output and sharp jump in labour cost.Labour cost in tea producing centres such as Darjeeling, Assam and Be… Read More
2012-03-15 03:44
The joint forum of Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) welcomes the budget speech of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and a… Read More
2012-03-15 03:43
Stephen Twining makes a strong case for tea, though he doesn't brew the idea too aggressively. He tells Bhumika K. why you shouldn't just ask for a cup of teaIt's his ability to talk rather… Read More
2012-03-15 03:32
Darjeeling: The Darjeeling tea growers have appealed to the Center to extend the moratorium on the repayment of loan to replant bushes from five to ten years.According to the Special P… Read More
2012-02-20 09:13
India produces about 26 million g of organic tea and 80 per cent of this is exported to Germany, the UK and the US.NUREMBERG (GERMANY), FEB. 19: The Tea Board has set up three model far… Read More
2012-02-17 04:26
After three years, production of Assam tea has once again crossed the 500-million kg mark. The State has recorded a total production of 508.74 million kg for the year 2011. The figures for l… Read More
2012-02-12 05:32
Darjeeling: The trade union of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has threatened to launch a fast and stop the dispatch of made tea from three state-owned estates in the Darjeeling hills if the work… Read More
2012-02-12 05:31
The government has told the tea garden owners to regularise their supply of firewood to workers and in case of shortage, to buy the extra from auctions conducted by the forest department.The… Read More
2012-02-12 05:14
Darjeeling: The West Bengal Tea Development Corporation has decided to increase the daily wage of labourers in its three Darjeeling Tea gardens to Rs 90, the standard amount paid by the indu… Read More
2012-02-12 05:05
Tea production increased 2.2 per cent in 2011 to a record but lower crop in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu prevented it from touching the magic one-billion-kg figure.According to Tea Board data… Read More
2012-02-09 07:09
Darjeeling tea would soon be offered for electronic auction after some software glitches were sorted out, the Calcutta Tea Traders Association said on Wednesday. "e-auction of Darjeeling tea… Read More
2012-02-07 05:36
Darjeeling tea has become the first product from India to be protected as a geographical indication (GI) in the European Union (EU), according to the Tea Board. With this, the Darjeeling tea… Read More
2012-02-04 13:55
KOLKATA, FEB. 3: This week at Sale No. 5, the total offerings ( packages) at three North Indian tea auction centres at Kolkata, Guwahati and Siliguri were 4,03,954 as compared to 3,36,937 i… Read More
2011-12-07 07:14
After the hike in salary of the sub-staff of Darjeeling Tea plantations, the super-staff salary hike is also on the chart which will be applicable from April 2012.After negotiations with the… Read More
2011-11-17 00:17
KOLKATA: Blame it on the weather gods if tea production in India does not touch the magical 1,000-million kilogram (mn kg) mark this year. Production was hit due to sparse rainfall from late… Read More
2011-11-17 00:14
KOLKATA: Increased availability of tea in the auctions has pulled down prices of CTC black teas by 4%. The September crop was up by 36 million kg, which has just entered the market and has r… Read More
2011-11-05 03:26
The Bengal tea industry and workers' unions on Friday fixed the minimum wage for Dooars and Terai tea garden workers across the state to Rs 85 a day followed by an annual hike of Rs 5 for th… Read More
2011-10-23 01:54
Darjeeling, Oct. 22: A bridge packed with a festival crowd caved in near Darjeeling town this evening, killing at least 27 people when the wooden walkway tumbled 150ft into a swift-flowing r… Read More
2011-10-20 09:43
Last week at Sale No. 41, the total offerings (packages) at the three North Indian tea auction centres at Kolkata, Guwahati and Siliguri were 4,27,331 as compared to 1,52,290 in the correspo… Read More
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