West Bengal issued notice over hunger deaths
August 29th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to the West Bengal government over three starvation deaths in a tea estate in Jalpaiguri district.Among those ... Read more...
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Tea firms line up tea tourism projects in Darjeeling hills
August 23rd, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Tea producers are venturing into tea tourism projects in the picturesque Darjeeling hills, hoping the newly-created Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) will restore peace in the region.The ... Read more...
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Rossell to open three quick service outlets in Delhi
August 10th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) City-based Rossell India is foraying into Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) business, launching three outlets in Delhi by this September, a top company executive said Friday.The company's ... Read more...
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Russian film crew to make documentary on Assam tea
July 11th, 2012 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) With a view to extolling the virtues of Indian tea and introducing the Russian people to the tea culture in India, a three-member Russian film crew ... Read more...
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Elephant herd kills two, injures child in Assam
June 18th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 18 (IANS) A couple was killed and their minor daughter injured as a herd of about 30 elephants strayed into a tea estate in Assam's Nagaon district, police ... Read more...
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Explosives, arms found in Assam
May 17th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS) An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and some arms and ammunition were recovered in Assam Thursday.Security forces found the IED near the Aideubari tea estate near Sonari ... Read more...
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Himachal BJP releases Congress’s charge sheet
May 17th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday released documents it said were the Congress's unreleased "charge sheet" against the state's top leaders, including ... Read more...
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Himachal land purchase by Bhushan illegal: Virbhadra
February 21st, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Himachal Pradesh has violated land laws by granting permission to Team Anna member and counsel Prashant Bhushan to purchase ... Read more...
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Rights group demands probe into Assam starvation deaths
February 9th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) A human rights group in Assam has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge for a probe into ... Read more...
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Nostalgia gets ’shelved’ in British-era shop (With Image)
January 3rd, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
McLeodganj (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 3 (IANS) For most Indians, colonial British India exists only in movies or Kipling's novels. But in a 152-year-old shop in this Dharamsala suburb the British ... Read more...
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The genesis of the Sukna land scam (To go with ‘Sukna scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash dismissed from service’)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
A 71-acre civilian land, a tea estate adjacent to Sukna military station in Siliguri district of West Bengal and efforts by some military officers to transfer the land to a private ... Read more...
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Sourenee to sell Darjeeling teas in foreign markets
October 25th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Kolkata-based Sourenee Leaves Pvt Ltd (SLPL), a part of the Titagarh Group, is planning to sell packaged Darjeeling teas in foreign markets like Europe and the ... Read more...
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Anita Desai’s new characters search for wholeness (IANS Book Review)
September 19th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Book: "The Artist of Disappearance"; Author: Anita Desai; Publisher: Random House India; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 176At the age of 74, Anita Desai's prose and storytelling seem to have arrived at ... Read more...
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Bhopal zoo to get 10th Royal Bengal Tiger
April 26th, 2011 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Van Vihar, a home for orphaned animals in the heart of the Madhya Pradesh capital, will soon get its 10th Royal Bengal Tiger when a three-year-old ... Read more...
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Elephants cause havoc in Jalpaiguri’s tea estate
December 8th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Tarak SarkarJalpaiguri (West Bengal), Dec.8 (ANI): A herd of 40 elephant caused havoc in a tea estate in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district.On Tuesday, the wild herd damaged large tracts of tea ... Read more...
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Elephants wreak havoc in Siliguri’s tea garden
December 4th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec.4 (ANI): Over two-dozen wild elephants wrecked havoc in a tea garden in West Bengal's Siliguri district on Saturday.The wild herd entered the Kamala tea estate in Kerseong subdivision ... Read more...
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Rimjhim-Ritwick Pair-up Again for New Film
September 10th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The onscreen chemistry between Rimjhim Mitra and Ritwick Chakroborty was much appreciated in the movie Cross-Connection. The onscreen couple is all set to make a comeback with ... Read more...
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Small tea growers usher in winds of change in Assam (With Image)
September 4th, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
Tinsukia (Assam), Sep 4 (IANS) A green revolution is sweeping Assam, empowering many people for the first time and rejuvenating the state's economy. Small tea gardens now dot the landscape ... Read more...
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Court-martial against army general in Sukna land scam (Lead)
August 20th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Indian Army has ordered the court-martial of a lieutenant general for wrongdoing in the transfer of a 71-acre tea estate adjacent to the Sukna military station ... Read more...
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Sukna land scam: Army general to be court-martialed
August 20th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Indian Army has ordered the court-of a lieutenant general rank for wrongdoing in the transfer of a 71-acre tea estate adjacent to the Sukna military ... Read more...
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Assam’s tea industry hit by ULFA’s extortion drive
August 9th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Aug.9 (ANI): Tea Estates in Assam are facing a tough time as militant outfits, especially United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) have intensified their extortion activities. Assam has over 800 tea ... Read more...
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Jay Shree Tea to buy out another tea garden in Africa
June 25th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Jay Shree Tea and Industries, a B.K. Birla Group company, is expecting to buy out a tea garden in Africa by the end of this fiscal, top company ... Read more...
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Suitable climate prompts Meghalaya farmers to take to tea plantation
May 22nd, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
Mawlyngot (Meghalaya), May 22 (ANI): Suitable climate, soil and rainfall have prompted many farmers in Meghalaya, known as the Scotland of the East, to take up developing tea gardens and are reaping ... Read more...
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Jay Shree Tea posts loss of Rs.17.49 crore
April 28th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Tea company Jay Shree Tea & Industries Wednesday posted net loss of Rs.17.49 crore for the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2009-10.The tea company's net loss in 2008-09 was ... Read more...
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Naanu Nanna Kanasu completed
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Popular South Indian actor Prakash Raj's first directorial venture, Naanu Nanna Kanasu, has finished its post production work recently. Produced under the banner of Duet Movies ... Read more...
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Sukna scam: Retired general’s plea dismissed
April 9th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed former military secretary, Lt. Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash's plea against launch of a fresh court of enquiry (CoI) against him to ascertain ... Read more...
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One killed as Assam tea planter opens fire at irate mob
March 22nd, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 22 (IANS) A schoolboy was killed and four injured Monday when a tea planter, accused of physically abusing a tribal woman, opened fired on an irate group of garden workers ... Read more...
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Former Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash gets temporary relief
March 16th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In a temporary relief for former Lieutenant-General Avadesh Prakash, the Supreme Court Tuesday decided to hear his plea against the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT)order of February that ... Read more...
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Impoverished kids forced to work in Siliguri tea-estates
March 5th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri, Mar. 5 (ANI): Poverty-stricken children, below the permissible employment age of 14, are being made to work in the tea gardens of Siliguri.At present there are 300 tea plantations in the ... Read more...
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Defence ministry orders inquiry against senior army commanders
October 29th, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The defence ministry Thursday ordered an inquiry into an alleged land scam in Darjeeling in West Bengal involving two lieutenant generals - including the designated deputy chief ... Read more...
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Jyotiraditya Scindia visits Assam’s tea estates
September 21st, 2009 - 10:39 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Sep 21(ANI): Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia visited the Teok Tea Estate in Assam's Jorhat district on the weekend.Scindia, during his maiden visit to the ... Read more...
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Seven die in West Bengal landslides (Lead)
August 16th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Aug 16 (IANS) Three of a family were among seven people killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the West Bengal hills Sunday. More casualties are feared, an ... Read more...
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Five die in landslides in West Bengal
August 16th, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Aug 16 (IANS) Three of a family and two others died following landslides in the hilly Kurseong sub-division of Darjeeling district in West Bengal Sunday. More casualties are feared, ... Read more...
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Five-year-old elephant calf captured in Coonoor
August 14th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Aug 14 (ANI): A five-year-old elephant calf was captured by forest officials in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.The elephant had strayed towards a human habitation after separating from its herd.The ... Read more...
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Baby elephant rescued by forest rangers in Dooars region of W Bengal
August 2nd, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
Tinjhora (WB), Aug 2 (ANI): Forest rangers from Chapramari Reserve Forest in West Bengal rescued a calf elephant believed to be around 15 months, after it had got separated from the herd ... Read more...
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