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A pestilent green fly is crimping tea output in Assam, Darjeeling

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Data shared by the Tea Board of India reveals that the production of this world-famous brew, known for its rich aroma and unmatched flavour, dropped to 5.6 million kilos in 2024, the lowest in recent times. (HT Photo)
Published on Apr 05, 2025 07:18 AM IST

Tea garden manager murdered in Darjeeling; body found inside plantation

FILE PHOTO: A worker operates the sprinkler at a tea garden on the outskirts of Agartala. (File Photo/ANI)
Published on Mar 20, 2025 11:10 PM IST

Make your garden Insta-worthy for the spring season

Decorate your outdoor spaces for spring
Updated on Feb 21, 2025 12:32 PM IST

NGT seeks Assam govt’s reply after schools, tea gardens found inside forest land

The matter will come up for hearing again on July 3. (HT file photo)
Updated on May 09, 2024 01:38 PM IST

BJP aims to retain LS seat in tea belts of Alipurduar; TMC hopes for turnaround

Alipurduar, a reserved seat for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) is going to polls on April 19. (HT photo)
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 02:33 PM IST

Chai Masala is officially the second best non-alcoholic beverage

In the global ranking, Chai Masala was positioned third, following Hong Kong-style Milk Tea and Aguas Frescas from Mexico.
Published on Jan 15, 2024 09:35 PM IST

G20 delegates experience Kangra’s rich culture

The G20 delegates on Thursday experienced the natural and cultural wonders of Himachal during their excursion to Dharamshala on the second day of the Research Innovation and Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference. The delegates also visited the Kangra Art Museum, where they witnessed a live Kangra session and learned about the rich art and culture of Kangra. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 12:50 AM IST

Bengal farmer builds his dream house resembling ‘Titanic’

Mintu Roy and his wife Iti in front of their house that resembles Titanic in their village Nichbari in West Bengal’s in Darjeeling district. (Sourced)
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:49 PM IST

International Tea Day: 3 immunity-boosting tea recipes for winter

International Tea Day: 5 immunity-boosting tea recipes for winter
Updated on Dec 14, 2022 05:58 PM IST

Ingenious Assam festival aims to combine tea industry with traditional culture

Ingenious Assam festival aims to combine tea industry with traditional culture
Published on Dec 07, 2022 05:47 PM IST

High in pesticides, many countries send back Indian tea

Representative image - Workers carry bags of tea leaves at the Korangani Tea Estate in the Dibrugarh district of Assam, India.
Published on Jun 03, 2022 05:07 PM IST

Assam to construct 119 schools in tea gardens by April next year: Himanta Biswa

Himanta Biswa Sarma (ANI file)
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 10:27 AM IST

With spike in Covid-19 cases, Darjeeling tea planters demand test labs closer to gardens

There are 283 functional tea gardens spread across Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts in north Bengal
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 02:47 PM IST

Assam issues fresh guidelines for flood relief camps in view of Covid-19

The new guidelines have urged the district authorities to identify additional relief camps as per population density of villages to earmark space for social distancing norms.
Updated on May 20, 2020 07:25 PM IST

Industries, tea gardens in Assam resume operations as lockdown norms relaxed

The lockdown had badly hit the tea industry in Assam.
Updated on May 06, 2020 06:28 PM IST

Assam, Bengal tea industry stares at losses due to Covid-19 lockdown

In West Bengal, 283 gardens, which are spread across the Darjeeling hills, the Terai and the Dooars, employ about 350,000 workers and another 100,000 work for 40,000 small tea growers in north Bengal.(Photo by Parwaz Khan / Hindustan Times)
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 09:06 PM IST

HT Gets National Award

Updated on Nov 07, 2019 05:28 PM IST

Workers in Bengal’s defunct tea estates fight hunger as govt dole dries up

Many tea gardens in North Bengal have declared lockouts pushing unemployed workers into penury.
Published on Sep 15, 2019 10:25 AM IST

Branded a ‘child lifter’, deaf, mute woman lynched in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri

Monday’s lynching took place in Sukani Basti in Nagrakata block. The distance between the two spots where the incidents of attack on suspected child-lifters took place on Monday and Tuesday was about 15 km.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 10:28 AM IST

Tribals shoot arrows in Kishanganj, 6 hurt

District magistrate Himanshu Sharma and SP Kumar Ashish soon reached the spot with reinforcements to bring the situation under control.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 11:47 PM IST

Man versus wild: Treat the remaining wild habitats as sacrosanct

Elephants will stubbornly follow their ancient migratory routes, knowing that it is one way to keep themselves from bankrupting a single habitat. Put up a tea garden or coffee plantation in their way – and they will simply go through it. Traumatise them with crackers and fire, and they will seek refuge in the nearest village bar – and then really run amuck
Updated on Dec 27, 2018 08:57 AM IST

Boiled, skinned, cooked rats on top of holiday menu in Assam village

Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 05:09 PM IST

Golden Needles tea from Arunachal sets world record, auctions at Rs 40,000 a kilo

On July 24, a kilo of Golden Tips tea from Manohari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh in Upper Assam sold for Rs 39,001 a kilo, setting a world record for fetching the highest price in an auction.
Updated on Aug 24, 2018 06:46 PM IST

HC scraps Doon, Mussoorie master plans

Clock tower of Dehradun.
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 10:03 PM IST

How a health crisis is brewing in Assam

Women workers pluck tea leaves at Doyang Tea Estate in Assam’s Golaghat district.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 09:22 AM IST