Higher sales brewing for India's tea exporters as drought grips Kenya

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 14:02

Lagging rains, output and demand were just some of the things worrying Bidyananda Barkakoty, a small tea garden owner in Assam, until about a month ago. A recent dry spell in distant Kenya has since given him a reason to smile.

Assam announces Rs 100 cr package for tea tribes

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 23:14

Assam government on Sunday announced a Rs 100-crore special package for uplift of the tea garden communities.

Tea garden employee kidnapped in Sonitpur

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 00:51

A tea garden employee was allegedly abducted from Dafflagarh in Sonitpur district, leading to protests by locals.

Sunset for Balmer Lawrie tea biz on Sept 30

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 17:57

The 146-year-old tea business of Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd will see sunset on September 30.

Tea garden labourer killed in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 15:04

A labourer was today shot dead allegedly by unidentified men at a tea garden in Assam`s Jorhat district bordering Nagaland, police said.

Leopard caught in Jalpaiguri tea garden

Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 15:26

A leopard, which was preying on goats and chickens at a tea garden for the last few days, was caught in a trap laid by its workers in Jalpaiguri district today.

`Tea garden labourers severely discriminated`

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 15:12

Noted social activist Swami Agnivesh alleged that tea garden labourers of Cachar district in Assam were severely discriminated by the owners.

Tea garden owner, wife burnt alive in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 08:35

The owner of a tea estate and his wife were burnt alive on Wednesday by a group of agitated labourers in Assam, police said.

Two brothers beheaded in Jorhat district

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 13:42

Two brothers have been beheaded allegedly by five of their relatives who later surrendered before the police with the severed heads in Assam`s Jorhat district Wednesday, the police said.