Tea garden workers protest over bonus; management releases first instalment

Tea garden workers protest over bonus; management releases first instalment

Representative image. File | Photo Credit: PTI Workers of a tea garden in north Bengal staged protests demanding a bonus ahead of Durga Puja. The protests were held by workers of the Nagaisuri tea garden in Jalpaiguri district on September 26 and 27, who sought 20% of their wages as bonus. Police resorted to a … Read more

Tea, coffee prices to go up in Chennai

Tea, coffee prices to go up in Chennai

Tea shop owners are feeling the pinch of increasing rents, power bills, cost of ingredients including tea and coffee powders | Photo Credit: Representative picture With a large section of tea shop owners feeling the pinch of increasing rents, power bills, cost of ingredients including tea and coffee powders, your cup of tea or coffee … Read more

NHS nurse left out of tea round wins constructive dismissal case

NHS nurse left out of tea round wins constructive dismissal case

Alamy St Helier Hospital, pictured in 2018 when the dispute started A “gifted” NHS nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round by a colleague who said “I don’t like you” has won a claim for unfair constructive dismissal at an employment tribunal. Diabetes specialist Susan Hamilton joined Epsom and St Helier University … Read more

Implement the SOP for abandoned tea gardens: workers union appeal to WB govt

Implement the SOP for abandoned tea gardens: workers union appeal to WB govt

Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS). File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Observing that the newly notified standard operating procedure(SOP) by the West Bengal government holds potential for resolving issues in abandoned gardens, the Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS) on Monday (December 9, 2024) called the State government to implement its own SOP. The … Read more

Dehradun Police arrest two men for spitting in saucepan before selling tea to customers

Dehradun Police arrest two men for spitting in saucepan before selling tea to customers

Dehradun Police on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) arrested two men for allegedly spitting in a saucepan before selling tea to customers in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. The action came on the complaint filed by one Himanshu Bishnoi who provided police a video, which was made by him during his visit to Mussorie Library Chowk last week. In … Read more

Chai Sutta Bar spreads the flavour of kulhad chai across India

Chai Sutta Bar spreads the flavour of kulhad chai across India

Tea being served in a kulhad (earthen cup) at the newly opened branch of Chai Sutta Bar at Beach Road in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak In India, chai is more than just a beverage. It brims with nostalgia – of rainy evenings spent with family enjoying a sip, of bonds blossoming over a … Read more

International Tea Day: Here’s why the beverage is more than a brew

International Tea Day: Here’s why the beverage is more than a brew

By Ankur Biplav The International Tea Day is celebrated on May 21 every year. The celebrations are aimed to promote and foster activities which would help in the sustainable production and consumption of tea, as per the United Nations. The origins of International Tea Day can be traced back to December 2019 when the United … Read more