Teesta Times

09/12/2023

Rapid Times -Highlights from the Hills-Terai-Dooars & Sikkim -09.12.2023

09/12/2023

09/12/2023

समाजसेवी बिक्रम राईलाई नागाल्याण्डमा संवर्द्धना

09/12/2023

एनएच-10 मा सोमबारदेखि मालवाहक वाहनहरूको चलाचल शुरू हुने: कालेबुङका जिल्लापाल

09/12/2023

मधेस फर्किदा मुख्यमन्त्रीलाई जीटीए कर्मचारीहरूद्वारा खरसाङ सहरमा विदाई

09/12/2023

वैवाहिक अनि प्रशासनिक कार्यक्रममा अंश ग्रहण गर्न पहाड आएकी मुख्यमन्त्री ममता ब्यानर्जीले खरसाङको मकैबारीमा 3 रात बिताएपछि आज शनिबार अपरान्ह यहाँबाट कठोर सुरक्षा व्यवस्थाबीच झरिन् मधेश। यस अवसरमा खरसाङ शहरमा भेला भएर जीटीए चिफ अनित थापा लगायत जीटीए-का कर्मचारीहरूले दिए तिनलाई विदाई।

09/12/2023

Three smugglers arrested with two elephant ivory from Champasari area of Siliguri

09/12/2023

Several injured after being hit by a four-wheeler in NJP’s Bhakti Nagar area

09/12/2023

Man allegedly murdered in washroom of his residence in Siliguri, one arrested

09/12/2023

मुख्यमन्त्री ममता ब्यानर्जीलाई धन्यवाद दिए अनित थापाले

08/12/2023

Rapid Times -Highlights from the Hills-Terai-Dooars & Sikkim -08.12.2023

08/12/2023

जीटीए कर्मचारीहरूले खरसाङ शहरमा पटेका पड्काएर मनाए खुशी

08/12/2023

जीटीएमा 271.9 करोड रुपियाँको विविध परियोजनाको मुख्यमन्त्रीद्वारा उद्घाटन तथा शिलान्यास

08/12/2023

Cyclist killed in collision with truck on IOC Road in NJP, locals stage protest

08/12/2023

खरसाङकी छोरी डा. दिक्षा बनिन् मुख्यमन्त्री ममताकी बुहारी

07/12/2023

Rapid Times -Highlights from the Hills-Terai-Dooars & Sikkim -07.12.2023

07/12/2023

दार्जिलिङको उच्च स्थानमा रहेको एक प्रमुख पर्यटक स्थल सन्दकफूमा यो मौसमको आज पहिलो हिमपात शुरू। घुम्न आउने पर्यटकहरूमा खुशीको लहर

07/12/2023

दार्जिलिङको अवैध बहुतले भवनहरू विरूद्ध मुख्यमन्त्रीलाई हस्तक्षेपको माग

07/12/2023

Press Release
7th of Dec, 2023
West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee today playing a typical tourist in the hills pretended to pluck tea leaves. While the Kolkata Based media are going ga-ga over her posturing, no one in the hills is amused, especially not the tea workers.
On the 4th of October, 2023 our Darjeeling and Kalimpong region were hit with a massive flashflood on the Teesta River. Nearly 500 houses have been damaged, 300 totally and 200 partially. 1 person is confirmed dead, while 11 other are still missing. Agricultural fields, livestock and sources of livelihood of thousands of people from the region have been washed away, but Mamata ji did not find any time to come visit the region or lend a helping hand to the survivors. Till date her government has refused to declare the Teesta Flashflood as "disaster" officially, thereby preventing funds Disaster Relief Funds from reaching the flood victims.
However, she has time to play tourist in the hills.
Mamata ji, even though you may have been pretending to pick tea leaves for your photoshoot and own merriment, we are most hopeful that, in doing so you have realised the difficulties faced by those tea garden workers who pluck tea for their living. We are hopeful that you will get to understand how in denying the tea workers their Parja Patta rights, you and your government are depriving them of their fundamental right to a dignified living. We are also hopeful that you will realize your mistake in denying the tea workers decent, livable wages, and facilities as enshrined under the four new Labour Codes passed by the Parliament of India already.
Madam, for you this photo-shoot may just be a source of entertainment, but it is the lived reality of hundreds of thousands of tea workers from our Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooars region.
We are hopeful you will see the futility of your ways, and start giving the tea workers all their rights, starting from fair liveable wages and parja patta to their ancestral land

Raju Bista
Member of Parliament, Darjeeling and
National Spokesperson, BJP

07/12/2023

Mamata Banerjee singing song with the workers of makaibari teagarden kurseong

07/12/2023

Youth missing from UP rescued in Siliguri, mobile number tattooed on hand helps reunite with family

07/12/2023

कालेबुङको बिहिबारे गोर्खे हाट

07/12/2023

भाजपाले गोर्खाहरूलाई दिएको वचन पूरा गर्ने कुरामा आशावादी हाम्रो पार्टी

07/12/2023

खरसाङ मकैबारी चिया कमानमा चियापत्ती टिप्दै मुख्यमन्त्री ममता ब्यानर्जी

07/12/2023

Auto driver arrested on charge of drug peddling in Siliguri

07/12/2023

CM’s instruction prompts actions, locals delighted as Naxalbari’s Sebdella Jote village receives water

06/12/2023

Rapid Times-Highlights from the Hills-Terai-Dooars & Sikkim -06.12.2023

06/12/2023

पहाडको संस्कार अनुसार मुख्यमन्त्रीलाई स्वागत जनाएका हौ: अनित थापा

06/12/2023

Mamta Banerjee welcomed at Kurseong

06/12/2023

हाल समय सान्दर्भिक नै छैटौं अनुसूची हो : निरज जिम्बा

06/12/2023

CM Mamata Banerjee arrives at Bagdogra airport

06/12/2023

मुख्यमन्त्री ममता ब्यानर्जीको आगमनलाई लिएर खरसाङमा कार्यक्रमको लागि तयारी धमाधम

06/12/2023

Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb visited the market area adjacent to Siliguri’s Jalpai More

05/12/2023

Rapid Times -Highlights from the Hills-Terai-Dooars & Sikkim -05.12.2023

05/12/2023

सोनादा ब्लक गठनबारे क्षेत्रका सबै संघ-संस्थालाई लिएर सभा सम्पन्न

05/12/2023

रंगापानीको आवासीय इलाकामा देखा पऱ्यो हात्ती, हेर्नेहरूको भीड

05/12/2023

Suspension bridge at Gajoldoba nearing completion, likely to be inaugurated by CM

05/12/2023

गोर्खाल्याण्ड एक्टिभिष्ट समूहको दिल्ली जन्तरमन्तरमा धरनाको अन्तिम दिन