GJM stir forces out tea research unit

KOLKATA: The unique flavour of India’s best-known export, Darjeeling tea, may now be at risk. The relentless GJM agitation in the Hills has hit   research work at the Darjeeling Tea Research and Development Centre (DTRDC) in Kurseong. Concerned at the developments, the Centre has decided to temporarily shift the unit out of the Hills [...]

Gathering storm in the tea gardens of Darjeeling

As a Gurkha separatist campaign is relaunched, the region’s most famous export is hit by a strike and the eviction of tourists Jeremy Page in Darjeeling (Timesonline) Tea time at the Darjeeling Planters Club and Major J.S. Rana settles into a wicker chair on the veranda, taking a long slow slurp from his afternoon brew. [...]