Competition from Nepalese teas -- which has duty free access to the Indian market -- has emerged as a lower-cost alternative to Darjeeling tea, challenging its viability. IMAGE: A tea estate in ...

Significantly, much of this tea is sold not as bulk, but as branded, value-added packets – an area where India, and particularly Darjeeling, lags behind. Sri Lanka’s success in tea marketing lies in ...

Kalimpong is not vying against Darjeeling—it's its counterpart. However, for other tourists, especially those looking for solitude, austerity, and spirituality, it will prove to be a choice.

Monthly Fuel Price Trend In Darjeeling For June 2025: - Petrol price in Darjeeling started in June at Rs 105.41 per litre, after rising 0.2 per cent from the previous month's close of Rs 105.20 ...

The Mamata Banerjee government has urged the Centre to invoke the safeguard clause in the Indo-Nepal trade treaty to protect Darjeeling tea from unchecked import of Nepalese tea in the domestic market ...

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Tired of the crowds, the traffic jams, and the constant hustle of Darjeeling? It’s time to consider a quieter, more laid-back escape: Kalimpong. Nestled in the Eastern Himalayas, this charming ...

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The literary body, established on May 25, 1924, has made significant contributions not just to Nepali literature but also culture. Darjeeling is the literary and cultural capital of the Gorkhas in ...

Home to Nepalis, Bhutias and Lepchas, Sikkim played an important role in the recognition of the Nepali language under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution in 1992. Chief minister Prem Singh ...

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