A woman was allegedly raped by two men in eastern Assam s Charaideo district while she was returning home from a hospital after recovering from Covid-19, the police said on Monday.The police have arrested both the accused persons.According to .
A woman was allegedly raped by two men in Assam's Charaideo district while she and her daughter were returning from a hospital, where they had gone for COVID-19 testing.
Guwahati high court provides liberty to tea estates to pay workmen interim enhancement of their wages
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Guwahati High Court has provided the liberty to tea estates to pay to the workmen any interim enhancement of their wages as they deem proper till the issue is finally decided by the court.
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Guwahati High Court has provided the liberty to tea estates to pay to the workmen any interim enhancement of their wages as they deem proper till the issue is finally decided by the court. The BJP led government ahead of assembly polls has increased the daily wages of tea workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217. Following which Indian Tea Association and 17 other tea planters have moved to the High Court.
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Assam has over 10 lakh tea workers in the organised sector working in 856 tea estates producing around 55 per cent of India s tea. Tea tribe communities are determining factors in around 25 to 30 seats in 126-seated Assam Assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, which after coming to power in 2016 had increased the wages of the tea workers by Rs 30, and on February 20 the state government decided to hike the daily wages to regular 7,46,667 tea garden workers by Rs 50 from Rs 167 to Rs 217. However, the implementation of the Rs 50 a day hike in wages for tea garden workers is likely to be delayed as a petition filed by the Indian Tea Association (ITA).