[ noun ] a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India <noun.food>
The severed heads of two unidentified people were found in the Darjeeling region, where Gurkha militants have been campaigning for a separate homeland in eastern India.
Darjeeling is 670 miles southeast of New Delhi.
According to Mr Dudeja, the recent purchases for Russia include CTC (cut, tear and curl), orthodox and Darjeeling teas. Russia had earlier in the season imported 15m kg of tea by utilising the first tranche of technical credit of Dollars 32m.
But Mr Ahmad believes its marketing problem can be overcome if the region's major producers form a consortium to promote and market Darjeeling tea - in packets - within India.
Or single domaine Darjeeling tea?
And the cost of producing tea in Darjeeling is far higher than in the plains of West Bengal and Assam.
If there is to be any significant increase in the production of Darjeeling tea, then the West Bengal government must allow the gardens to grow tea 'in their contiguous areas which are now remaining unutilised.'
Darjeeling, a region in the Himalayas known for tourism and tea, is about 185 miles north of Calcutta.
Unfortunately, progress in this direction is slow. Not very long ago, more than 40m kg of tea was marketed globally as Darjeeling tea, even though production in Darjeeling hills would not be more than 13m kg.
Unfortunately, progress in this direction is slow. Not very long ago, more than 40m kg of tea was marketed globally as Darjeeling tea, even though production in Darjeeling hills would not be more than 13m kg.
In the Darjeeling area of West Bengal, about 185 miles north of Calcutta, a land mine believed planted by the Gorkha National Liberation Front blew up a vehicle on the outskirts of town, killing three civilians and seriously wounding two, UNI said.