Mysore/Mysuru: Following the announcement made by Sericulture Minister K. Venkatesh in the Assembly recently to drop the proposal for constructing a stadium on land belonging to the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at Bhyrapura in T. Narasipur, the process has begun to withdraw the land earlier allotted to the Department of Youth Empowerment…
High local orders may push Govt. to temporarily stop online sales Bengaluru: The huge demand for traditional Mysore Silk sarees produced by Government-run Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Limited dominated discussions in the State Assembly yesterday, with legislators across party lines urging the Government to increase production and strengthen the historic institution. The discussion culminated…
Sericulture Minister announces in Assembly; says officers misguided CM Mysore/Mysuru: Under mounting pressure from Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) staff, environmental groups and Opposition parties, the State Government has decided to drop the proposed stadium project inside the premises of the KSIC Filature Factory at T. Narasipur. Sericulture Minister K. Venkatesh announced in the Assembly…
Mysore/Mysuru: Leaders of various organisations that supported the fortnight-long strike by employees of the Mysore Silk Filature Factory, run by the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC), have set a Mar. 15 deadline for the State Government to withdraw its proposal to construct a stadium within the factory premises. The strike had brought operations to a…
T. Narasipur: Silk saree production at the heritage Filature Factory of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) in T. Narasipur resumed this morning after employees ended their 15-day strike. Workers had gone on strike opposing the proposed construction of a stadium within the premises of the T. Narasipur Filature Factory. Though some uncertainty over the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following sustained protests by workers of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at T. Narasipur, the proposed plan to construct a stadium within the factory premises is now likely to be dropped. The agitation by factory employees was supported by environmental groups such as Parisarakkagi Naavu, along with Opposition political parties, farmers’…
Mysore/Mysuru: Over 50 farmers, under the banner of Federation of State Farmers’ Associations and Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, staged a protest near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar this morning against the proposed stadium at KSIC Filature Factory land in T. Narasipur. Earlier, the farmers assembled near the old KMF Milk Dairy on…
33% green cover mandatory to safeguard Mysore Silk’s GI tag, says technical report Mysore/Mysuru: A technical report submitted to the State Government by the General Manager of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at T. Narasipur and the Managing Director of KSIC has stated that the entire 13.11 acres of factory land is…
Stadium plan to be shelved if it disrupts silk production, assures Mysuru District Minister Mysore/Mysuru: Silk saree production at the famed Mysore Silk weaving unit of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) on Manandavadi Road resumed this morning after coming to a complete halt on Feb. 26, with protesting employees returning to work. The workers had…
Former Councillor Arjun warns of intensifying the stir; farmer leader Chandan Gowda confident of CM reversing the proposal T. Narasipur: Actor and former T. Narasipur Councillor Arjun Ramesh has warned of calling for T. Narasipur bandh, if the State Government continues to remain nonchalant towards the indefinite protest being staged by the employees of KSIC…
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