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…
Opposition to stadium plan at KSIC Filature Factory land in T. Narasipur T. Narasipur: Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka has warned of taking out a padayatra from T. Narasipur to Bengaluru, if the State Government doesn’t drop its plan to build a stadium at the land belonging to KSIC Filature Factory at…
Mysore/Mysuru: Adding voice to the growing chorus against the proposed stadium at KSIC Filature Factory land at Bhyrapura in T. Narasipur in the district, Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters Association has urged the Government to drop the proposal. In a joint media conference held at Pathrakarthara Bhavana in city this morning, Working President of…
Plot is to help a Congress leader involved in loom manufacturing and procure China Silk for hefty kickback, alleges Opposition Leader R. Ashok Mysore/Mysuru: Opposition Leader in Legislative Assembly R. Ashok dropped a bombshell by saying that the plans to build a stadium at the land belonging to KSIC Filature Factory at Bhyrapura in T….
T. Narasipur: “There is no question of shutting down the KSIC Filature Manufacturing Unit at T. Narasipur, which has been the livelihood of thousands of workers for over a century. It is the responsibility of everyone of us to further improve the factory. All speculations about the closure of the factory is baseless and political…
Profit-making KSIC Filature Factory powers GI-tagged Mysore Silk production By M.T. Yogesh Kumar & B.C. Thimmaiah A Government-owned Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory in T. Narasipur, the primary supplier of yarn for the famed GI-tagged Mysore Silk sarees woven in Mysuru and Channapatna, is staring at an uncertain future. Despite posting an annual…
Mysore Silk saree stocks may run out in two days! Mysore/Mysuru: Silk saree production at the famed Mysore Silk weaving unit of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) on Manandavadi Road in city came to a complete halt this morning, as employees struck work in protest against the proposed construction of a stadium in the …
Over 500 trees absorb intense heat from cocoon boilers Mysore/Mysuru: Of the 12 acres of land at the KSIC Filature Factory at T. Narasipur, the State Government has handed over 5.8 acres to the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) for the construction of a stadium. While officials maintain that the Filature unit itself…
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