Mysore/Mysuru: Despite intense competition, Mysore Silk sarees continue to be the pick of many women folk, especially during festive seasons and other auspicious occasions. Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Limited that has 14 showrooms including 13 in the State and one in Hyderabad in Telangana State, sold the eponymous Mysore Silk sarees worth total Rs….
First citizen of India drapes Mysore Silk
September 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: President Droupadi Murmu wore a white Mysore Silk saree with gold zari for the Dasara inauguration atop Chamundi Hill here this morning. The original silk saree worth Rs. 70,000, specially weaved at the Silk Weaving Factory of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation on Manandavadi Road here, was gifted to her by the State delegation which…
Silk Factory contract workers stage snap stir demanding regularisation
October 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding regularisation of service, contract workers of Silk Factory, under the banner of Silk Weaving Factory Employees Union, staged a snap stir in front of the factory on Manandawadi Road on Oct. 17. Maintaining that an agreement was reached between Trade Unions and KSIC Management on appointment of kin of deceased employees on compassionate…
Export of Mysore Silk Sarees to be explored: Minister
October 22, 2018Mysuru: Minister for Tourism S.R. Mahesh has opined that there was a great demand across the nation for Mysore Silk Sarees and added that if an international market is created for the product, the industry can be expanded phenomenally. He was discussing with the Union Minister for Commerce Suresh Prabhu who was in city to…
Saree Frenzy: Thousands queue up at KSIC showroom to buy Mysore Silk Saree
September 11, 2018Mysuru: Even as Gowri-Ganesha festival is just a day away, the saree frenzy suddenly began this morning as hundreds of women queued up in front of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) showroom opposite Mysuru Zoo to purchase the highly-discounted silk sarees. This is the only outlet in city where the sale is on and will…
KSIC employees oppose move to sell silk sarees at Rs. 4,500
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Strongly opposing the plans of Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh’s plan to sell Mysuru Silk Sarees at discounted price of Rs.4,500, the KSIC (Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation) staff staged a protest in front of silk-weaving Factory here on Thursday. Claiming that the Silk Factory will face serene loss if silk sarees were sold…
Silky treat: KSIC to sell Mysore Silk sarees at Rs. 4,500
June 29, 2018Mysuru: As a Varamahalakshmi festival gift to women, State-owned Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd. (KSIC) will sell Mysore Silk sarees worth Rs. 6,500 at a discount price of Rs. 4,500 per saree. This move is to make sarees affordable to the poor and middle class families, announced Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh. He also…
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