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…
Proposed stadium at KSIC Filature Factory land: Silk thread extraction resumes after strike
March 6, 2026T. 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…
Stadium plan to hit silk production: KSIC report
March 4, 202633% 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…
KSIC land final for stadium: MLC Dr. Yathindra
March 4, 2026T. Narasipur: Amid growing opposition to the proposed stadium on the premises of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at T. Narasipur, MLC Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah has made it clear that the project will go ahead at the same location. His statement comes even as Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa had…
Stadium plan at KSIC Filature Factory land: T. Narasipur Bandh next?
March 1, 2026Former 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…
Padayatra from T. Narasipur to Bengaluru, warns Opposition Leader R. Ashoka
February 28, 2026Opposition 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…
Freedom Fighters Assn. to wage legal battle
February 28, 2026Mysore/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…
No question of shutting down KSIC Factory at T. Narasipur: MP Sunil Bose
February 27, 2026T. 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…
5.8 acres gone; Silk Unit feels the heat
February 26, 2026Over 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…
‘Save KSIC’ cry grows louder; silk production disrupted
February 26, 2026Weaving units in Mysuru and Channapatna join agitation; T. Narasipur bandh likely T. Narasipur/Mysuru: The protest against the proposed construction of a stadium in the premises of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at T. Narasipur intensified yesterday, with employees from the weaving units in Mysuru and Channapatna joining the agitation. Workers fear that…













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