Independence Day: How the Tatas struck back at the British empireAs India celebrates its 77th Independence Day, here is a look at a tale of a steely Indian entrepreneurial resolve. When Sir JN Tata dreamt...
15 Aug, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Legacy pharma firm which sold 'Swadeshi' dysentery drug to Afghans waits and watches after Taliban takeoverThe company, which started out in a small garage on Hare Street, was set up as a 'Swadeshi enterprise' meant to take on the stranglehold of...
05 Sep, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
Free vaccination for all, says Puducherry Congress manifestoThe Congress manifesto also promised free water supply, loan waivers, Rs 1,000 monthly assistance for homemaker, quota for locals in Puduch...
28 Mar, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
KVIC seeks international trademark for khadi itemsKVIC is fighting cases in several countries including Germany for violation of the Khadi Mark regulations. The Regulations issued in 2013 b...
22 Jan, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
Gandhi's rare letter about the spinning wheel may sell at $5KSigned "Bapu's blessings", the letter is written in Gujarati.
30 Aug, 2018, 06.34 PM IST
Patanjali denies making Rs 9k-crore bid for Ruchi Soya“Yes, Patanjali is interested in acquiring Ruchi Soya since we want to make use of their idle installed capacity but we have definitely not...
25 Apr, 2018, 11.42 PM IST
Sangh affiliates voice concern over some government policiesSangh groups raised concerns over various issues and asked government not to rush into any action that could harm the interests of the comm...
28 Oct, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
Government allocates Rs 11,952 crore for powerloom sectorThe margin money subsidy has been increased from 20 per cent to 30 per cent with an increase in subsidy cap from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore.
31 Jul, 2014, 03.30 PM IST
Locked in electoral glare, UP's industrial hub, Kanpur, begs for an economic agendaThe irony in UP is inescapable. Locked in electoral glare, its industrial hub begs for an economic agenda to replace politicallymotivated p...
01 Apr, 2014, 02.07 PM IST
Mumbai: Decks cleared for auction of Swadeshi Mills' 48-acre landThe bench upheld the November 2011 order of a single judge of the HC which had permitted the winding up of the mill which stopped the opera...
23 Aug, 2013, 07.22 PM IST
The eastern bubble bursts: East suffers due to lack of a capitalistic cultureThe rise of Saradha chief Sudipta Sen and his subsequent fall read almost like a celluloid script and it underscores the entrepreneurial ma...
30 Apr, 2013, 11.40 AM IST
Trade unions wants Centre to release funds for textile millsA joint meeting of leaders of various trade unions of workers of the three textile mills has called upon the Centre to release funds.
18 Apr, 2013, 10.28 AM IST
- Freedom fighters delegation to meet Sonia Gandhi
Puducherry Freedom Fighters Welfare Movement will call on Sonia Gandhi seeking her intervention for pension to genuine freedom-fighters.
24 Mar, 2013, 05.28 PM IST
- All textile mills on brink of closure: Trade Unions
A joint meeting of leaders of all trade unions said textile mills in Puducherry are on the brink of collapse as successive govts have faile...
23 Mar, 2012, 11.28 PM IST
- Mills to malls: Lots of smoke, lots of fire
The burning of Gold Mohur, a defunct textile mill in the central Mumbai suburb of Dadar, has brought to the fore the dark underbelly of the...
22 Jan, 2010, 05.36 AM IST
- INTUC seeks more funds for textile mills
INTUC has called upon Puducherry government to earmark more funds in the budget to tone up the functioning of the state-owned Swadeshi Cott...
31 Dec, 2007, 12.40 PM IST
- NTC set to cash in on hot properties
The group of ministers has decided to allow 51% private equity participation in 16 NTC Mills to develop surplus lands for textile-related a...
27 Aug, 2007, 12.45 AM IST