An 8-year-old boy stumbles upon a 1,700-year-old statue fragment during a visit to Ramon CraterAn eight-year-old boy on a rock-collecting trip in Israel's Ramon Crater stumbled upon a 1,700-year-old statuette fragment. The intricately...
12 May, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
PMMY drives micro enterprise growth, boosts women-led businesses in IndiaIndia's Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana has empowered countless micro-enterprises. This scheme provides collateral-free credit, fostering growt...
08 Apr, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
Be cool and stay cool in Indian summers - Desi styleIndia continues to wear Western suits as workwear, a colonial imposition. European traders brought these clothes, but local cotton garments...
04 Apr, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
BJP leader suspended after video shows him humiliating trader in UP's MeerutIn an incident that has rattled Meerut, a prominent BJP official was swiftly stripped of his party roles after a disturbing video surfaced ...
23 Oct, 2025, 12.00 PM IST
How 'Paharganj cloth traders' earned thousands by stealing only black, blue passenger bags at Delhi railway stationsDelhi Police have apprehended a gang of four professional bag lifters who disguised themselves as cloth traders to steal luggage at railway...
08 Jul, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh: Fire breaks out at market in VizayanagaramIn the incident, two shops were completely gutted and heavy property damage was reported. On receiving the information about the incident, ...
23 Jul, 2023, 06.24 AM IST
Delhi govt supports traders' protest against GST hike: SisodiaDelhi government supports protest of traders against increase in goods and services tax on textile, and will raise the issue in GST council...
30 Dec, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
GST hike from January 1: How hard will the changes hit textile & handloom industry?This tax increase will aid the Centre, which is experiencing a revenue shortage as a result of recent fuel duty cuts, by stabilising tax re...
28 Dec, 2021, 10.05 PM IST
CAIT objects to DPIIT meeting with ecommerce officials under chambers bannerThe Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) also demanded the government to plug all "loopholes" in press note 2 of the foreign direct in...
21 Mar, 2021, 07.41 PM IST
Pro-Modi slogans greet Congress netas at anti-GST stir in SuratOn Monday, thousands of traders who gathered outside the market demanding scrapping of the 5 per cent GST, were baton-charged after they al...
05 Jul, 2017, 10.24 PM IST
Gujarat cloth markets shut on day 2 of stir against GSTCloth markets in major Gujarat cities, including Surat, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Rajkot, remained shut in protest against five per cent GST...
28 Jun, 2017, 03.49 PM IST
Surat cloth traders refuse to board GST busSurat has around 170 big and small textile markets comprising more than 75,000 shops with a daily aggregate turnover of Rs 115 crore.
27 Jun, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
GST: Cloth shops, dry fruits sellers observe bandh in protest"Cloth markets across cities in the state including those in Surat, Rajkot and Junagadh remained closed, demanding roll back of GST imposed...
15 Jun, 2017, 05.53 PM IST
Jat stir: Ambala's wholesale cloth market suffers huge lossThe biggest wholesale cloth market of Haryana at Ambala City has suffered a huge loss due to the Jat agitation in the state.
23 Feb, 2016, 12.25 PM IST
For desi cloth merchants, revolution over a CuppaIt all happened over a cup of coffee, and can in the end make life rather, the payment aspect much simpler for cloth merchants.
07 Oct, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
- NRI shop-owners, supermarkets in a row over Asian clothes
Indian attires salwar-kameez, legenga-choli and dupattas have become the reason for a business battle between NRI shop-owners and supermark...
18 Sep, 2009, 03.34 PM IST
- Textile traders tie up import deals to prop up margins
A few traders from MJ Market, Asia’s biggest wholesale cloth market located in south Mumbai, are increasingly opting for imported suiting a...
27 Jul, 2009, 03.14 AM IST