Bengal polls: Tata exit still shapes Singur, 18 years onSingur's landscape is marked by abandoned factory remnants and damaged farmland. The Tata Motors Nano project's 2008 exit reshaped Bengal p...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
India’s private sector gains momentum in April on manufacturing strengthIndia's private sector activity gained pace in April. Manufacturing led the growth with increased output and new orders. Businesses expande...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
Garment exporters see demand recovering as US tariff pressures easeIndian garment exporters expect a strong business rebound in the second half of the fiscal year. Easing US tariff pressures are bringing bu...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
West Asia in turmoil, govt looks to clear trade routes to South AsiaIndia is focusing on increasing exports to South Asian nations like Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This strategic shift comes as exports...
19 Mar, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
Birla Corporation to consolidate operations in cement businessBirla Corporation Limited aims to strengthen its cement business, targeting a production capacity of 27.6 million tonnes by 2029 with a pro...
15 Sep, 2025, 03.17 PM IST
Ghanshyam Das Birla: The original startup and nation-builderGhanshyam Das Birla, a young Marwari, defied British dominance in India's jute industry in 1919. He established Birla Jute, facing oppositi...
06 Dec, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
Bengal govt calls meeting with industry stakeholders on May 10 over COVID pandemicThe state government has restricted the number of workforce at a time to 50 per cent including in tea gardens. But, in case of the jute mil...
08 May, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
Birla Corporation to raise cement capacity to 20 mtPresently, the total manufacturing capacity after acquisition of Reliance Cement is 12.5 mt, chairman of Birla Corporation Harsh Lodha said.
20 Jul, 2018, 06.28 PM IST
India, Bangladesh need to step up business co-operation: Smriti IraniBusinesses of both the countries can collaborate in sectors like textiles to explore global markets, she said.
24 Jan, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
Saktigarh Jute Park: How a closed textile mill in Bengal became a successful venturePushpa is among Saktigarh Jute Park’s about 1,800 workers, many of them women from backward classes and below poverty line families.
09 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
APJ Abdul Kalam asks India, Bangladesh to promote juteKalam, also known as the Missile Man of India, said "it is a great opportunity for the two neighbours to take a visionary action to replace.
18 Oct, 2014, 06.42 PM IST
- J Thomas & Company bets on tea bull run
J Thomas & Company, largest tea auctioneer in the world, is hoping to auction 200 mn kg of tea in the current fiscal. The auction house thi...
20 Jan, 2011, 01.09 AM IST
- Govt says only jute bags for grains
CCEA at its meeting evening finally approved status quo ante for the jute reservation order at 100% for both foodgrain and sugar during 200...
09 Sep, 2009, 12.04 AM IST
- Bajoria jute mills on the block?
Almost everybody in the industry unofficially confirm having heard of the fact that several of the jute baron's estimated Rs 2,500 crore bu...
10 Feb, 2009, 12.05 PM IST
- From markets to jute, Bajoria made his presence felt
If you chanced to meet anyone in the cloistered pigeon-holes of the Katni market at India Exchange Place or the offices around Clive Row an...
29 Mar, 2008, 01.19 AM IST
- Jute goods’ prices stable despite low demand
Mixed trends again prevailed on local gunny market this past week with prices of sacking showing no change, followed by hessian, in absence...
05 Feb, 2008, 06.14 AM IST
- Raw Jute Future trading re-starts after 40 years
Future trading of raw jute at the East India Jute & Hessian Exchange here restarted after 42 years. Futures trading on commodities was bann...
05 Jun, 2006, 05.40 PM IST