Fire breaks out at textile mill in SuratThe incident took place in the Pandesara area of the city around 10 pm on Saturday. Following the incident, fire tenders rushed to the spot...
05 Jun, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
India's coal crisis hits textile processing units in Surat“We will have to bring down our production if the cost escalates in a spiralling manner. To begin with, units will work five days a week, a...
19 Oct, 2021, 11.39 AM IST
Textile exporters in Surat in a bind over Afghan crisis; Rs 4,000 crore stuck in pending duesAfghanistan used to buy silk for turbans, textiles and readymade garments such as scarves, dresses and kaftans from India. The Federation o...
06 Sep, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Fire in residential building, mill in Surat; 2 firemen injuredAn electric meter board on the ground floor of the five-storey residential building in Sagrampura locality caught fire due to a short-circu...
01 Mar, 2021, 06.03 PM IST
Bihar polls: Surat trader sends 5 lakh sarees packed in 'PM Modi' bagsCR Patil has roped in around 25 Bihari textile traders from the city to dispatch sarees packed in the Modi bags to retailers and wholesaler...
22 Aug, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Bihar polls: Surat trader sends 5 lakh sarees packed in 'PM Modi' bagsCR Patil has roped in around 25 Bihari textile traders from the city to dispatch sarees packed in the Modi bags to retailers and wholesaler...
22 Aug, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
Narendra Modi's dilemma: Varanasi weavers blame Gujarat's textile city Surat for its plightSurat, they allege, not only produces cheaper imitation saris to dent Varanasi's handloom business but also takes away their best weavers.
27 Mar, 2014, 09.32 AM IST
Migrant workers to be counselled on AIDS in trainAround seven lakh people from the district work in textile mills and diamond-cutting factories in Surat and Ahmedabad, said a survey.
05 Aug, 2013, 12.42 PM IST
Are India's garment factories any better than Bangladesh's?India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.
10 Jun, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
- Saree & Dhoti freebies keep Surat mills alive
Currency depreciation & overall tepid mkt sentiment have hit Surat-based textile cos hard but decisions by states to offer freebies to mns ...
13 Aug, 2012, 12.25 PM IST
- Mafatlal Ind puts Byculla mill land on block
Mafatlal Industries, part of the Arvind Mafatlal group, has put its closed textiles mill in central Mumbai up for sale to cash in the rapid...
15 Jul, 2010, 03.12 AM IST
- Karnataka expects Rs 2000 crore investment from Guj textile cos
Karnataka government expects Gujarat-based textile firms to invest Rs 2,000 crore for setting up units in the state taking advantage of abu...
23 Apr, 2010, 04.09 PM IST
- North Maharashtra: Industries gung ho about prospects
North Maharashtra is in the threshold of major change. Propelling this change is a 287-km four-lane highway connecting Igatpuri with the Ma...
02 Sep, 2009, 04.43 AM IST
- I-T officials unearth Rs 11.88 cr unaccounted income
During an Income Tax Department search and seizure operation, a Surat-based textile group and its associates have admitted to having unacco...
16 Jun, 2008, 10.30 PM IST
- Textile Commissioner brings smiles on mill workers
In the last four months, about 15,000 people, who were on the roll of closed textile mills in the country, have got satisfactory monetary s...
11 Oct, 2007, 05.38 AM IST
- Synthetic fabric sector readies for retail boom
Country’s biggest man-made fabric industry is gearing up for the retail boom. Surat’s textile industry.
05 Feb, 2007, 02.23 AM IST
- NTC may revive 13 mills by ’07-end
The National Textile Corporation (NTC) is likely to complete modernisation-cum-revival programme of 13 out of 22 mills by December-2007.
01 Jan, 2007, 12.18 AM IST