An estimated 77.21 per cent of the 73.45 lakh voters exercised their franchise on Thursday during the second phase of polling, in which at least three persons were injured in firing by PSOs of......
In its first major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday transferred 20 senior IAS officers, shunting out Principal Secretary-Information Navneet Sehgal and others who......
Hours after J Jayalalithaa assumed office as chief minister, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday effected shuffling of senior Indian Police Service officials besides transferring several......
Powerlooms and a lack of policy have pushed heritage art towards extinction, say Shreya Jai and Subhayan Chakraborty. IMAGE: The weavers from Varanasi say they are struggling to......
The country's textile sector is expected to attract an investment of Rs 1,50,600 crore (Rs 1,506 billion) by the end of 11th plan (2007-2012) and also generate employment opportunities for 17.35......
How do you provide health care to handloom weavers, who occupy among the poorest segments in the unorganised sector? There are 6.5 million of them scattered across the country and are not always......
A proposal for the creation of a regional hub in the north-east, which couldinclude Guwahati, Bangkok, Kathmandu as well as a destination from West Bengal was presented by the Indian Chamber of......
India will launch its biggest-ever attempt to diversify its export basket to China in Shanghai on Thursday by showcasing the country's prowess in a range of sectors like steel, textiles, tourism,......