Textile Mill

Surat textile mill fire: A fire broke out at a textile mill in Surat on Saturday night. The incident took place in the Pandesara area of Surat.

Three people were killed in a massive fire at a textile dyeing-and-printing mill near Gujarat's Bardoli town early this morning, an official said.

The workers of National Textile Corporation (NTC) mills have threatened to lay siege to the house of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad if the Centre fails to take steps to re-open all the 23 mills across the country.

The Madras High Court has directed the Puducherry government to release 50 per cent of the balance amount payable to the employees of the closed Swadeshee-Bharathee Textile Mills Limited, a government undertaking in the union territory.

The chief fire officer of the civic body was among six persons injured in a major fire that broke out at a textile dyeing mill in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday, an official said.

Sohan Lal died of a COVID infection yesterday. He was 60. I have known him since the '70s when I was working in the textile workers' trade union. His elder brother, Nathu Prasad, a close comrade, was a worker in the Delhi Cloth Mills who was dismissed by the management for his union activities and later started working full-time for the union. The ...

A protest by Chenab Textile Mills (CTM) workers turned violent in Kathua on Friday as workers demanded full payment of their salaries.

The move by the world's biggest cotton producer is likely to help rival suppliers like Brazil, the United States and some African countries boost exports, with some India textile mills even starting to import cheaper fibre from overseas.

When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law and policy.

By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...

A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of women in the multi-billion-dollar textile industry, campaigners said. “He forces himself on us, constantly hugging us and squeezing our breasts,” the women write, describing the...

The measures announced by the government yesterday include additional incentives for duty drawback scheme for garments, flexibility in labour laws to increase productivity as well as tax and production incentives for job creation in garment manufacturing.

An investigation into the death of a teenage girl working in a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of textile workers, especially those trapped in bonded labour.

CBI has registered an FIR against former Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and six others incluing the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Textile Corporation for the sale of prime property in Mumbai allegedly at "throwaway prices" to a private company.

Birla Textile Mills is a unit of Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals.

Surat textile mill fire: A fire broke out at a textile mill in Surat on Saturday night. The incident took place in the Pandesara area of Surat.

Three people were killed in a massive fire at a textile dyeing-and-printing mill near Gujarat's Bardoli town early this morning, an official said.

The workers of National Textile Corporation (NTC) mills have threatened to lay siege to the house of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad if the Centre fails to take steps to re-open all the 23 mills across the country.

The Madras High Court has directed the Puducherry government to release 50 per cent of the balance amount payable to the employees of the closed Swadeshee-Bharathee Textile Mills Limited, a government undertaking in the union territory.

The chief fire officer of the civic body was among six persons injured in a major fire that broke out at a textile dyeing mill in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday, an official said.

Sohan Lal died of a COVID infection yesterday. He was 60. I have known him since the '70s when I was working in the textile workers' trade union. His elder brother, Nathu Prasad, a close comrade, was a worker in the Delhi Cloth Mills who was dismissed by the management for his union activities and later started working full-time for the union. The ...

A protest by Chenab Textile Mills (CTM) workers turned violent in Kathua on Friday as workers demanded full payment of their salaries.

The move by the world's biggest cotton producer is likely to help rival suppliers like Brazil, the United States and some African countries boost exports, with some India textile mills even starting to import cheaper fibre from overseas.

When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law and policy.

By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...

A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of women in the multi-billion-dollar textile industry, campaigners said. “He forces himself on us, constantly hugging us and squeezing our breasts,” the women write, describing the...

The measures announced by the government yesterday include additional incentives for duty drawback scheme for garments, flexibility in labour laws to increase productivity as well as tax and production incentives for job creation in garment manufacturing.

An investigation into the death of a teenage girl working in a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu has raised fresh concerns over the working conditions of textile workers, especially those trapped in bonded labour.

CBI has registered an FIR against former Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and six others incluing the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Textile Corporation for the sale of prime property in Mumbai allegedly at "throwaway prices" to a private company.

Birla Textile Mills is a unit of Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals.