T. Narasipur: Silk saree production at the heritage Filature Factory of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) in T. Narasipur resumed this morning after employees ended their 15-day strike. Workers had gone on strike opposing the proposed construction of a stadium within the premises of the T. Narasipur Filature Factory. Though some uncertainty over the...

Mysore/Mysuru: Over 50 farmers, under the banner of Federation of State Farmers’ Associations and Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, staged a protest near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar this morning against the proposed stadium at KSIC Filature Factory land in T. Narasipur. Earlier, the farmers assembled near the old KMF Milk Dairy on...

Stadium plan to be shelved if it disrupts silk production, assures Mysuru District Minister Mysore/Mysuru: Silk saree production at the famed Mysore Silk weaving unit of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) on Manandavadi Road resumed this morning after coming to a complete halt on Feb. 26, with protesting employees returning to work. The workers had...

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has made a fervent appeal to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to save the historic Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory in T. Narasipur, established by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. In a memorandum submitted to the CM, who was in Mysuru last evening, the MP said, Mysuru, known as the...

‘Livelihood at stake, let’s see who builds it’ T. Narasipur: Former MP Prathap Simha has declared that he will not allow a sports complex or a stadium to be constructed on the historic Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory in T. Narasipur, established by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. “Let’s see who comes to construct it,”...