Bumper harvest fails to cheer TN jaggery producers
Despite a good harvest, sugarcane prices haven’t come down because of soaring demand from mills manufacturing sugar that commands better prices than...
Man-elephant conflict returns to haunt Tamil Nadu’s Valparai
23 Dec 2024 12:00 AMAfter a three-year lull, three lives were lost in elephant attacks in 2024. Officials of the forest department dreamt of maintaining a clean record...
Steep slopes secured, Ghat roads in Nilgiris now safe for visitors
9 Dec 2024 1:30 AMAn innovative move to arrest landslides through soil-nailing and hydro-seeding has been implemented in The Nilgiris for the last couple of years and...
Want orders to make school uniforms again from Tamil Nadu govt, say...
25 Nov 2024 1:40 AMPowerloom weavers have been making persistent demands to resume orders for school uniforms to revive their fortune.
No stitch in time: Yarn delay cripples Erode powerlooms' output
25 Nov 2024 1:30 AMWeavers cast aspersions over long delays in issuing tenders and as well as supply of yarn with a hidden agenda of curtailing the scheme altogether and...
Crucial time lost as police canine from Tirupur attends emergencies in...
15 Nov 2024 1:30 AMIt has become a routine for cops to take the dog from the Tirupur squad to attend emergencies ever since explosive expert ‘Bhavani’, a Doberman breed...
Relief in the Nilgiris as tea prices soar
11 Nov 2024 12:10 AMThe upward spiral is attributed to a drastic drop in production in the major tea-producing states of Assam and West Bengal in recent months
Tirupur industry on rebound, migrant workers ignore Deepavali for work...
5 Nov 2024 12:30 AMSimilarly, workers from Southern districts who left for the festival have also started to return to work with the apparel sector resuming brisk...