Business

Chennai, June 4 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) Ltd has registered Rs 200 crore liquor business in a single day on Monday, according to a statement by the corporation. The liquor shops in Tamil Nadu are closed on Tuesday due to counting of votes. There are 5000 liquor shops in Tamil Nadu under […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 (BPNS) The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) will join hands with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to support start ups in the maritime sector. The CSL in a statement on Sunday said that this programme will help young talented entrepreneurs to develop products or services with financial support from the shipyard. […]

Chennai, Oct 25(BPNS) Industries in Tiruppur and Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu will be affected as migrant workers in large numbers have left home for celebrating Deepavali. After the Covid -19 pandemic created a big lull in celebrations this year most of the labourers and skilled workers from North Indian states have left for home. Coimbatore […]

Chennai, Oct 17 (BPNS) In a move that brought tears of joy to the face of employees, a Chennai-based jeweler gifted his employees with Maruti Swift cars, Honda Shine, and Honda Activa two-wheelers ahead of Deepavali. According to information available, the businessman had spent an amount of Rs 1.2 crore on the expensive Deepavali gifts. […]

Chennai, Oct 15 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Handloom Cooperative Society (COOPTEX) has launched 500 new designs in collaboration with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and the National Institute of Design (NID). Tamil Nadu Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, R. Gandhi in a statement on Saturday said that Co-Optex have 150 showrooms across the country […]

Chennai, Oct 12 (BPNS) The power loom workers of Tamil Nadu are facing a bleak Deepavali this year as there are no orders from the master weavers due to high yarn prices. There are 2.5 lakh power looms in Tiruppur district alone which is the textile capital of South India with export orders to various […]

Even as Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu accounts for 90 percent of firecracker business in the country, the local firecracker units are sore that business has dipped this season. Chennai, Oct 6 (BPNS) Even as Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu accounts for 90 percent of firecracker business in the country, the […]

Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) With the Tamil Nadu government yet to place orders for the Pongal dhotis and sarees, the power loom workers of the state have threatened to go on a hunger strike. Tamil Nadu government has been providing free sarees and dhotis through Public Distribution Systems (PDS) since 1981 and this has helped […]

Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) With the cash-strapped State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) buses to commence carrying goods in their fleet, the small-scale industries including the MSME industries of the state dealing with food grains and eatables are to benefit. The food grain and eatable manufacturers were earlier depending on trucks to transport these goods from […]

Chennai, June 30 (BPNS) The power loom federation of Tamil Nadu has petitioned the state government to release the orders for making free dhotis and sarees so that they are readied earlier for being  distributed for the Pongal festival of 2023. The petition was forwarded by the Powerloom federation general secretary, L.K.M. Suresh on Thursday […]