COIMBATORE: Ninety per cent of the over 2.5 lakh job workers in the power loom sector are staring at a bleak Deepavali this year as the master weavers have not placed orders citing high yarn price.

Brocade weaving is a typical cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community. The Thai in Hoa Tien hamlet, Chau Tien commune, ...

Klutz welcomes springtime fun with several new titles. Origami by Anne Akers Johnson offers detailed instructions on how to make 10 different folds, resulting in a penguin, a bunny and a picture frame ...

Power loom unit owners here have appealed to the State Government to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on cotton yarn to two per cent. In a memorandum to the Government, M. Duraisamy, chairman of Powerloom ...

Nearly a week ago, chief minister BS Yediyurappa had announced loan waiver to the weavers. A few days later, the joy has disappeared from the life of the weaver community, especially in Belagavi, as ...