Weavers
- Telangana
Weaver dies by suicide in Telangana’s Sircilla, second in 2 days
Hyderabad: A weaver died by suicide in Telangana’s Sircilla district on Thursday, December 19. This is the second weaver suicide in the district in as many days. The deceased was identified as…
- Telangana
Telangana: Unable to repay loan, weaver dies by suicide in Sircilla
Hyderabad: Unable to repay a loan worth Rs five lakh, a weaver in Telangana’s Sircilla district died by suicide on Friday, December 20. The deceased was identified as 50-year-old Dusa Ganesh, who…
- Telangana
Congress govt’s negligence leading to weavers’ suicides: KTR to Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) wrote an open letter to Telangana chief minister, Revanth Reddy on Thursday, April 4, regarding the “dire” state of weavers in…
- Telangana
KTR calls for ‘Chenetha Varosthavalu’ awareness campaign for weavers
Hyderabad: IT and Industries minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday directed officials to run awareness campaign called ‘Chenetha Varosthavalu’ for weavers in the state, in line with National Handloom Day. During…
- Telangana
Maharashtra team visits Telangana to observe weaving techniques
Hyderabad: The Maharashtra government’s Commissioner of Textiles appointed a team of officers to visit Telangana to observe the weaving techniques and designs used by local weavers and the schemes implemented by the…
- Business
Yogi mulls power subsidy to weavers in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is working on a scheme to provide power subsidy to over 2.5 lakh power loom weavers in the state. According to the government spokesman, Chief Minister Yogi…
- Telangana
Telangana weavers send thousands of postcards to PM
Hyderabad: In a novel protest, thousands of handloom weavers from Telangana on Monday sent postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding rollback of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on handlooms. Thousands of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Ex-BJP MP quits ahead of Munugode bypoll, to join TRS
Hyderabad: In a setback to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) before the upcoming Munugode by-poll, party leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar quit and is set to join the…
- Telangana
Odisha’s textile minister lauds Telangana scheme for weavers
Hyderabad: Odisha’s textile minister Rita Sahu on Thursday, lauded the Telangana government’s scheme for weavers and their focus on the textile industry. Sahu visited handlooms clusters, and cooperatives in Telangana during a…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rajanna Siripattu saree enters global market, launched in NZ
Hyderabad: Minister for Handloom and Textiles K T Rama Rao on Sunday praised weavers of his constituency Siricilla for doing a remarkable job in globally promoting local sarees. In a tweet, he…
- Andhra Pradesh
Pawan Kalyan accepts KTR’s handloom challenge
Hyderabad: Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan on Sunday accepted the challenge of Telangana’s Industry Minister K.T. Rama Rao to wear handloom clothing. The Jana Sena Party leader took to Twitter to accept the challenge…
- Telangana
‘What did Telangana BJP do for weavers?’ KTR slams Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: IT minister KT Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Bandi Sanjay questioning him about his contribution to the state weavers in the last…
- Telangana
Telangana to roll out Nethanna Bima insurance scheme for weavers
Hyderabad: An insurance scheme was announced by the state government for Telangana’s weavers by the name of ‘Nethanna Bima Scheme’. It will be implemented on August 7, and will provide weavers with…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: TDP panel submits report to Naidu on weavers’ family suicide
Amaravati: The TDP fact-finding committee submitted its report to the party National President and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on the factors that led to the joint suicide of Pedana weavers’…