In keeping with the on-going efforts to put an end to the manufacture of sub-standard and adulterated teas, the Tea Board has turned its gaze on factories engaged in the production of instant teas.Speaking to ‘The Hindu’, the Executive Director, Tea Board, R.D. Nazeem said that two instant tea producing factories in the Nilgiris and one in Coimbatore district were raided on Thursday. He said the licence...
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Sugarcane farmers from Davangere will go in a padayatra to Bangalore on November 2 to pressure the Chief Minister to restart the Bhadra Sugar Factory.Talking to presspersons here on Thursday, general secretary of the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association Tejasvi Patel said that the Government had promised to get the Bhadra Sugar Factory, which had closed some years ago, running again. Several farmers...
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BELLARY: Uncertainty prevails over the commencement of sugarcane crushing this year at the Hospet-based I.S.R Sugar Factory owing to the reluctance by cane growers in Hospet and Kamalapur hobli to supply sugarcane.This is the second consecutive year that the growers have decided not to supply sugarcane to the factory; instead, they sell their produce to sugar factories in Siruguppa taluk and other...
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management of Hindustan Engineering and Industries Ltd (HEI) of Satragachi in Howrah district put out the suspension of work notice at the factory gate, official sources said today.The HEI management in the suspension of work notice said "they have to suspend operations in the factory as they were incurring losses."The angry workers of the HEI today put up a road blockade at the Kona Expressway and...
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A fire broke out in a shoe factory in the Mangolpuri industrial area here today.The fire broke out at 1130 hrs at the first floor in a plastic shoes factory located in T Block of Phase I of the area.Police told UNI that the factory was housing only goods and no person was inside the factory at the time when the blaze occurred. Nobody was injured, police added.Eight fire tenders were extinguishing the...
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Officials of the Naranja Shakari Sakkare Karkhane (NSSK) have decided to pay Rs. 2,000 for a tonne of sugarcane supplied to the factory. The decision has been taken as per the requests of farmers. Earlier, the factory had decided to pay Rs. 1,950 for a tonne of sugarcane. Besides, one kg of sugar was given free to farmers for every tonne of sugarcane supplied to the factory. A release from NSSK chairman...
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The management of Hindustan Engineering and Industries (HEI)of Satragachi in Howrah district put out the suspension of work notice at the factory gate, official sources said today.The HEI mainly manufactures wagons, the sources said.The HEI management in the suspension of work notice said "they have to suspend operations in the factory as they were incurring losses."The angry workers of the HEI today...
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security guards of Tamil Nadu Explosives Limited factory at Katpadi have been suspended in connection with alleged smuggling of sandalwood trees worth Rs10 lakh from the factory premises by an Andhra Pradesh based gang according to district forest officer Manjunath.The DFO, who conducted the enquiry, said they had obtained some leads about the gang and were working in coordination with their counterparts...
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‘Sugar factories in Maharashtra pay Rs. 2,200 and one kg of sugar for a tonne of sugarcane’In Karnataka, farmers are paid only Rs. 1,700 to Rs. 1,800 a tonne of sugarcane: vedikeGULBARGA: The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) on Sunday urged the State Government to emulate Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh in fixing sugarcane price.Vedike leader Arunkumar Patil said here that sugar factories at Solhapur...
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MUAR: A multi-million ringgit furniture factory in the Bukit Pasir Industrial Park near Jorak was razed by fire yesterday.The fire at the Bintang Emas Furniture Sdn Bhd factory broke out at about 9.30am.Muar Fire Services and Rescue Department chief Shukor Abdullah said three fire engines, including one from Tangkak, and 30 firemen, rushed to the scene to control the fire.He said the sprawling factory...
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