Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 6 (ANI): Three children died and 11 others fell ill after suspected food poisoning at a private children's home in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur on Wednesday.
Coimbatore Nov 26 PTI Over 6000 knitwear and garment and allied unit owners in nearby Tirupur downed shutters on Friday demanding reduction of the skyrocketing cotton yarn prices for the last 10 months and banning its exports A group of unit owners also sat on a one-day hunger strike opposite the Corporation office accusing the mills of hoarding thus paving way for artificial increase of the prices of yarn the main raw material for the manufacture of knitwear and garments About 80 per cent of shops and commercial establishments in and around Tirupur downed shutters while almost all political parties and their affiliated trade unions extended their support to the closure which resulted in a production loss of over Rs 100 crore industry sources claimed Stating that the prices increased from Rs 220 for one kg in January to Rs 350 during November sources in the garment industry said they wanted the Tamil Nadu government to set up a Cotton Procurement Centre and also ban the exports of cotton and cotton yarn Over 100 organisations involved in garment manufacturing including Tirupur Exporters Association Tirupur Exporters and Manufacturing Association South India Hosiery Manufacturing Association and Dyers association participated in the one-day token strike they said Tirupur being a major knitwear hub exports over Rs 26000 crore worth garments and also produces Rs 24000 crore worth garments for domestic sales which provide jobs to nearly nine lakh people both directly and indirectly PTI NVM SS SS
Tirupur (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Wednesday attacked the state Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government and said that democratic institutions are being challenged and threatened in the state and the development process by the Centre is being throttled.
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