17-04-2014
17th April 2014
Courtesy: The Hindu
Fireworks manufacturers invited for talks in Delhi
Fireworks manufacturers in Sivakasi have been invited to New Delhi for talks on April 21 with officials in the Department of Industrial Policy and to discuss the concer...more
17-04-2014
17th April 2014
Courtesy: Web India
Fireworks factories withdraw indefinite strike
After a 12-day ordeal, fireworks manufacturers in Sivakasi have withdrawn their indefinite strike and resumed production today.
All the 800 licensed firework...more
17-04-2014
17th April 2014
Courtesy: Prof. B.Rathika, Head, Dept. of English(PG), ANJAC, Sivakasi
SDP by IQAC at ANJAC
A Staff Development Programme was organised for the staff members of ANJAC by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, ANJAC on 16th April 2014, Wednes...more
16-04-2014
16th April 2014
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
Licence Fee Hike Is Cracker Of a Poll Issue
All the candidates belonging to major political parties, who are contesting in the coming Lok Sabha elections, lined up in Sivakasi to support the hunger strike o...more
16-04-2014
16th April 2014
Courtesy: The Hindu
Eerie silence engulfs Sivakasi as fireworks manufacturers shut shop
The country-s bustling cracker capital, Sivakasi, went into silent mode on Tuesday as hundreds of fireworks units observed bandh protesting against the...more
16-04-2014
16th April 2014
Courtesy: The Times of India
24-hour general strike impacts normal life in Sivakasi
The buzzing Sivakasi town in Virudhunagar district came to a standstill on Tuesday as the 24-hour general strike called by the associations came into force...more
15-04-2014
15th April 2014
33 Associations stage hunger strike at Sivakasi TANFAMA
Today, 33 assocations from Sivakasi & Thiruthangal staged a one day hunger strike at TANFAMA Centre, to protest against the steep hike in the fireworks licence fee for manufacturing explosives and t...more
15-04-2014
15th April 2014
Sivakasi Industrial units & shops down shutters
Protesting against the steep hike in the fireworks licence fee for manufacturing explosives and to stop importing cheap Chinese fireworks to India, members of 33 associations in Sivakasi downed their shutte...more
14-04-2014
14th April 2014
Flower prices skyrocket
Due to Chithirai Vishu Festival, flower prices were skyrocketed in Sivakasi. As per the Sivakasi Flower Market rates, Sevanthi — that would cost Rs.180 on a normal day — now goes for Rs.300 a kg. Meanwhile the rates of roses h...more
14-04-2014
14th April 2014
Sivakasians to go on one day strike
Protesting an order of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that “unilaterally revised” various fees for the industry, Sivakasi Fireworks units has been down shuttered and to go on an indefinite strike from 5th Ap...more
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