India has huge role to play in Silk Road`s success: Grossman

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 11:47

India has important role to play in success of New Silk Road, a concept being pushed by the US government to boost trade and business between South and Central Asia, a former US official has said.

India has huge role to play in Silk Road's success: US

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 10:18

India has an important role to play in the success of the New Silk Road, a concept being pushed by the US government to boost trade and business between South and Central Asia, a former US official has said.

BCIM car rally to revive Southern Silk Route

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 12:29

More than six decades after an ancient trade route was closed post World War II, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM) hopes to retrace the lost trails and revive commercial trade in the `Southern Silk Route` with a 3,000-km car rally from Kolkata to Kunming in China.

Samant Chauhan opens flagship store in capital

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 13:52

Designer Samant Chauhan, known for his stylish creations using Bhagalpuri hand-woven silk, has opened his first ever flagship store in the capital.

Mysteries of spider silk unraveled

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 15:55

Scientists at Arizona State University are on the brink of understanding what makes the spider`s spun fibre - weight for weight - at least five times as strong as piano wire.

Forces trying to come to India as businessmen to divide: Sibal

Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013, 21:25

There are forces which are trying to come to India as businessmen "to divide us", Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Friday.

David Beckham spends 520 pounds on wife`s silk pyjamas

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 08:25

Footballer David Beckham has splashed out 520 pounds on two pairs of designer nightwear pyjamas for his wife Victoria.

Discard silk, adopt cotton: Rina Dhaka

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 15:44

Ace fashion designer Rina Dhaka feels it is time that Indian women adopted cotton as the fabric needs attention.

Magic of Banarasi sari recreated on ramp

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 17:25

It was an evening dedicated to Benarasi saris where exquisite range of handwoven saris made in the oldest temple city in the country were presented by Taj Khazana.

TN allots Rs 7.54 crore for setting up Handloom and Silk Park

Last Updated: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 15:52

Tamil Nadu government Saturday allocated Rs 7.54 crore for establishing Arignar Anna Handloom and Silk Park in Kancheepuram district under the Integrated Textile Park Project (ITPP).