Asked to work beyond office hours? Know your rights under new Labour CodeIndian employees are often verbally instructed to work beyond mandated hours, a practice normalized but not legal. While the new Labour Cod...
25 Apr, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Mumbai’s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housingMumbai's booming real estate market sees global financial giants occupying luxury towers while low-income residents like taxi driver Ramu V...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Why should PM use govt programme to make 'political speech': Congress hits back at ModiCongress criticized PM Modi for using a government event to attack the opposition, arguing that taxpayer money shouldn't fund political spe...
09 Oct, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Congress an irresponsible party, factory to spread hatred: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi terms Congress as an irresponsible party generating hatred, aiming to divide societal groups post-Haryana poll...
09 Oct, 2024, 02.46 PM IST
Sugar prices up on deficient rainfall in key cane statesRetail and factory sugar prices in India have risen by approximately 3% in the past month due to a persistent monsoon deficit in key sugarc...
05 Sep, 2023, 12.30 AM IST
18% GST on treated sewage water for industrial useThe Maharashtra Authority of Advance Rulings has reasoned that the treated water here is purified water. It is used within the applicant's ...
27 Sep, 2021, 08.22 AM IST
Autos to electronic goods and home appliances, industry looking at an awful AprilImpact on supplies of cars, two-wheelers, ACs, refrigerators and washing machines may show up as early as next week and supply challenges c...
15 Apr, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
Cooperative Bank norms irk sugar exporters in MaharashtraThe Centre has allotted a mill-wise quota for export of 20 lakh tonnes of sugar.
08 Aug, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
Maharashtra to shelve labour reforms amid protestsThe Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969, is another labour reform that is ...
04 Jul, 2016, 05.53 AM IST
Devendra Fadnavis govt to end 'inspector raj' in factoriesAs part of its objective of ensuring ease of doing business in Maharashtra, the Fadnavis govt has decided to make it easy for industrial es...
21 Jun, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
Maharashtra amends its Factories Act to let women work in night shiftsDevendra Fadnavis said that even Bombay High Court had earlier said the decision to bar women from doing night shifts was unconstitutional.
21 May, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
'Make in Maharashtra': State panel to suggest changes in Labour lawsOther laws the panel will look into are Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act (1946), Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act (1986).
02 Feb, 2015, 08.30 PM IST
Land must be put to industrial use in 5 years of non-agricultural nod: Devendra FadnavisOfficials should ensure that such a land is not misused, Fadnavis said at a review meet of 'Make In Maharashtra' program.
15 Jan, 2015, 11.16 PM IST
Maharashtra eases rules for setting up a businessIt has decided to amend the Maharashtra Factories Rules, 1963 under which the state would grant a licence to register the factory within th...
16 Dec, 2014, 04.17 PM IST
Necessary approvals reduced for setting up factory in MIDC areaA total of 14 approvals by MIDC were required so far at the pre-commissioning stage. It will be brought down to five, an official said.
03 Dec, 2014, 10.55 AM IST
Maharashtra to Order CID Investigation into Sugar ScamMaharashtra Government’s home department has decided to order a CID investigation into the alleged Rs.800 crore sugar sale scam.
07 Nov, 2013, 06.24 PM IST
- Allow non-farmers to buy agri land: Munde
The BJP wants the government to do away with the condition that prevents ‘non-farmers’ from buying agricultural land.
11 Aug, 2007, 03.19 AM IST