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
Do you use ENO or Nescafé coffee? Delhi Police seizes over 2 lakh fake sachets; What you need to know right nowDelhi Police Crime Branch has busted a major counterfeit food racket in Delhi, seizing over 1.5 lakh fake ENO antacid sachets and more than...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
Death toll in Vedanta power plant blast rises to 24Another worker from Jharkhand injured in the boiler explosion at the Vedanta power plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district, Chhattis...
19 Apr, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Beyond wage protest: Bureaucracy, compliance burden strain Noida-Greater Noida MSMEsIndustry stakeholders say legacy bureaucratic systems and entrenched administrative practices are undermining MSMEs’ momentum in the region.
16 Apr, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
ISI-backed terror module busted, 3 held with two grenades, pistol: Punjab PolicePunjab Police have dismantled a terror module backed by Pakistan's ISI. Three individuals were arrested in a swift operation. Authorities r...
06 Apr, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
PIL in SC against exempting industrial units from labour welfare laws during COVID-19The plea filed by Pankaj Kumar Yadav, through lawyer Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, has sought quashing of the notifications issued by the three st...
14 May, 2020, 06.17 PM IST
Raid nets 1000 litres synthetic milk, food inspector suspendedAdditonal collector KP Mishra said that a joint team from the food and revenue departments had raided the factory at Chinnoni village and s...
13 Dec, 2017, 04.45 PM IST
State eases 'labour pain' for factories and businesses“We will take the declarations at face value. Our aim is to increase the trust between the government and companies," Ramamurthy said.
24 Feb, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
Ficci writes to PMO, reels off steps to improve ease of business in MSME sectorStating that land is a scarce resource, the report said state governments should look at developing 'flatted factories' with a plug-and-pla...
29 Jul, 2015, 10.07 PM 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
Factories saw more than 1,400 fatalities in 2013The government today said that there were more than 1,400 fatalities last year in the various factories and industries registered under Fac...
08 Dec, 2014, 05.10 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi's labour reforms: Measures will work only if states join inModi had said inspectors will visit factories only on the basis of randomly-generated targets from a computer. Employers hope this’d end ar...
18 Oct, 2014, 12.40 PM IST
Inspector raj set to be history with Modi govt's first big-bang labour reformUnder the programme, the labour ministry is setting up a 'Shram Suvidha', and will unveil a new 'Labour Inspection Scheme' on Thursday .
15 Oct, 2014, 09.53 AM IST
Narendra Modi government to amend 1948 Factories Act; new law to focus on rising power shortagesThe new factories law on the anvil will lift the bar on women from working in several factory operations.
14 Jun, 2014, 04.26 AM IST
- Preliminary report into Tata Steel factory explosion submitted
As per the factory law, we have to submit the detail report in 30 days, but we are expecting it to do in a fortnight, Singh said.
19 Nov, 2013, 06.13 PM IST
- MSEs face tough norms in West Bengal
Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in West Bengal are often being promised by the state government of an easy life with simplification of r...
08 Apr, 2009, 08.19 PM IST
- Hotel Industry included under Factories Act
In a welcome development for Hotel employees, the industry will now have to fix proper shifts and pay overtime if they work for more for th...
13 Jan, 2008, 01.21 PM IST