Stir against LBT to continue, says Federation of Associations ...

Abhitash Singh, Mumbai Thirty-one thousand members of the Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM), which spearheaded the Jail Bharo Andolan against local body tax (LBT), were arrested at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Thursday. Mohan Gurnani, ...

Mumbai, May 19 (PTI) Federation of Association of Maharashtra (FAM), a traders' body, today asked NCP chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar to intervene to resolve the imbroglio over local body tax (LBT).Traders are on strike in various cities of ...

Following the Maharashtra Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation's assurance that teachers across Maharashtra will resume examination-related work from Saturday, the Bombay high court on Friday directed them to cooperate and ensure that ...

The Maharashtra State Agro and Rural Tourism Cooperative Federation (MART) has announced this year's awards for agro and rural tourism. The awards were presented on Thursday on the occasion of world agri tourism day which is observed on May 16. Mart president ...

Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) representing 750 trade associations in the state today said, it would continue with its call for indefinite trade bandh till the LBT (Local Body Tax) is removed, even as the agitation entered 18th day today.

The Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) in Maharashtra is holding blood donation camps over May 10-11 to show that the "state government is bloodthirsty over LBT (local body tax)".

India's federal government will give Rs 1,208 crore ($222.39 million) to drought-hit western Maharashtra state, farm minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday, as the state struggles to provide drinking water to thousands of people.The country's biggest sugar and pulses producer and second biggest producer of cotton and soybean is reeling under the worst drought in more than four decades, after receiving lower rainfall during the monsoon season June to September 2012."There's shortage of drinking ...

In a surprise move, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has agreed to provide 22,500 metric tonnes of cattle feed (worth over Rs 30 crore) to drought-hit Maharashtra for free.

The Maharashtra State Federation of Educational Institutions on Friday alleged that the state government was 'highly ignorant' about the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 and has been lax in its implementation.