Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
It was daggers drawn between the steel ministry and private producers today with the country's largest private steel maker Tata Steel slamming the government for its failure to ensure price cuts were passed on to end-users. The ministry, on its part, claimed that had it not intervened at first place, …
A rapidly changing global automotive scenario means new opportunities and new challenges. Chandrika Shah explores the new strategies of the global biggies. In the global automotive industry, opportunities and risks are present in both emerging and mature markets alike. But while possibilities are plentiful, profitable growth is becoming more difficult …
DESIGNING FOR BETTER MARGIN: KPIT Cummins, Onward Technologies, Neilsoft and CADES Aggressively Poaching From Automobile Sector Ravi Teja Sharma & Sachin Dave NEW DELHI/MUMBAI SMALL and medium IT companies are going on a hiring spree when it comes to expanding their engineering and automotive design practices. And they are poaching …
VOLKSWAGEN, Europe's largest carmaker, will roll out a compact car based on the Polo platform in India in 2010. The German giant, which launched its Jetta sedan here on Wednesday, is planning a slew of niche and mass market launches in India and, according to Volkswagen Group India president and …
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) will be launching its i20 model by end of this year. Mr H S Lheem, managing director and CEO, HMIL said that the new model would be launched for both domestic and international markets. "With i20, Hyundai will complete its portfolio in the compact car …
Opens electronic components plant and R&D; centre in Bangalore BANGALORE: German automotive electronics supplier, Continental AG, with 2007 global sales of euro 26.4 billion, will provide fuel pump sensors for the Tata Nano. Markus Distelhoff, Managing Director of Continental-India, told reporters here on Monday, "The details are being finalised; we …
the Union Ministry of Finance imposed an additional duty of Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 per vehicle on big cars and utility vehicles on June 13. The decision comes as a knee-jerk reaction to the skyrocketing international crude prices. While welcoming the move as a step forward, experts said staving …
flood Early monsoon hits India annual monsoon swept through India about two weeks early. But it brought heavy rains causing floods and landslides in eastern India. Unconfi-rmed sources say at least 52 people have been killed and over 3 million affected in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. …
ON THE BRINK Bloomberg / New Delhi July 09, 2008, 0:12 IST Italy's biggest carmaker, will close four of its six auto plants in the country for three weeks between September and November because of slumping sales. The closures will affect factories in Mirafiori, Termini Imerese, Pomigliano and Melfi, a …
Pune July 08 Tata Johnson Controls Automotive, Tata Ficaso plan to shift units in time to meet November deadline From seating systems to mirrors and control cables, a whole range of auto components that go into the making of Nano, the low budget car from the Tata Motors stable, will …
Sudha Mahalingam With global carbon galloping, you can neither negotiate nor argue with Gaia. Not when she is on her sick bed. We need a paradigm shift in the way we perceive development. The just released Prime Minister's National Action Plan on Climate Change acknowledges the potentially adverse impact of …
PREMIUM BIKE: H. S. Goindi, Head, Marketing, TVS Motor Company, launching Apache RTR FI motorcycle in New Delhi on Monday. NEW DELHI: TVS Motor Company on Monday unveiled the advanced version of its bike
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is poised to become the number one automobile manufacturer in the country with a production of nearly 1.56 million light and heavy commercial vehicles per annum from 2010, according to a senior officer of the Industry Department. Tamil Nadu will replace New Delhi and Pune as the …
Sometimes, difficult though it is to believe, disasters herald miracles. Three years ago, a bad distribution and service network had led Fiat's brand charisma to take a bruising fall from grace. Production of its automobiles, the Uno, Siena, Palio and Adventure, had dwindled from 32,000 cars in 2002 to a …
For automobile companies, problems are mounting. With high inflation and interest rates threatening a slowdown, rising raw material costs are adding to their woes. Expansion plans of many firms and vendors are likely to be hit as already-tight operating margins are further shrinking. Brokerage houses and sectoral analysts predict that …
Sachin Dave & Sonali Krishna MUMBAI NANO, India's most eagerly-awaited car, might be launched without much fanfare. Blame it on inflation as Tata Motors and other carmakers are slashing or are in the process of reducing spending on publicity and advertising. According to two industry experts ET spoke to, many …
