New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki will continue to dispatch cars from its stockyard at the Manesar plant to dealers across the country although it has declared a lockout at the factory. "The dispatch operations won't be affected and will continue from Manesar," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chief Operating officer (Production) MM Singh said. The stockyard at Manesar plant has inventory of about 26,000 units at present, he added. The company had...
12:54 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Bangalore: The violence in Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant will send a "very wrong message" to the world on the industrial climate in the region, Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. Noting that violence cannot be justified at all, he said Manesar and Gurgaon in Haryana are known to be "fertile grounds" for industrialisation and many units had come up in those areas. "That (the violence) will send...
03:39 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Maruti Suzuki has declared a lock out at its violence hit Manesar plant, Chairman RC Bhargava said on Saturday. ...
09:34 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Violence-hit Maruti Suzuki on Saturday declared an indefinite lockout at its Manesar plant but firmly ruled out the possibility of shifting operations to Gujarat. "There is no possibility of removing the plant from Manesar. Such reports are absolutely fictitious," said Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chairman RC Bhargava said at a press conference in New Delhi. The company said it was completely overtaken by the 'Tsunami-like' violence that it...
09:01 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Saturday termed the lockout by Maruti Suzuki at its Manesar facility as "appropriate". "If they (Maruti) have announced it (lockout) then it is appropriate considering what workers have done at Manesar facility," Haryana Labour and Employment Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma said. He added that the company must have announced lockout "after giving some careful thought". Maruti Suzuki's General Manager Human Resources Awanish Kumar Dev...
08:30 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Calling the violence at its Manesar plant "shattering", Maruti Chairman RC Bhargava on Saturday said that the automobile manufacturer was doing its best to tackle the mess. "What happened was a shattering incident. We are tackling the mess," he said at a press briefing. Bhargava said that the company never imagined its own workers would indulge in violence. "There was no victimization of workers at the unit. Problems...
04:04 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Manesar: Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant will remain closed for the third day on Saturday after the violence on Wednesday in which one senior company official was killed, while the police has said most of the workers who instigated the incident have been identified. "The plant will remain closed today," a company spokesperson said. The production loss has so far mounted to about Rs 210 crore. The plant rolls out...
12:22 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan on July 22-27 and is expected to meet Suzuki Motor's top executives on the automobile major's plans to set up production facilities in his state. Modi's visit will "further strengthen the ties between Gujarat and Japan in the context of the global strategic partnership which Japan and India enjoy", the Japanese embassy in India said Friday. Modi will be accompanied...
02:40 AM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Maruti officials met in Gurgaon on Thursday seeking a new strategy to de-risk the Manesar plant after worker unrest led to the death of one of its senior officials there. Workers set fire to the plant after one of the team leaders allegedly made a discriminatory remark against one of the employees. Sources said Maruti may shift part of the diesel car manufacturing to another unit. Cars...
02:01 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The unrest at the Maruti-Suzuki Manesar plant has entered its third day and there seems to be no end to the crisis. No more arrests have been made in the violent clashes that erupted between the management and the workers which left a senior executive dead. Avnish Kumar Dev, the General Manager-HR of Maruti was thrashed and burnt alive by a mob of workers. A hundred others were...
10:33 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is keen on a probe to find out if the violence in the Maruti plant in Manesar has any Maoist link. Though no Naxal link has been found prima facie, official sources said there was a need for a thorough probe to find out the truth into it. Sources said there were intelligence reports of CPI (Maoists) setting up urban bases in different cities, including Gurgaon....
09:35 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is keen on a probe to find out if the violence in the Maruti plant in Manesar has any Maoist link. Though no Naxal link has been found prima facie, official sources said there was a need for a thorough probe to find out the truth into it. Sources said there were intelligence reports of CPI (Maoists) setting up urban bases in different cities, including Gurgaon....
08:20 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely. ...
11:50 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The situation remains tense at Maruti's Manesar plant after a tussle took place between workers and the management on Wednesday. ...
10:03 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday tanked over 9 per cent, eroding as much as Rs 3,183 crore from its market capitalisation in just a single trading session after production at its Manesar plant was affected following violence between workers and the management. The stock closed at Rs 1,117.35, down 8.74 per cent over its previous closing price on the BSE. In just a single trading session market...
05:53 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Gurgaon: As the Maruti workers and management blamed each other for the unrest at the Manesar plant, almost 100 workers were arrested on Thursday. Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely. Here is the Maruti Suzuki's statement on Manesar unrest: We are deeply disturbed by the mob violence and arson at our Manesar Plant on Wednesday evening. Several executives, managers and...
04:24 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: The victim of the clashes at Maruti's manesar plant has been identified as the General Manager (HR), Avnish Kumar Dev. Dev was killed in a fire and 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. As the unrest continued on Thursday, the police arrested nearly 100 workers. Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely....
03:21 PM, Jul 19, 2012
As the unrest at Maruti's Manesar plant continues, 88 workers have been arrested on Thursday and more arrests are likely to follow. The Workers Union has slammed the management. In a statement, the Workers' union said, "The Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU) is anguished at the recent developments in Maruti Suzuki plant, IMT Manesar where the management has resorted to anti-worker and anti-Union activities in a pre-planned manner leading to...
11:35 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: As the Maruti workers and management blamed each other for the unrest at the Manesar plant, almost 100 workers were arrested on Thursday. Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely. One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. A case has also been registered against...
11:14 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Maruti Suzuki India tumbled more than eight per cent in morning trade on the bourses after production at its Manesar plant got affected following a scuffle between workers and management employees. One person was killed and at least 40 were injured in a clash on Thursday morning between workers and the managerial staff at the Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant, forcing stoppage of work. Shares of the...
10:59 AM, Jul 19, 2012
