Chennai: The Madras High Court is expected to deliver its verdict on a PIL seeking fresh environment clearance before the Kudankulam Nuclear plant is commissioned. The PIL has sought that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited get a fresh environment clearance for the project. The petition has also sought a stay on the installation of two 1,000 MW Russian reactors. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: The AIADMK executive council met on Monday and urged the Centre to give the entire power generated from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to Tamil Nadu. The Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK executive council also urged the Indian government to find a permanent solution against the attack on Indian fishermen and demanded the retrieval of the Katchatheevu island. In its executive council meet, the party also urged the Centre to not provide...
03:50 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman Osamu Suzuki on Sunday said the Japanese car maker is committed to its investments in India even as he expressed concern over the time being taken to find the cause for violence at the Manesar plant of its subsidiary Maruti Suzuki. "In any case Japan's Suzuki has no plans to withdraw from India nor to stop production at Manesar. We are here for the...
12:38 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman Osamu Suzuki will meet Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant last month. Suzuki, who is on a week-long visit to India to attend the annual general meeting of SMC's Indian arm Maruti Suzuki on August 28, is expected to be accompanied by the top management of the...
12:39 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Chennai: The controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) is likely to be commissioned on Saturday. Locals have been protesting against the establishment of the plant. Activist Aruna Roy had also written a letter to UPA chief Sonia Gandhi demanding a halt in the plant's installation. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa earlier requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allot all the power (2,000 mw) to be generated at the plant...
09:13 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Chandigarh: Despite the recent violence and the complete shutdown at its Manesar unit, automobile giant Maruti-Suzuki will invest Rs 1,700 crore in a new plant of the Manesar unit, a Haryana minister said on Friday. State Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala told the assembly that Maruti-Suzuki will invest Rs 1,700 crore for setting up the C-plant in its Manesar unit near Gurgaon, 45 km from New Delhi. He said that...
01:25 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Ahmedabad: Maruti Suzuki Chairman and Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki will be meeting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Suzuki is on a two-day visit to the state and will be in Hansalpur in Ahmedabad to check out the site for the proposed 4,000 crore plant. The company is expected to begin work on the project, its first outside Haryana, very soon. Country's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI)...
10:01 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Chennai: The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is scheduled to be operational by October 2012 and the 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor in September 2014, Parliament was told on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said: "The first unit of this project...
12:44 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday settled about one per cent higher after the company resumed production at its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to violence. The scrip closed 0.68 per cent up at Rs 1,185.10 on the BSE. Intra-day, the stock gained 1.55 per cent to Rs 1,195.3. At the NSE, the stock ended 0.96 per cent higher at...
06:38 PM, Aug 21, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNBC TV18's Shereen Bhan, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargva said it would not be surprising to see the unions taking the matter to court. ...
05:08 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Maruti Suzuki reopened its plant at Manesar on Tuesday, certain trade unions staged a sit-in at the Jantar Mantar in protest against the sacking of 500 employees from the factory. The protest was led by Delhi Metro Kamgar Union, which is an independent trade union. However, Left-affiliated unions and Maruti workers' unions were conspicuous by their absence. ...
01:26 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence. ...
10:45 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Manesar: Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured. Workers are standing in queue outside the factory gate to enter the plant amid heavy rain. Haryana Police has provided 500 personnel, out of which 200 are inside the plant and 300 in areas...
09:55 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India will resume partial operations in its Manesar plant on Tuesday amidst heavy security, a month after violence claimed the life of a top official and injured 100 others while leaving a trail of destruction. Only 300 permanent workers will resume duty on Tuesday and the company will operate single-shift till the time the management decides to ramp up output from the plant. "We are reopening...
04:01 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: After a month-long lockout at its Manesar facility, Maruti Suzuki India is ready to reopen the plant on Tuesday with less than a tenth of its total workforce slated to resume operations in a single shift. The company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on July 21 following the worst ever violence in its history on July 18 that left one senior official dead and...
05:00 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: Left parties and their affiliated trade unions will intensify pressure on the government, inside and outside Parliament, to seek reinstatement of 500 Maruti Suzuki workers sacked in connection with the violence at its Manesar plant. The pressure tactics may include demand by the Left parties for adjournment of Parliament's regular business to take up the issue. The trade unions may also approach the court challenging the Maruti Suzuki...
05:01 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has reiterated her demand for the entire power generated by the first unit of two 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister cited the imminent loading of the fuel in the first reactor. "May I take this opportunity to remind you of my earlier request and expect a quick...
02:10 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Ahmedabad: Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman & CEO Osamu Suzuki is likely to meet Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad next week and review the progress of Rs 4,000 crore investment plan in the state by its subsidiary Maruti Suzuki India (MSI). "SMC's CEO is likely to meet the Chief Minister on August 24," an industry department official said. He said the construction of the plant at Mandal taluka, 110...
03:40 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki will resume production at its Manesar plant from August 21, sources say. They, however, add that trouble could spark off again with union workers protesting against the sacking of 500 regular workers for the July violence. The management also plans to put in place 100 armed security guards at the Manesar plant. On Thursday, the police arrested the main accused in the violence, Jiya Lal. The...
09:52 AM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki has decided to resume production at the riot-hit Manesar plant from August 21 even as the main accused in the violence that led to the shut down was arrested on Wednesday, almost a month after the incident. Addressing the media, Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava announced that 500 workers have been sacked for indulging in violence in which a senior plant official was killed and several...
05:01 PM, Aug 16, 2012
