Swaraj Baggonkar &Amp; T E Narasimhan

Stories by Swaraj Baggonkar &Amp; T E Narasimhan

JLR to get cost smart in slowing market

JLR to get cost smart in slowing market

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2012

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) -- the two premium brands owned by Tata Motors, India's largest automotive company -- will tighten up frivolous expenditure to contain cash in a slowing automotive market.

Mahindra's US emission certificate to expire in Dec

Mahindra's US emission certificate to expire in Dec

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2011

The Mumbai-based entity has yet to apply for a re-certification for federal emissions with the Environmental Protection Agency of the American government.

Hotel rates, air fares soar for Christmas, New Year

Hotel rates, air fares soar for Christmas, New Year

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2011

Almost all star-rated hotels in the tourist hotspots of Goa, Kerala and Rajasthan are reporting total sellout of room inventory for New Year's Eve, even though hospitality rates for that period have been more than doubled.

Show us the coal, banks tell power companies

Show us the coal, banks tell power companies

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2011

Link loan disbursals with firming up of steady supply of raw material.

Tata nod crucial to Maruti-Fiat diesel engine agreement

Tata nod crucial to Maruti-Fiat diesel engine agreement

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2011

MSIL, India's biggest car maker, said it was in advanced talks with Fiat to ink a diesel engine sourcing contract that would allow it to rapidly increase diesel model supplies into the market.

No firecrackers in auto cos' financials

No firecrackers in auto cos' financials

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2011

High lending rates, fuel prices, higher input costs and labour trouble impact profitability.

Ashok Leyland has Innova-like plans

Ashok Leyland has Innova-like plans

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2011

Burgeoning demand for spacious people movers in India has led Ashok Leyland, a medium and heavy truck builder, to plan on developing a utility vehicle to take on the likes of Toyota Innova, India's largest selling multi-seater personal vehicle.

Maran to up stake in SpiceJet

Maran to up stake in SpiceJet

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2011

SpiceJet, the low-cost air carrier, on Thursday got its shareholders' approval to issue additional equity shares to promoter Kalanithi Maran, who in turn will infuse Rs 130 crore (Rs 1.3 billion) into the airline. Maran's equity holding would go up from 38 per cent to 43 per cent of the company's shares.

Tata Motors in no hurry to fill CEO's gap

Tata Motors in no hurry to fill CEO's gap

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2011

The 56-year-old German quit the Mumbai-based company after 18 months on the job, citing personal reasons.

Big sales problem with Tata's small car

Big sales problem with Tata's small car

Rediff.com   15 Aug 2011

With the Nano's sales stuck in a low gear, firm drives hope on product variants and the base of hopefully satisfied customers.

Tata-Fiat put the brakes on losses

Tata-Fiat put the brakes on losses

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2011

The Rs 4,000-crore (Rs 40-billion) Ranjangaon facility near Pune, which makes cars, engines and transmissions for both Tata Motors and Fiat, adopted aggressive cost cutting measures as part of a renewed attempt by both companies, especially Tata Motors, to put the JV back on track.

Booked a Swift? You can now upgrade to the new one

Booked a Swift? You can now upgrade to the new one

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2011

The Delhi-based car maker stopped production of the current generation of Swift last week to make way for the new model.

IHCL's Sea Rock project in trouble

IHCL's Sea Rock project in trouble

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2011

Two years after IHCL - one of Asia's biggest hotel chains which runs the Taj chain of hotels and resorts in addition to three other brands - had clinched the deal and subsequently demolished the multi-storey 434-room Hotel Sea Rock, it is now awaiting clearance to start construction.

NDTV-Hindu joint venture on the block

NDTV-Hindu joint venture on the block

Rediff.com   9 Jun 2011

The channel is an equal joint venture between NDTV and Chennai-headquartered newspaper group The Hindu.

Flux in small car launch of Honda, Toyota

Flux in small car launch of Honda, Toyota

Rediff.com   27 Apr 2011

The launch of two much-awaited compact cars of Honda and Toyota, scheduled to hit showrooms in a few months, may get reviewed as the two companies struggle with component supplies.

Volvo, Merc buses speed up in India

Volvo, Merc buses speed up in India

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2011

State transport undertakings are warming up to the multinationals despite premium pricing

CSK scores for India Cements

CSK scores for India Cements

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2011

The company says it is gaining fast because of its strategy extending brand CSK into the market by being associated with cricket's most valuable property, the Indian Premier League that consists of 10 teams.

Higher duty forces luxury cars to localise

Higher duty forces luxury cars to localise

Rediff.com   14 Apr 2011

Premium car makers which do not produce models locally, but assemble these in India are busy exploring ways to avoid a price rise in the wake of the government's new duty structure.

M&M to bring acquired Boeing unit to Bangalore

M&M to bring acquired Boeing unit to Bangalore

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2011

Mahindra & Mahindra has decided to dismandle its recently acquired Boeing plant in Melbourne, Australia, which makes machinery for aircraft, and shift it to Bangalore.

LCV unit: Leyland, Nissan to invest Rs 2,500 crore

LCV unit: Leyland, Nissan to invest Rs 2,500 crore

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2011

The two partners have said they'd produce 150,000 vehicles as part of the phase-I plan from their existing facilities in the state, till the new factory goes on stream.