BSE 200 companies together paid 5,819.75 crore as remuneration to their CEOs and directors in FY25, up from 5,352.8 crore a year earlier.
The Pune-based company sells the Platina and CT brands in the entry-level - 100-110cc - segment.
Analysts say Bajaj's move to correct prices can potentially disrupt the market.
"Now, in my view, Bajaj is a bit like a zoo," Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said on Wednesday, likening the different models from the firm's stable as different animals in a zoo.
The board of Bajaj Auto has appointed Rahul Bajaj as the chairman for a five-year term beginning April 1 while his son Rajiv would take over as the managing director.
Retail sales of electric passenger vehicles (ePVs) nearly doubled in July 2025, surging 93 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to 15,528 units, even as overall passenger vehicle (PV) retail volumes declined marginally. In contrast, electric two-wheeler (e2W) sales dropped by 4.3 per cent to 102,973 units, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (Fada) data.
The union had threatened to go on strike on April 28, but later deferred the proposed strike till May 15.
The strike, however, had no impact on production of auto majors Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Cars India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motors India as their plants in various parts of the country functioned normally.
Bajaj Auto's move to sue TVS comes two days after the Chennai-based company announced plans to roll out its latest 125 cc bike 'Flame' with Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Intelligent (CC-VTi) technology.
Pune-based Bajaj Auto, the country's second biggest two-wheeler maker, reported a four-fold increase in net profit at Rs 528.65 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, over the same quarter last year. Net profit in the year-ago quarter was Rs 130.21 crore, after the company reported a slump in sales following the economic turmoil that crippled demand.
Bajaj Auto Ltd, the country's second largest two-wheeler manufacturer, on Monday said it has picked up 14.5 per cent stake in European sports bike maker KTM Power Sports AG for more than Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
Setting the ambitious target of becoming the third largest two-wheeler maker in the world, Bajaj Auto Ltd on Thursday announced entry into the Indonesian market with the launch of its 180 cc Pulsar DTS-i motorcycle.
Amazon's latest Prime Day sale event broke records with over 18,000 orders per minute - a 50 per cent jump from 2024. Nearly 70 per cent of new memberships came from Tier-III cities.
Rajiv, who is BAL chairman and MD Rahul Bajaj's elder son, had joined the company as officer-on-special duty on December 19, 1990
Clearly, some of the bullishness of the early days has gone missing. Ola's market share is slipping amid rising competition from incumbents like Bajaj Auto and TVS.
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra, and Tata Motors saw a dip in dispatches to dealers in August amid dip in demand with many prospective buyers postponing their buys anticipating a reduction in vehicle prices on account of the new GST framework. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India reported an 8 per cent year-on-year dip in dispatches of passenger vehicles in the domestic market last month.
Bajaj Auto says that their motorcycle mix is profitable, and they have also seen a boost in three-wheelers and exports growth
Ola Electric's latest MoveOS 5 upgrade delivers sharper performance on its Gen 3 platform due to an optimised in-house Motor Control Unit that enhances range and responsiveness.
Sobha Puravankara is yet to explain to the safety lapses found by the DGCA.
The country's second largest two- wheeler maker Bajaj Auto on Tuesday launched a sports bike 'Duke 200' from its Austrian associate firm KTM's portfolio at an introductory price of Rs 1.18 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The Bajaj scooter with the 'Hamara Bajaj' advertisement struck the right chord with millions of Indians.
The Pune-based two- and three-wheeler maker will roll out the 150-cc bike, christened 'V', on February 1
The company took advantage of the slowdown in the auto industry.
Bajaj Auto workers at the Chakan plant called off their strike on Tuesday after 50 days of agitation.
Bajaj Auto Ltd on Friday said it plans to roll out 5,000 units of its much-delayed four-seater "quadricycle" codenamed RE-60 from its Aurangabad plant.
The company had sold 1,68,971 units in July last year, Bajaj Auto Ltd said in a statement. Total two-wheeler sales during the month also declined marginally at 1,68,731 units compared with 1,69,971 units in the same period a year ago, it added.
690 Supermoto, 690 Duke will be assembled at its Pune plant.
Bajaj Auto is gearing up to launch clean-energy vehicles including another motorcycle powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), showcase ethanol-powered motorcycles and three-wheelers next month, as well as launch a new Chetak platform early next year, as it closes in on hitting 100,000 monthly sales from clean-energy vehicles this festival season. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said these initiatives were part of the firm's broader goal to achieve monthly sales of 100,000 clean-energy vehicles this festival season.
India's Bajaj Auto Ltd said on Monday its Akurdi plant in Pune would resume working for six days a week, 20 months after the company cut the number to five.\n\n\n\n
With the introduction of Pulsar in the first decade of this century, the Chakan-based bike maker had rightly gauged the pulse of the youth. Pulsar AS 150 just raises the notch further for competition, reckons Tanmay Pangam
Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) on Tuesday said workmen at its Chakan plant have "stopped coming" to work thereby affecting production following the management's refusal to allot them shares at discounted price.
Royal Enfield's sales are equivalent to the global sales of Harley-Davidson, KTM, BMW, Triumph, and Ducati combined, but Bajaj's MD has a counterview.
In just three months from now, 'Hamara Bajaj' could become 'Hamara Pulsar' or 'Hamara Discover'.
Major two-wheeler manufacturers in India witnessed a double-digit increase in domestic sales in October, driven by the festival fervour.
On name change, Bajaj Tempo CMD Abhay Firodia said, "As per the directive received from the regional director, western region, ministry of company affairs, the company has proposed to change its name to Force Motors Ltd."
Tesla's official entry into the Indian market is expected in the final quarter of the current financial year.
The Pulsar 150 AS is positioned as an adventure tourer+commuter motorcycle with a ton of goodies, says Indian motoring website MotorBeam.
