SBI General Insurance aims to achieve a 10 per cent market share among private and standalone health insurers within approximately five years, up from its current 7.17 per cent, said Naveen Chandra Jha, managing director and chief executive officer, SBI General Insurance.
General Motors' Saturn Aura won the 'Car of the Year' at the North American International Auto Show this year.
General Motors is on an India overdrive. A mini car, a small car and an SUV
India's first trillion-dollar company will be built on technology it owns, not just operates, predicts Ajay Kumar.
Bondholders would initially get a 10 per cent stake, along with warrants for 15 per cent. Citing people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said, 'Bondholders with slightly more than 50 per cent of GM's $27.2 billion in bond debt agreed to support the plan.' GM had offered the bondholders the opportunity to take a larger stake in the company after they had overwhelmingly rejected a previous exchange offer.
The company has about 1,500 workers on its roll while 400 odd workers have been on strike since March 16 to press for their various demands.
US auto major General Motors on Thursday launched its locally-developed engine in India.
The United States Central Command confirmed that the USS Rafael Peralta intercepted an Iranian-flagged ship, enforcing a maritime blockade against Iran. The US military is prepared to resume major combat operations if ordered by the President.
Beleaguered General Motors on Tuesday said it will acquire its strongest operations, including the Indian business, once the company steers itself out of bankruptcy.
Auto major General Motors India is harbouring definite plans to launch a mini car that would be competitively priced and would aim to get a market share of 10 per cent, a top official of the company said on Saturday.
Indian insurance companies are bracing for reduced profitability in Q4FY26, primarily due to the rationalisation of GST on retail life and health policies, leading to a loss of input tax credit, coupled with volatility in equity markets impacting investment income.
Hindustan Motors, owned by C K Birla group, has concluded an arrangement to supply engine and gearbox to General Motors' sports utility vehicles, which are yet to hit the Indian roads.
General Motors Corp will file for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old iconic car major which has been one of the most visible symbols of American capitalism and economic might into uncharted waters of nationalisation or government ownership.
Till now, the company was selling the Beat in petrol and liquefied petroleum gas variants.
General Motors India on Thursday unveiled its new mid-size sedan Opel Vectra in the premium car segment with ex-showroom price of Rs 15.99 lakh (Rs 1.59 million) in Delhi and Rs 16.9 lakh (Rs 1.69 million) in Mumbai.
Aiming to bolster its sagging auto sales and ultimately getting into the black, General Motors is set to emerge leaner and cost-competitive through drastic restructuring, according to the firm's bankruptcy filing.
'Four years after paying $2 billion to extricate itself from a partnership with Fiat, General Motors is seeking a stake in the Italian automaker in exchange for its Latin American and European operations,' The New York Times reported. It said GM is eager to cede control of its money-losing Opel unit in Germany. 'But Fiat has also expressed interest in GM's other European operations as well as its historically profitable Latin American business,' the report noted.
A special audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed that Odisha's forest and environment department sidestepped central guidelines, procuring and customising Mahindra Thar SUVs worth 17 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for forest protection, despite the funds being earmarked for 'preparedness and capacity building'.
A former Congress leader from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district has accused the Shimla Police of attempting to abduct him, alleging it was directed by high-ranking officials in the state government after he was stopped for traffic violations.
Auto makers Tata Motors and General Motors India on Monday announced they will cut prices of their products after Finance Minister P Chidambaram decided to reduce excise on automobiles in the interim Budget 2014-15.
Automotive giant General Motors will make fresh investments in India to expand its Opel product line with a few models lined up for release this year.
General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC have reopened merger talks, as Chrysler owner Cerberus Capital Management LP has signalled its willingness to give away part of its ownership in the auto maker, a media report said today, citing people familiar with the goings-on.
The company has purchased 43 per cent stake from its Chinese partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group for an undisclosed sum.
The announcement comes a day after the iconic car maker filed for bankruptcy protection, being bogged down by huge losses and plunging sales in recent months. Without revealing the identity of the buyer, General Motors said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with a buyer for Hummer, its premium off-road brand.
General Motors India expects to double sales of its vehicles to touch 16,000 units by December this year, Aditya Vij, the company's managing director, said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
General Motors India on Monday launched a new premium mid-size car - Chevrolet Optra - as part of the aggressive plans to grow its sales over five-fold to about 50,000 units in the next three years.
Orice ranges between Rs 4.41 and Rs 7.64 lakh.
Maruti, Tata Motors and Ford Motor India have already made similar announcements.
The prices of the company's vehicles start at Rs 2,85,000 for Spark and go up to Rs 24.6 lakh or Rs 2.46 million (ex-showroom Delhi) for the Captiva.
A Delhi court has acquitted nine men in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, citing unreliable and general testimonies from witnesses.
The 515 Army Base Workshop (ABW) in Bengaluru has signed multiple MoUs to strengthen indigenous drone manufacturing and ecosystem resilience, marking a significant step towards modernisation and self-reliance in unmanned systems.
The 515 Army Base Workshop in Bengaluru has signed multiple strategic MoUs to bolster indigenous drone manufacturing and ecosystem resilience, marking a significant step towards modernisation and self-reliance in unmanned systems.
GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is scheduled to outline the plan to employees, the Wall Street Journal reported. "This is real, hard stuff," one person briefed on the plan told the paper. "It not only assures our survival, but will make us a radically leaner, more focused company with much lower fixed cost."
GM India is banking on the growing used car market in the country to bring incremental revenues amidst sagging sales of passenger cars in the aftermath of economic recession. General Motors clocked a sales volume of 65,702 units in the India market in 2008 as against its targeted sales of 85,000-90,000 units. The auto major had not set any sales target for 2009-10 but expected sales to be flat.
General Motors Corp and popular professional golfer Tiger Woods said on Monday that they would end their endorsement deal at the end of the year. GM, which has warned it will soon run short of cash and is asking the US government for financial support amid the economic slowdown, and Woods, who is recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, called the arrangement "mutual and amicable."
West Asia conflict triggers sharp sell-off in Indian markets, with realty, banking and auto stocks leading losses amid energy shock fears.
Led by strong growth in its luxury sedan Chevrolet Optra, auto major General Motors India on Tuesday reported a 123.5 per cent growth in car sales in June 2004 to 2,418 units from 1,082 units in the same month last year.
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