The Nokia India facility in Chennai, one of the largest manufacturing facilities of the company globally employs 8,000 people, of that 50 per cent are women.
The facility is considered to be one of the largest manufacturing units of the handset major.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release under the general amnesty scheme.
Several people posted scathing comments on social media to register their anger.
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur announces two-year Master's Degree Programmes in youth welfare.
Highlighting its tough stand against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Congress on Friday asserted in the Tamil Nadu Assembly that it won't relent till the Tigers' Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, a proclaimed offender in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case, was arrested, extradited and prosecuted in India.
Stalin's sister and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi will for the first time try her luck in the Lok Sabha.
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur announces 2-Year Master's Degree Programmes catering to the needs of the country's youth.
Nokia is keen to shift its Chennai plant to Vietnam.
...but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
MD V Mahadevan said, "Our offtake has reduced in line with declining demand from automobile majors since all of them are closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays. We have also decided to increase the number of holidays at our three units, which would be 5-6 days in a month. Asked whether it would be paid holidays, Mahadevan said, "Workers will be paid according to the law."
The 17-day strike by workers at Hyundai Motor India's Sriperumbudur factory ended after a meeting of workers' representatives, the company management and the labour board in Chennai.
Around 800 workers at Hyundai Motor India's Sriperumbudur factory, who were on hunger strike, were arrested on Wednesday.
Indian automobile units are employing more and more robots to improve your car's efficiency. India is catching up well as world over, the latest technologies is redefining outdated manufacturing processes.
Hyundai had signed a wage settlement on Thursday with a pay rise of 21-24 per cent over a three-year period. HMIEU had earlier gone on strike from April 20 to May 7 saying the management had not recognised the Union and had dismissed 80 employees, suspended 20 workers and transferred nine employees. The strike was called off after the meeting held by the labour commissioner on May 17.
The Centre said the remission of sentence will have "international ramifications".
Mobile phone major Sony Ericsson will manufacture mobile phones in Chennai, a top company official said ion Wednesday.
Electronics major Samsung India will invest $100 million in four years at its new manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, a top company official said.
Other players who have declared no production days in the recent past, and during this month, include Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Bosch, Jamna Auto, Wabco and Sundaram-Clayton.
This is Dell's third plant in Asia Pacific after China and Malaysia. Dell had earlier this year launched a facility in Brazil and another one in Poland will be opened later this year.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, along with her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Thursday paid tribute to her late husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary.
Nokia India has seen exports from its telecom Special Economic Zone at Sriperumbudur near Chennai reach Rs 1,650 crore (Rs 16.50 billion) in 2006-07, according to figures provided by the Madras Exports Processing Zone.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday visited Nokia's handset manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur.
It is learnt that the state government is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding with the partnering companies this Monday.
ETA Engineering, a part of the Dubai-based $4.5-billion ETA-Ascon Group, is investing Rs 40 crore in setting up a manufacturing unit at Sriperumbudur near Chennai for the manufacture of air-conditioning units.
A new greenfield airport will come up at Sriperumbudur and Tiruvallur taluks near Chennai, while there are expansion plans for the existing airport at Meenambakkam, according to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Dell on Friday said that it will begin manufacturing all of its products including desktops, laptops and computer peripherals in India by the second half of 2007.
The Delhi High Court imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the Janata Party president.
The two medical students who tortured her -- and filmed her hurtling several storeys to the ground -- were arrested and then released on bail in Tamil Nadu.
'These are people who are anxious to die.' 'We have not seen such type of committed people anywhere.'
Rajiv Gandhi would have turned 72 on August 20. Had he lived. On a humid night 25 years ago, the former prime minister of India was murdered in cold blood by an LTTE suicide bomber. Neena Gopal was an eyewitness to the assassination, and in this exclusive extract from her new book, The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, she reveals for the first time what she saw in Sriperumbudur that night.
Five years before Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1991, the US Central Intelligence Agency had prepared a very detailed and thorough "brief" on what would happen if he is assassinated or makes an "abrupt departure" from the Indian political scene.
Saint Gobain Glass India will invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) by October for launching new glass solutions for the automotive sector.
Global computer major Dell on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Tamil Nadu government to set up its first manufacturing plant to make desktop PCs in the Special Economic Zone near Sriperumbudur.
The Taiwan-headquartered manufacturer has said it would invest around $5 billion in Maharashtra
Announcing its plan to set up a second plant in Tamil Nadu, a senior Hyundai official on Saturday said India would soon become a global hub of small cars.
He also said the Naxals were spreading in urban areas and were trying to mislead the people.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances