Domestic tyre production fell by 3.2 per cent in April 2003 as high-volume segments like car, utility vehicle, motorcycle, scooter and tractor tyres recorded a decline in production.\n\n\n\n
Apollo Tyres Ltd on Monday announced acquisition of Dunlop Tyres International Ltd (South Africa) in a Rs 290 crore (Rs 2.9 billion) all-cash deal.
Two AK-47 rifles, two Glock pistols, and a huge cache of ammunition were seized from them, he said.
Airport emergency services were deployed as a precautionary measure but the aircraft landed safely, an official said.
The IPO market will be bustling next week, with four companies, including Bajaj Housing Finance, set to launch their initial share-sale to raise a total of Rs 8,390 crore. Besides these four main-board IPOs, nine SMEs are preparing to debut with their maiden public issues next week, targeting to collect Rs 254 crore. Together, these 13 firms are looking to raise Rs 8,644 crore through IPO.
'We have finalised the investigation into Sebastian Vettel's tyre at Spa. Detailed conclusions from the technical analysis will be presented at Monza'
Ten people were injured in the incident, including six men, three women and one child.
Apollo Tyres Ltd suspended operations at its automobile tube manufacturing plant at Ranjangaon in Pune district due to labour problems.
The Jawa 42 FJ 350 cc was launched at a surprising price of 199,142 ex-showroom Delhi, reports a nostalgic Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com.
The three-month old lockout at Apollo Tyres's unit at nearby Kalamassery has been lifted and the factory will start functioning from Friday.
Selecting the right set of tyres at the Buddh International Circuit might hold the key to success in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, but defending champion Sebastian Vettel feels the 60-lap race is long enough for a team to adjust its strategies.
Michael Schumacher has denied frustration lay behind his criticism of Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli and said he was happy to have opened a wider debate about where the sport was heading.
Falcon Tyres Ltd fixed February 21 record date to allot one 10 per cent unsecured redeemable non-convertible debenture of Rs 15 for every share held.
Ferrari chief Jean Todt has defended the decision to report their Formula One rivals for using what they believe are illegal tyres and said they were just doing what any team would have done in the circumstances.
Apollo Tyres on Thursday said it is looking at laying off about 1,500 of its workforce.
McLaren's Lando Norris dominated the Singapore Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to take another chunk out of Max Verstappen's Formula One championship lead.
Max Verstappen won the first sprint race of the Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Last week, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing signed an agreement with Tata Automobile Limited Manufacturing Solutions, a wholly-owned Tata Motors subsidiary, for manufacturing structural components for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner airplane programme.
Metro Tyres said it aims a 10 per cent growth in turnover this fiscal to Rs 330 crore and Rs 500 crore in the next three years on the back of a foray into the domestic two-wheeler tyre market in technical alliance with Continental AG of Germany.
Apollo tyres lines up Rs 1,160 cr investment to set up manufacturing unit in Hungary to produce passenger car radials.
Over 170 people onboard an Air India plane had a narrow escape when its tyre burst during landing at the airport in Srinagar on Monday.
The United States has called for a 21 day ceasefire on the Israel-Lebanon border to prevent an escalation of war and give diplomacy a chance there and in Gaza.
Formula One supplier Pirelli will change the compound of its hard tyres from next month's Spanish Grand Prix after evaluating performance data from the first four races of the season.
Halevi's remarks came after Hezbollah fired a missile at central Israel on early Wednesday and Israel responded with airstrikes, which have killed 569 people and wounded 1,835 others, Al Jazeera reported.
Formula One should revert to last year's tyres for safety reasons to prevent any repeat of Sunday's dangerous British Grand Prix blowouts, according to Red Bull principal Christian Horner.
Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli warned teams on Thursday that they will quit the sport at the end of the season if a new contract from 2014 is not agreed soon.
Mercedes' George Russell celebrated a surprise Austrian Grand Prix win on Sunday after Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris collided late in the race
Charles Leclerc won the US Grand Prix in a Ferrari one-two with Carlos Sainz on Sunday as Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen dealt Lando Norris a significant setback in their title battle.
Mumbai Police, which fought the terrorists during the 26/11 strike, invited tenders to procure bullet proof and run flat tyres and tubeless rims to replace worn out wheels of its combat-ready vehicles but not a single company responded to supply the consignment.
Fifty-six passengers and seven crew members onboard Flight IC-809 were evacuated as emergency services stood by.
The extraordinary spurt in two-wheeler sales over the last year and a half seems to have set tyre companies rolling. JK Tyre, like Apollo and Ceat, is entering the two and three-wheeler tyre market.
Flight operations at Srinagar Airport were on Monday suspended after an Air India plane from Jammu with 149 passengers on board suffered a tyre burst.
Over 100 people on board an Air India plane had a close shave when two tyres of the left landing gear of the aircraft deflated soon after it landed at the IGI airport IN New Delhi on Tuesday.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen dealt Lando Norris a shattering blow in their Formula One title battle by winning a wet and chaotic Sao Paulo Grand Prix from 17th on the grid.
Max Verstappen held off a late charge by McLaren's Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
India's Kush Maini won his maiden Formula 2 Sprint Race at the Hungarian Grand Prix after initial winner Richard Verschoor's was disqualified due to a technical infringement.
The cost of the tubeless tyres is believed to be a little higher and the sales of tubeless tyres are believed to comprise around 10 per cent of the total tyre sales.
More than 45 lakh people in 30 out of the total 38 districts of the state have been affected by the calamity in two phases since last month, according to the Disaster Management Department.
The final phase of qualifying was halted, with only Piastri and Haas' Nico Hulkenberg having set times, when Sainz slammed backwards into the barriers at the final corner as he prepared to start his flying lap.
