MSI chairman R C Bhargava said auto sector would like to see GST benefits linked to greener/cleaner cars. The government gave tax cut on EVs but hybrid should be given duty cut. There should be tax cut on CNG vehicles.
The government has decided to extend health insurance cover to sections such as rickshaw pullers, rag pickers, mine workers, sanitation workers, and auto rickshaw and taxi drivers.
A series of flip-flop on policies and a non-existent charging infrastructure are the biggest challenge in achieving the target of selling 6-7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020.
The state government says Ola was using its existing cab aggregator licence to promote bike taxi services.
Ten central trade unions except Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh are observing one-day general strike on Thursday to protest against various government policies.
DID Li'l Masters 2 winner Faizal Khan talks about his acting debut in Bharat Ka Veer Putra-Maharana Pratap.
'The fundamentals look strong, but we will have to see if they translate into actual demand.' 'Because the April-May marriage season didn't see much sales due to the lockdown.'
It comes with an optional airbag on host of other features like integrated audio system.
Soorarai Pottru HELD A Ganesh Nadar'S attention till the last frame.
The Volkswagen Passat comes feature-packed, offers good driveability and practicality in an understated form.
The brand contributes about 40 percent to VW group earnings.
The strike affected attendance in government offices and banks, the officials said.
Prithviraj's new film is like a telly soap. It could have been a good film if it had been well-edited.
It's got the looks, it's got the features, but the Magnite's success will depend on its pricing, says Rajesh Karkera.
Rediff.com takes a look at some cases from the recent past where the courts awarded the capital punishment for horrific crimes that fall under the rarest of rare category.
One more incident of self immolation and another attempted suicide rocked the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Monday triggering yet another call for the bandh in the region on Tuesday.
Carmakers fear an increase of Rs 35,000-40,000 per vehicle for safety equipments.
India wasn't applying widespread crash testing like foreign countries do, so manufacturers didn't see the need for an investment focus on safety. Customers rarely walked into showrooms asking for the safest car. They wanted the cheapest or the most fuel-efficient or the best-looking car.
Modi asked Delhiites not to repeat the "mistake" of voting for AAP.
Beginning with the bird's eye view of itself -- a narrow state of hills, rivers and high population density, in a tapering part of the Indian subcontinent. It can be a beautiful place shaped by aesthetic founded in appropriate lifestyle and progressive views, or a junkyard shaped by money and what money buys. The choice is Kerala's, notes Shyam G Menon.
Being a high-value asset, a car needs a comprehensive cover to protect you financially from mishaps. With premiums to be de-tariffed soon, auto insurance is set to change.
'In the short term, we may see some disruptions due to Covid, but in the medium-to-long term, we should keep an eye on US inflation and 10-year bond yields.'
The Mercedes-Maybach S 600 Guard is powered by a 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 petrol engine.
In 2021, there is the risk of interest rates spiking. Investors should tackle duration risk with a longer investment horizon, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
When it comes to a significant investment like a four-wheeler, many people end up paying high interest rates on car loans which can lead to high monthly installments.
The Aspire offers the best of performance and efficiency, something which is unheard of in this segment. It is neither outdated nor unreliable and no other car in its segment can come close to the Aspire's VFM proposition.
In a drink driving mishap, a teenage girl was killed on Saturday and her five friends and an auto rickshaw driver were injured when the speeding car the friends were riding in turned turtle after hitting a tree and a divider in suburban Juhu.
Japanese auto major Nissan is recalling around 12,000 units of various models.
The new Toyota Yaris will surely instil confidence among its users when it comes to performance and safety, says P Tharyan.
German Nico Hulkenberg will drive for Force India next season, the British-based Formula One team said on Tuesday.
PV registrations in this year's festive period stood at 287,717 units as against 333,456 units in the corresponding period last year, down 14 per cent. Two-wheeler registrations also fell by 13 per cent to 15,83,276 units as against 18,11,703 units in the year-ago period.
CCTV footage shows the 35-year-old lying unconscious on roadside, while none of the passersby stops to help.
After winning accolades for its 'Kerala model' of combating the contagion about a year ago, the state is now seeing daily fresh cases between 12,000 to 15,000 with no end in sight to the 'prolonged surge', as some experts put it.
The Dalits of Thabola village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district are facing social and economical boycott for a month now after two grooms from the community decided to defy the diktats of the upper caste villagers. Shahnawaz Akhtar reports.
With its foray into self-drive, Ola will go head-to-head with early entrants Zoomcar, Revv and a few other.
The two are teaming up for this latest Malayalam movie.
People hoard gold, whenever there is crisis of confidence on the paper currency.
The government on Friday said it intended extending coverage of its flagship health insurance scheme for poor families to auto-rickshaw drivers, cycle rickshaw pullers, street vendors and rag-pickers.
The safety net for passengers is focused solely on the terms and conditions for the radio taxi scheme issued by the transport department.
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