The stand-off at the facility, which employs around 1,900 permanent workers and 2,500 contract workers, began on November 5 morning when the company management did not allow some of the contractual workers to go inside the plant.
Market leader Maruti Suzuki India's passenger vehicles sales declined by 2.34 per cent last month at 133,702 units. Hero MotoCorp reported total two-wheeler sales of 480,196 units last month, down 20.05 per cent.
Data issued by Siam shows sale of PVs (cars, vans and utility vehicles) grew 14.3 per cent to 275,417 vehicles.
While two-wheeler sales declined 22 per cent, two other segments, bigger in value while being lower in volume, were much less impacted.
Dealers attribute the sluggishness in sales to distress in rural India as well as tepid sentiment in urban markets.
Reflecting the woes of the Indian automobile industry, the country's car exports remained flat at 550,466 units in 2013-14, during which domestic sales fell for the second consecutive year.
Advertising industry watchdog ASCI upheld complaints against 82 campaigns in June for misleading ads, including those of Flipkart, Uber, Snapdeal, Vodafone.
Five companies get more volumes from scooters than motorcycles.
The key beneficiary of this expansion in the motorcycle market happens to be Bajaj Auto.
The All India Tennis Association, often accused of being lax in dealing with age fraud, had no clear answers to what transpired at CLTA.
HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
Proposed investment dip 33% from Rs 1.42 lakh crore (Rs 1.42 trillion) in 2011 to Rs 94,259 crore (Rs 942.59 billion) in 2013
Fuel price hike will impact demand going forward.
Maruti's sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire and Baleno went up by 9.9% to 45,579 units
Ford India and Renault too reported good sales growth in April
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra and Toyota reported low single-digit sales growth for the month owing to weak market sentiment
New electric and hybrid vehicles on display as manufacturers plug into environment-friendly segment.
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 India is catching up well as world over, the latest technologies is redefining outdated manufacturing processes.
The 150cc bike segment in the country is witnessing commendable growth every passing day.
It kick-starts rally with the Africa Twin motorcycle; three more launches slated for the year
Normal monsoon makes FMCG, automobile and consumer durable companies optimistic about growth prospects
They're sexy, powerful, irresistible and very, very expensive.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear
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