Maruti Strike

• Maruti's sales will fall in 2011-12: MD Nakanishi

  Maruti Suzuki India said on Thursday that its sales will decline in the current fiscal compared to last year.

• Maruti: Normal production to resume tomorrow

  Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said normal production will resume at its Manesar plant from Saturday, following the end of 13-day long strike by workers. As part of the agreement signed between the management and the representatives of the striking workers, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) will reinstate all the sacked 11 employees and take a lenie...

• Maruti strike ends after 13 days; sacked workers taken back

  The 13-day strike at Maruti's Manesar plant ended late night on Thursday after the management agreed to take back the sacked employees. Eleven employees were sacked in a disciplinary action on June 6, two days after the strike begun, for inciting others to go on strike. All those reinstated will, however, have to go through a charge sheet enquir...

• Now, wait for 5 months to take Maruti cars home

  As the strike at Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant continued for the 12th day on Wednesday, waiting periods for diesel options of three models, Swift, DZiRE and SX4, have gone up by one month. Even before the strike, these models had waiting periods ranging between one to four months. In the meantime, MSI said its sales this month wi...

• April IIP sends Sensex down for 3rd day; Nifty holds 5480

  The benchmark indices closed lower for a third straight day on the back of a decline in the April IIP numbers. The Sensex fell 116.36 points to 18,268.54 and the Nifty declined 32.25 points to 5,485.80. The IIP for April slipped to 4.4 per cent against 7.3 per cent in March. Gaurav Kapur, Senior Economist at RBS said, "The IIP is significan...

• Haryana bans strike at Maruti's Manesar plant

  Toughening its stance against the ongoing employees' strike at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant, the Haryana government on Friday imposed a ban on the strike by passing prohibitory orders. The state government has passed orders prohibiting the continuance of the strike in the industrial unit, Haryana Minister of State for Labour and Employment ...

• Sensex choppy ahead of IIP; ITC, Maruti hit

  A positive tick in global cues failed to shore up the markets in early trade. Benchmark indices continue to be choppy amid falling volumes. The Sensex was trading 52 points lower at 18,332 and the Nifty declined 18 points to 5,503 in early trade. Rohit Srivastava of Sharekhan said 5,480 was the immediate support for the Nifty and 5,600 rema...

• Sensex, Nifty down as April IIP signals slowdown

  The April industrial production data shows definite signs of an economic slowdown. The IIP for April slipped to 4.4 per cent against 7.3 per cent in March. A decline in IIP has negatively impacted market sentiments with the benchmark indices hitting intraday lows. The Sensex fell 88 points to 18,297 and the Nifty declined 30 points to 5,490...

• On day six of Maruti strike, losses top Rs 150 crore

  The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant entered the sixth day on Thursday and there is still no solution in sight. The company has confirmed that the situation is still status quo which means losses are piling up for India's top car maker. The estimated loss to the company is pegged at Rs 150 crore and 4,500 units. The production hit is also a...

• Workers go on strike at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant

  The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India today said a section of workers went on a strike this afternoon at its Manesar plant. "A section of workers stopped work for a few hours on Saturday at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant," the company said in a statement. Management representatives were talking to the workers to understan...

• 14-day strike at Maruti's Manesar plant ends

  The 14-day-long strike at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has been called off this morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana government.

• Full transcript of Maruti chief's interview on labour unrest

  Amid growing concern about how a lengthy strike at the Maruti plants in Gurgaon and Manesar are affecting the company and consumers, the chief of Maruti, R C Bhargava told NDTV that he expects a resolution in "the next two-three days." Mr Bhargava said that reports that Maruti wants to abandon its plant in Haryana are untrue. He also confirmed that...

• Maruti strike affected his salary, wife committed suicide

  A call centre manager, whose husband is an officer with auto makers Suzuki, committed suicide allegedly after a fight over domestic finances. Her husband was apparently not getting his salary in the wake of the continuing strike in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd's Manesar plant, police said.

• Labour unrest at Maruti's Manesar plant ends

  The month-long standoff between the management and workers of Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant ended today following talks brokered by the Haryana government.

• Maruti workers' strike at Manesar plant called off after 13 days

  The nearly two-week-long workers' strike at Maruti's Manesar plant was called off late on Thursday night.The strike was called off after the Labour Minister said that no one can stop workers from registering their union with the management.All the 11 sacked employees, who were fired for allegedly inciting others to go on strike, will also be reinst...