Articles tagged under: Nano

Alpesh Thakor, around 500 supporters detained during march to Tata Motors Sanand plant

February 23, 2017
Alpesh Thakor, around 500 supporters detained during march to Tata Motors Sanand plant

Sanand: Kshtriya Thakor Sena outfit leader Alpesh Thakor and around 500 of his supporters were today detained close to Sanand toll plaza before his departure to the Tata Nano plant for his controversial lock-down programme. This development was on expected lines. Thakor doesn't enjoy so big support to create great challenge. His event was primarily aimed at getting media glare. SP of Ahmedabad (Rural) R V Asari said that Alpesh and around 500 of his supporters were detained ne...Read More

Month long strike of Tata Motors Sanand plant workers ends

March 22, 2016

Ahmedabad A month-long labour strike of over 400 permanent workers at Sanand plant of Tata Motors near Ahmedabad has been over. Striking workers would resume work from tomorrow. Tata Motors Workers and management reached a consensus over the issue of 26 suspended workers after intervention of the state labour secretary. A meeting was held in his presence in capital Gandhinagar today. As per the decisions taken in the meeting, the company will take back 13 suspended workers while a...Read More

300 striking Tata Nano workers detained

March 19, 2016

Ahmedabad Around 300 striking workers of Tata Nano plant were today detained by police when they gathered outside the plant to protest the suspension of their co-workers at Sanand GIDC here. Police detained them soon after they gathered at around 11 AM to protest amid tight police security outside the Nano plant. Police said protesters gathered without written permission to hold a rally. "We have detained all protesting workers, around 300 of them, after they gathered at gate number 2 o...Read More

Gujarat labour dept declares strike at Tata Nano plant as illegal

March 03, 2016

Ahmedabad With the workers' strike at Tata Nano plant at Sanand entering the 10th day today, the Gujarat labour department declared it as illegal and referred the matter to the industrial tribunal here for resolution. "We issued the order declaring the strike illegal under the Prohibition of Industrial Disputes Act to both management and the union leader. If the workers continue the strike, we can issue show-cause notice and lodge a criminal case against them," said assistant labour comm...Read More

Labour strike at Nano plant in Sanand enters 3rd day

February 25, 2016

Ahmedabad The strike of workers at Tata Motors Nano car manufacturing plant at Sanand near Ahmedabad entered 3rd day on Friday. The strike is likely to continue tomorrow. First round of talks between Tata Motors management and workers failed on Thursday as both sides refused to relent from their position. 422 workers at Tata Motors Nano Plant went on strike on Monday after 28 workers were suspended by management. - DeshGujaratRead More

Tata Motors launches new ‘GenX Nano’ priced up to Rs 2.99 lakh

May 19, 2015
Tata Motors launches new ‘GenX Nano’ priced up to Rs 2.99 lakh

Mumbai Tata Motors, whose world-renowned Nano has been struggling for quite some time, today launched all-new version of the entry-level car -- priced up to Rs 2.99 lakh -- that sports an array of features, including automatic transmission and bluetooth connectivity. Repositioned as a smart city car, the GenX Nano is pitted against the market leaders in the entry-level hatchback segment such as Maruti Alto and Hyundai Eon. The new car, which comes in five variants -- the XE, XM, XT with...Read More

Govt loan to Sanand plant of Tata Motors against VAT, and only for Nano:Saurabh Patel

July 22, 2014

Gandhinagar, 22 July, 2014 Finance Minister Saurabh Patel today while replying questions by Congress MLAs said that Tata Motors has been given a loan by state government only for manufacturing of Nano cars. Patel said there has been an agreement between the state government and Tata Motors Limited(Sanand plant) on loan equal to VAT to be paid on manufacturing of Nano car. As per this intensive scheme, loan has been given against VAT amount of Rs. 167.20 cror...Read More

Tata Motors launches Nano Twist

January 13, 2014

Mumbai, 13 January, 2013 Tata Motors Monday launched Nano Twist, a new variant of its entry-level hatchback priced at Rs.2.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). "The Nano Twist will redefine customers driving experience in city traffic with the EPAS (electric power assisted steering system)," said Ranjit Yadav, president, passenger vehicle business unit, Tata Motors. "We at Tata Motors will continuously innovate on the Nano platform, catering to the dynamic desires of our growing...Read More

Ratan Tata feels sorry for marketing Nano as the cheapest car

November 30, 2013

Ahmedabad, 30 November 2013 In an interview to CNBC, Ratan Tata said the marketing around the Nano as the world’s cheapest car is partly to blame for its failure to gain popularity. Tata said he believes the mini-car still has the potential to take off in the home market. "I always felt the Nano should have been marketed towards the owner of a two-wheeler because it was conceived to give people who rode on two-wheeler an all-weather, safe form of transportation, n...Read More

Narendra Modi’s Gujarat re-writes story of Indian Auto Industry

September 05, 2011
Narendra Modi’s Gujarat re-writes story of Indian Auto Industry

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Ford official Joe Hinrichs during MoU signing function By Somindu.S. Ahmedabad, 5 September, 2011 If Maruti also decides to descent upon Gujarat as being reported widely (and I am sure this must be very high on the mind of Chairman Osamu Suzuki when he comes calling India for AGM this month), in short span of time, Gujarat will be host to four out of top Five global Auto Player in India. Out of the elite club of Maruti, Hyundai, Tata, ...Read More