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Tata Motors rejigs fund raising
MUMBAI: The volatile stock markets have made Tata Motors - India's largest automaker - change its fund raising plan.
10 hrs ago | Hindustan Times
Tata's Jaguar wins prestigious car award
Jaguar has won its first major car award since being taken over by Tata Motors, beating a string of fancied rivals.
18 hrs ago | Earth Times
Tata planning electric-drive version of Nano - report
Indian car maker Tata Motors, which is planning to produce the world's cheapest car selling at 1,700 euros , also has plans to produce an electric-drive version, according to a German press report.
Mamata thaws, agrees to talks with Centre over Singur
Political Bureau Posted online: Tuesday , August 19, 2008 at 23:42 hrs Updated On: Tuesday , August 19, 2008 at 23:42 hrs After a two-year battle, the Trinamool Congress has finally responded to an invitation ...
No land acquisition without farmers' consent: Buddhadeb
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday said the state government will not acquire any farmland without the consent from the farmers.
Research and Markets: the Automobile Company Tata Motors Limited Sold ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Premium Company Profile: Tata Motors Limited" report to their offering.
Tata factory in Singur adds to economic prosperity of the region
Residents in Singur in West Bengal, who were once unhappy with setting up of the Tata factory in their area, are today thanking the authorities for having opened up new earning avenues for them.
Calcutta, Aug. 8: If ancillaries are shifted out of the Singur complex as Mamata Banerjee has demanded, it will derail efforts to transform the area into an automobile hub, industry analysts have said.
Tata Teleservices to spend USD2 billion on expansion
Indian telco Tata Teleservices has set aside approximately INR80 billion for network expansion over the next 24 months, according to multiple Indian news sources.
India Industrial Output Growth Accelerated to 5.4%; May Slow as Rates Rise
India's industrial production growth accelerated in June, before higher interest rates had a chance to crimp consumer spending.
Tesco enters India with cash-and-carry, Tata deal
Tesco, the world's No.3 retailer, said it plans to enter India by setting up a wholesale cash-and-carry business and helping Indian conglomerate Tata Group to grow its hypermarket business.
Himalayan Singur, minus Mamata
Rudrapur , Aug. 10: This once-nondescript town on the Himalayas' foothills is now what Singur can be in the future.
Auto makers look to Uttarakhand for relief
Tax concessions in Uttarakhand are encouraging auto majors from Hero Honda to Tata Motors to shift a larger part of their manufacturing to the state to counter rising raw material costs and increase their ...
Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha Our bureau Calcutta/Singur, Aug. 3: Mamata Banerjee today announced an indefinite dharna - a virtual siege - around the Tata Motors plant in Singur from August 24 till the ...
Mamata Banerjee Reverses Gear on Tata Motors After Life Threat
Sensing that her call for an indefinite siege of Tata Motors plant at Singur from 24th August had won her much more enemies than friends, Mamata Banerjee today somewhat backtracked on her previous stand.
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Renewed protests threaten to delay Nano India launch
By Sujoy Dhar
SINGUR, India (Reuters) - Violent protests and political opposition against land seizures for a Tata Motors factory in eastern India threaten to delay the long-awaited launch of the Nano, hailed as the world's cheapest car.
The grandiose unveiling in January of the 100,000-rupee ($2,380) snub-nosed Nano was greeted by ecstatic press coverage. The reception around the Tata factory in Singur in West Bengal has been less enthusiastic.
"We will try to break the factory wall ... as many times as we can," said Toofan Ruidas, a farmer, as he pointed at pockmarks left in the wall by his fellow protesters' axes.
Mamata gets threat call, SMS over Singur
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee Wednesday said party chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday received a threat call and an SMS from an anonymous source over the Singur land dispute.
Ahead of Nano, Tatas seek to beef up car dealer network
Just months ahead of the launch of its Rs one-lakh Nano, the world's cheapest car, automaker Tata Motors has started the process of expanding the dealership network for passenger cars.
/K I L L K I L L K I L L -- Ferrari North America, Inc./
Below is an auto news article from August 06, 2008 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.
Opposition Party Wants Tata Motors to Pack Up Nano Plant from Bengal
Ever since the Tata Motors were given the land for car plant in early 2007, they have made fantastic progress in erecting the plant and the first car is likely to roll out from the factory in about two months ...