Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Daily commuters may face extreme hardship on Monday as app cab services will not be available from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. due to a 12-hour strike in the city. App cab operators have called the strike with 11-point demands, including a fare hike. The app cab drivers have been called to gather at Ramlila Park in central Kolkata at 11 a.m. on Monday to express solidarity with protesting drivers.A member of an app cab operator said, “We had raised the same demands with the previous…
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi government has approved the proposal to implement and support the Central government’s PARIVARTAN to phase out over two lakh old, polluting trucks and buses and replace them with BS-VI, higher-emission-standard or electric vehicles, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday. She said the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivisation of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and…
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Mahindra Group-owned SML Mahindra Limited on Monday reported a 5.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 64 crore for the first quarter of FY27.The company had posted a net profit of Rs 67 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year (Q1 FY26), according to its stock exchange filing.Revenue from operations rose 13.2 per cent year-on-year to Rs 957 crore in the April-June quarter from Rs 846 crore a year ago, it added …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Indian auto industry saw best June ever recorded, retailing 25,57,234 units last month which is a robust 21.83 per cent year-on-year growth and a 1.03 per cent rise over May, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) data showed on Monday.Passenger vehicle (PV) retails were the standout at 4,10,853 units, up 28.63 per cent on-year and 2.05 per cent on-month — the best June ever. On an annual basis, the Bharat-led character remains intact, with rural …
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Cumulative domestic two‑wheeler sales grew 22 per cent year‑on‑year to 33.6 lakh units in April–June 2026, while passenger vehicle domestic sales rose about 25 per cent to 12.7 lakh units, a report said on Thursday, adding that the industry will maintain momentum in FY27.”Looking ahead to FY27, we remain cautiously positive about domestic PV sales and expect industry volumes to grow at a mid-single-digit pace,” the report from Axis Securities said.The growth will…
Shillong, July 1 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday asserted that governance can be considered successful only when it directly improves the lives of ordinary citizens, saying the state government’s development agenda is focused as much on people-centric welfare measures as on large infrastructure projects. Addressing a felicitation programme organised by the Joint Action Committee to acknowledge the government’s One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for commercial vehicles…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The number of motorists using FASTag annual passes on highways has shot up to 19 per cent of all toll pass traffic, which represents a six percentage point growth in the last six months from around 13 per cent in December 2025, according to figures compiled by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The total vehicle trips through toll gates in June this year touched 44.4 crore, in which annual passes accounted for 8.4 crore. The 36 crore trips cumulatively raised Rs 7,214 crore…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Leading automobile firm Tata Motors is targeting annual commercial vehicle (CV) sales of more than one million units in the coming years as it prepares to integrate Italy’s Iveco Group, Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said on Monday.Addressing shareholders at the company’s second annual general meeting after the commercial vehicle business was demerged and separately listed, Chandrasekaran said the proposed acquisition of Iveco would significantly accelerate Tata Motors’ glo…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Indian auto industry saw its best-ever May retail sales at 25,31,067 units during the month, a 9.55 per cent year-on-year expansion — with passenger vehicles (PVs) witnessing a robust 23.25 per cent growth, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) data showed on Monday.Two-wheelers saw 7.54 per cent retail growth, with commercial vehicles at 5.29 per cent and three-wheelers at 3.56 per cent.The strong May performance was achieved despite an above-nor…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Tata Motors Limited will continue investing in electric and hydrogen-based technologies for its commercial vehicle business as the shift towards cleaner mobility accelerates, Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said in his message to shareholders in the company’s annual report for 2025-26.Chandrasekaran said the transition to sustainable transportation cannot rely on a single technology and will require a mix of electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered solutions and cleaner int…