Delhi hosts curtain raiser to 10th India auto-expo

New Delhi, Jan 4(ANI): The Curtain Raiser to the
10th India Auto Expo took place in national capital,
a day before the seven-day auto exhibition kicks
off on Tuesday.
Auto Expo is the Complete Automotive Show
organized jointly by Automotive Component
Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA),
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society
of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
Pawan Goenka, President of Society Of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), an apex
Industry body representing 44 leading vehicle
and vehicular engine manufacturers, said: "There
is a lot that has changed between the 9th auto-
expo and the 10th auto-expo that is in the last two
years."
"In these two years the auto industry has gone
through one of the worst showdowns which we
have witnessed in many years and right now we
are going through the faster growth also in
many, many years and therefore this auto-expo
becomes special for us especially in India because
what it shows that the Indian auto-industry is
very resilient and very robust and growing in
spite of the difficulty that we have faced in the last
year or so," he added.
Car sales in India are set to jump about 16 per
cent this year to 1.4 million vehicles, buoyed by
robust economic growth and government
incentives, in contrast to a slump in many
developed markets.
The first Auto Expo was held in 1986, the second
in 1993, and the third in 1996. Since then, Auto
Expo has been institutionalised as a biennial show.
(ANI)

Share

Blogger Widgets

Kannur, Mizoram win in Inter Universityfootball

Coimbatore, Jan 4 (PTI) Kannur University
defeated Goa University by a solitary goal while
reigning champions Mizoram beat Mumbai 2-1 in
the league matches of the All India Inter
University football tournament for men here
today.
C K Vineeth scored the all-important goal for
Kannur a minute before the final regulation time
to give his side full points.
Results: Punjab University drew with Kalyani 0-0,
Hindustan University beat Lucknow University
2-0, Kerala University beat GND Univesity 1-0,
Punjab University drew with Barkatullah
University 0-0, Kota University gave walk over to
Burdwan University.

Share

Blogger Widgets

Mizo police busts counterfeit currencyracket

Aizawl, Jan 4 (PTI) Mizoram Police have
claimed to have busted a fake Indian currency
racket with the seizure of equipment and
machines used for printing fake currency notes
and arrest of four persons.
Three persons were arrested from Vairengte
village at Mizoram-Assam border on January two
and another person from her house at Khatla
locality here on the same day, SP of Aizawl,
Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said here today.
He said police seized laptop computer, printer,
scanner, silk screen developer, security threads,
different colours of solutions, a number of fake
currencies and official stamp papers for printing
of the fake notes from the locality.
He said that 164 fake notes of the face value of
1000 denominations were seized from the
suspects at Vairengte and further investigations
were on.

Share

Blogger Widgets

Company officials in 15-day judicialcustody at Kota

Jaipur, Jan 4 (PTI) The two officials of the
companies engaged in the construction of a
bridge that collapsed over Chambal river in Kota
were today sent in 15-day judicial custody, police
said.
The two officials were arrested in connection with
the mishap and remanded by a court to police
custody for five days.
"Rajat Chattopadhya, Deputy Project Manager of
Gammon India and R Y Yoo, Chief Project
Manager of Hyundai company who were in the
police custody following the bridge collapse were
today produced before the court which sent
them in 15-day judicial custody in Kota central
Jail," IG Kota Range Rajiv Dasot said.
They were booked under sections 304 (culpable
homicide not amounting to murder) and 308
(attempt to commit culpable homicide) of IPC and
lodged in the Kunahri police station.
The under-construction bridge had collapsed on
December 24 last claiming, so far, 45 lives.

Share

Blogger Widgets