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March sales for Bajaj Auto’s two and three wheelers plunge

March sales for Bajaj Auto’s two and three wheelers plunge The motorcycle sales figures reported Thursday by the two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto indicate that the month of March saw a 14.40 percent drop - from the earlier-year figures of 1,54,443 units to 1,32,210 units. Nonetheless, the drop in March motorcycle sales happens to be lower than the December levels, when the company sold merely 61,546 units.

Maruti Suzuki March sales increase by almost 22%

Maruti Suzuki March sales increase by almost 22%For the third month in a row, the March sales of automobiles have been better-than-anticipated, bringing a reported 21.87 percent increase in the total sales of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) during the month. A year-on-year comparison between the sales figures for March indicates that the sales jumped from 70,296 units last year to 85,669 units.

BHEL reports 6.9 percent increase in PAT in the most recent fiscal

BHEL reports 6.9 percent increase in PAT in the most recent fiscal In its profit after tax (PAT) statement reported Thursday, the state-managed Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said that in the financial year that ended March 31, 2009, the company's year-on-year PAT figures showed an increase of 6.9 percent.

While Indian power equipment maker's profit after tax was Rs. 2,859 crore in the financial year 2007, the figures this time round touched Rs. 3,039 crore.

RIL gas begins to flow from KG D-6 basin

RIL gas begins to flow from KG D-6 basinNew Delhi, Apr 2: Reliance India Ltd. (RIL) achieved a landmark in the history of oil and gas production when its deep-sea Krishna Godavari basin fields flowed to the surface on Thursday.

Unlike the practice around the world of a minimum nine years, the RIL just took seven years from the date of discovery to begin gas production from the deep-sea KG-D6 block.

According to Petroleum Secretary R S Pandey, India will save USD nine billion in oil import bill annually with the beginning of production from Reliance Industries'' eastern offshore KG D-6 fields.

Bharti working its way out of its mutual funds tie-up with AXA

BhartiWith Bharti AXA Investment Managers failing to make much of an impression in the market, Bharti Enterprises is working its way out of the mutual fund joint venture with the French biggie AXA, almost after a year of the registering of the asset management company. The fund, which started its operations in July 2008, had assets under management of Rs 186 crore as of February 2009.

The Bharti decision to exit Bharti AXA Investment Managers - in which Bharti Ventures has a 25 percent stake, while AXA Investment Managers Asia Holdings holds the remaining 75 percent - will not affect its affiliation with AXA in the sphere of life insurance and general insurance.

L&T Receives Rs 12.45 Bn Order From Bhutan; Stock Surges

L&T Receives Rs 12.45 Bn Order From Bhutan; Stock Surges Larsen & Toubro, the country’s largest manufacturer of equipment for the nuclear power sector, has announced that it has received an order from Bhutan.

The project to be executed by L&T’s construction division is for the construction of the Dam Package, which is a part of the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project Authority in Bhutan.

The project is being set up by the Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project Authority that has been constituted through a contract between the Indian Government and the Royal Government of Bhutan. 

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