PUNE: Bharathi Cement, India’s premier cement manufacturing company, made a formal launch today in Pune Market in Maharashtra.

Speaking on the occasion, Director Marketing Bharathi Cement Ravinder Reddy, while briefing mediapersons here, said the company commenced Production and Sale of cement from September 2009 onwards in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala.

German punctuality was having a problem with Indian timekeeping.

The drivers of the Polo Cup, India's newest car championship, were supposed to be getting dressed, but their race jumpsuits had not turned up.

As the minutes ticked nearer to the starting time, the drivers sat about in their flame-retardant underwear and the organisers got a little fraught.

This was a big moment for the German carmaker Volkswagen.
'Lot of potential in India'

Mumbai: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the public sector telco, has launched 3G services in Pune, which is under the Maharashtra telecom circle.

The telco aims to launch its 3G services in 53 more cities in Maharashtra and Goa in the next couple of months. BSNL and MTNL are the only telecom operators providing 3G services in India on date.

PUNE: German automobile major Volkswagen on Wednesday inaugurated its first dealership, Volkswagen Pune as its authorised dealer at the Das Auto showroom-cum-service centre in the city.

Volkswagen Pune will be retailing all Volkswagen passenger car models currently available in the country in the Pune region. It has a capacity to display 10 cars in its showroom and a 30 bay workshop including state-of-the-art accidental repair, body paint workshop.

Hardwork, it is said, can never go unnoticed. And Sarathi, a social organisation has endeavoured to show their appreciation for young entrepreneurs from the city for their hardwork by bestowing upon these distinguished individuals, the Sanaganak Sarathi Award for IT Excellence for the past six years.

Pune: Tata Motors has given a pay hike in the Pune region. Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles Business Unit offered its workers in Pune a Rs 6,501 hike and total benefits worth Rs 6,751. This will take the minimum wages to Rs 24,293 and a maximum of Rs 35,221 while the average wages have risen to Rs 32,656. The company signed a wage agreement with the Tata Motors Employees Union in Pune on Friday.

Hyatt Hotels plans to expand its presence in the Indian cities of Delhi, Goa, Calcutta and Mumbai, as well as move into 15 new Indian markets — including Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune — over the next five years. The company said it would open Hyatt Regency Pune, Hyatt Regency Chennai and Grand Hyatt Goa this year.

Hyatt has chosen India as the first location outside of the United States for its upscale brand, Hyatt Place. Additionally, hotels under the Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands are currently under development.

Pune: Bajaj Auto Ltd may look at other locations apart from Chakan for its proposed three- and four-wheeler plant.
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, Apr 11 (ANI): With an aim popularizing Japanese dolls in India, a man from Pune showcased a variety of handmade Japanese dolls in an exhibition on Saturday.

Jayant Sathe, who organised the exhibition, runs a small factory where the dolls are being manufactured on a small scale.

Coca-Cola has opened a state-of-the-art ‘Analytical Services Centre' in Pune that will provide analytical and technical support to Coca-Cola's operations in India and South Asia as well as to countries in Eastern Europe, southern Eurasia and West Asia.

Built with an investment of over Rs.18-crore, the world-class laboratory is one of six locations strategically selected by the company for the creation of a global network of analytical testing facilities.