Articles tagged under: Halol

5 children killed as factory wall collapses on tents in Panchmahal

June 29, 2023
5 children killed as factory wall collapses on tents in Panchmahal

Halol: Four children under the age of five lost their lives when a wall of an abandoned factory collapsed onto their makeshift tents. The incident occurred in Halol taluka due to incessant heavy rains. Additionally, Five other individuals including two children have sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. The children who have lost their lives are Chiriram Damor (5), Abhishek Bhuriya (4), Gungun Bhuriya (2), and Muskan Bhuriya (5). According to the police, the affected families had...Read More

Stray Dog Menace: 5-year-old boy attacked on private parts in Halol

April 06, 2023
Stray Dog Menace: 5-year-old boy attacked on private parts in Halol

Panchmahal: In yet another incident of stray dog attacks in the state, more than five dogs attacked a five-year-old boy in Halol on Tuesday. The incident occurred when the boy went to check if his grandparents had returned home and was returning to his house nearby when the dogs attacked him, biting him multiple times on his body, including his private parts. Locals rescued the boy and took him to the Halol Referral Hospital for primary treatment. He was later transferred to SSG Hospital ...Read More

Halol court acquits 39 accused in post Godhra violence

April 03, 2023
Halol court acquits 39 accused in post Godhra violence

Halol: The Halol sessions court has declared 39 accused innocent in the case of Kalol communal riots that occurred following the Godhra train carnage of 2002. The case had been ongoing in the Halol sessions court for 20 years, 4 months, and 13 days. According to the police complaint filed based on the statements of affected individuals in relief camps in Kalol in Panchmahal, 38 Muslims from Delol were travelling to Kalol in a tempo to escape an attack by locals from surrounding villages on Ma...Read More

Gujarat court acquits 22 accused of Godhra riots

January 25, 2023
Gujarat court acquits 22 accused of Godhra riots

Panchmahal: The additional session court in Halol on Tuesday acquitted 22 people, accused of killing 17 members of a minority community due to a lack of evidence in a case. The incident had occurred in Delol village of Panchmahal district. Eight of these 22 accused arrested in 2004 already died during the long trial in a case stemming from 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in the State. “The court acquitted all the accused in the case of rioting and murder of 17 members of a minority commu...Read More

Congress fields Anishbhai Bariya in place of Rajendra Patel from Halol seat

November 17, 2022
Congress fields Anishbhai Bariya in place of Rajendra Patel from Halol seat

Halol: Congress has changed its candidate for the Halol seat. the party had earlier announced Rajendrasinh Parmar’s name for candidature on this seat, however, the party has now given the mandate to Anish Bariya as Rajendrasinh refused to contest from Halol, as he wanted a ticket from Godhra seat. "The Central Election Committee has approved the candidature of Anishbhai Bariya (In place of Rajendra Patel) as Congress candidate for the ensuing general election to the Legislative Assembly of ...Read More

MG Motor India to invest Rs 1,000 crore to boost capacity at Gujarat plant, mulling another manufacturing plant

September 25, 2020
MG Motor India to invest Rs 1,000 crore to boost capacity at Gujarat plant, mulling another manufacturing plant

MG Motor India is planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore in the country in the next one year period aiming at a capacity boost at its Halol facility in Gujarat's Panchmahal district. According to the report, the carmaker has already invested at least Rs 3,000 crore in India With the annual capacity of 75,000 to 80,000 vehicles at the Gujarat plant. The company now plans to take this figure to 1,00,000 vehicles a year. The company, which is a subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC Motors, is also loo...Read More

MG Motor India commences commercial production of Hector from Gujarat

May 06, 2019
MG Motor India commences commercial production of Hector from Gujarat

Halol(Gujarat): MG (Morris Garages) Motor India today rolled out the first production version of Hector from its state-of-the-art facility at Halol in Gujarat. Hector, MG’s first car in India, has gone into commercial production after one million kilometres of testing in diverse road and climatic conditions across India. With extensive localisation, more than 300+ India specific changes have been carried out in the MG Hector to suit the customer preferences and road conditions. MG Motor Ind...Read More

MG Motors starts production in old General Motors plant at Halol in Gujarat

May 04, 2019
MG Motors starts production in old General Motors plant at Halol in Gujarat

Vadodara: MG Motors has started production of MG Hector, the British carmaker's upcoming SUV in India, at its plant in Halol. The plant was earlier owned by General Motors India. MG Motor India had acquired the factory from General Motors in 2017. The plant is now all set for the rollout of the company's first car in India. The car is likely to be unveiled in India in the last week of May, while MG Hector's India launch is scheduled for first week of June. The SUV's deliveries will also begin im...Read More

MG Motor India inaugurates car manufacturing plant at Halol in Gujarat, will roll out first car in 2019, initially hires 70

September 29, 2017
MG Motor India inaugurates car manufacturing plant at Halol in Gujarat, will roll out first car in 2019,  initially hires 70

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: UK-based automotive marquee MG Motor today announced the inauguration of its first-ever manufacturing facility in India, through a minimum initial investment of Rs 2,000 crore. With an initial capacity of 80,000 units per annum in the first phase, MG Motor India will roll-out its first product from the plant in 2019. The greenfield facility was inaugurated with a traditional Indian ‘Puja’ ceremony during the auspicious occasion of Navratras, in the presence of all ...Read More

Chinese auto giant SAIC signs MoU with Gujarat govt to invest Rs 2,000 crore for car plant in Halol

July 05, 2017
Chinese auto giant SAIC signs MoU with Gujarat govt to invest Rs 2,000 crore for car plant in Halol

Gandhinagar: Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for setting up over Rs 2,000 crore car manufacturing plant at Halol in Central Gujarat was signed between China based passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturer Shanghai Automative Industries Corporation(SAIC) and the Government of Gujarat. The company has committed more than Rs 2,000 crore investment in five years. The company intends to start production of vehicles by year 2019. The company enjoys 46th position in Fortune 500 list with...Read More