Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd declared today that a fire hit its Nashik
facility today morning, and affected the storage regions relating to
fabrication of its Scorpio and Xylo TCF lines.

The fire has been restricted to this particular region, Mahindra &
Mahindra stated in a filing and added that no dead had been reported.

The auto major has suspended operations during the first shift at the
facility as a precautious step, and claimed that the cause and level of
damage was being determined.

The production loss during the first shift is projected to be approximately 250 vehicles.

M&M said that the plant assets are properly covered by insurance
and that the management likely to resume the Bolero & Verito lines
completely and the Scorpio line partly, from the second shift onwards.

Sent at 2:17 PM on Wednesday Gurpreet HCL Info Joins Hands With Cisco WebEx

As per fresh reports, HCL Infosystems Ltd., the country’s Premier
hardware, services and ICT systems integration and distribution firm
has declared its National Partnership with Cisco WebEx, for the Indian
market.

The SaaS (Software as a Service) offering brought to the market by HCL Info, will be operationalized by Cisco.

HCL Infosystems has a sturdy attendance in India and will offer up
Cisco WebEx via its widespread distribution channel, addressing over
500 company’s possessed touch points in addition to clients in more
than 4000 towns crosswise the country.

Cisco WebEx is the globe's foremost on-demand partnership, online
conference, web and video conferencing podium, aiding to accomplish
communication and teamwork requirements of medium to large scale
organizations and administrations.

With this go-to-market engagement, HCL Infosystems and Cisco aspire to
swell the market and tap into the rising need for B2B (business to
business) and B2C (business to customer) alliance tools and
technologies, crosswise the nation.

While talking on the occasion, Mr. D Mohanty, Vice President - Sales,
HCL Infosystems stated, "We are extremely glad to partner Cisco to
extend the reach of their world class product in the country. We have
more than three decades of strong experience in the Indian market and
we have always believed that best in class IT innovations will power
Indian companies to achieve faster growth. Our extensive distribution
reach, direct sales force and innovative solutions will lend the
desired resources to enable Cisco WebEx to be accessible to SMEs, large
Corporates and Government organisations anywhere in India."

HCL Infosystems is a foremost national level office automation solution
supplier with back-to-back video conferencing portfolio permitting
greater synergies in optimal teamwork systems of different
organisations and corporates leading to reduction of substantial
operational expenses for them.

Mr. B Raghavendran, Head - Partner Organisation, Cisco India &
SAARC, said, "As India Inc. seeks a greater role in the global business
landscape, the need for greater efficiencies and increased productivity
is driving the widespread adoption of collaboration solutions across
Indian enterprises. With HCL Infosystems as National Partner,
businesses of all sizes, located anywhere in the country can utilise
these services to collaborate with their customers and partners and at
the same time, address the changing needs of workspace collaboration."

Cisco WebEx is the existing market head in offering conferencing
solutions with more than 6 million registered hosts' international and
an average of 7.6 million meetings hosted each month.

With Cisco Webex, businesses can augment their reach and meet up
instantaneously with clients, associates and fellow workers from any
place and through any browser or web-enabled handset.