By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Caught in a desperate situation due to closure of factory since the last four years, eight months and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the employees of city-based Falcon Tyres have sent out an appeal to the State Government to revive the factory and save thousands of employees and their families from poverty….
Falcon Tyres ex-employee among two killed in road accidents
June 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A former Falcon Tyres employee and a senior citizen were killed in separate road accidents in city. In the first case, M. Kumar (Mangu Kumar), former Assistant Secretary of Falcon Tyres Employees Union, who was proceeding to his native place Manuganahalli village from Mysuru, was killed when he rammed his bike into a tractor…
State Govt. gives consent for revival of defunct Falcon Tyres Limited
May 29, 2019Bengaluru: In what could be a good news for employees of ailing Falcon Tyres Limited, State Government has agreed for revival of the defunct factory with the leadership of the Employees Union. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) held at his Official Residence,…
Revival hopes for Falcon Tyres still alive: CM HDK to hold meeting this evening
May 28, 2019Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has convened a meeting at his Official Residence, Krishna at Bengaluru this evening to explore the revival of Mysuru-based defunct Falcon Tyres Limited. Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, Departmental officials and Employees’ Union representatives are likely to take part in the meeting. The meeting will…
Revival hopes for Falcon Tyres
February 16, 2019Meeting held in Bengaluru discusses reopening of defunct factory in Mysuru through Employees’ Co-op. Union Bengaluru: Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister K.J. George had convened a meeting in Bengaluru yesterday to explore the revival of Mysuru-based defunct Falcon Tyres Limited. Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, Departmental officials and Employees’ Union…
Revival hope for Falcon Tyres
July 24, 2018Mysuru: With one of the major industries in the city, Falcon Tyres Ltd. on KRS Road, closed for over three years, rendering hundreds of workers and employees jobless, Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister K.J. George, who was in city this morning, held a meeting with all stakeholders at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office here…
Falcon Tyres employees demand re-opening of factory
July 16, 2018Mysuru: The employees of Falcon Tyres located on KRS Road in Metagalli have urged Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda to exert pressure on the State Government for re-opening the factory, which has been shut for over three years. Members of Falcon Tyres Employees Union, who met the Minister at the Thanksgiving function organised at Lingadevarakoppal…
CM assures to get Falcon Tyres re-opened
March 11, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has assured labour leaders of Falcon Tyres that he would make an honest attempt to get the closed factory re-open. The factory labour leaders met Siddharamaiah during the inaugural function of the new building of Jayadeva Cardiology Hospital in city yesterday and submitted a memorandum seeking reopening of the factory. The…
JK Tyres ready to start production at Falcon Tyres
March 4, 2017In a major relief to the harried employees of Falcon Tyres, JK Tyres has expressed its interest to run and start production at the defunct Falcon Tyres that has stopped production since the last two years. Mysuru-based Falcon Tyres, owned by the Ruia Group headed by Pavan Kumar Ruia and located at Metagalli in city,…
Falcon Tyres employees prevent private firm from attaching machines
March 1, 2017Threaten suicide if salaries not paid soon The employees of Falcon Tyres, who have been denied salaries since two years, prevented a private firm from attaching a machine of the factory and staged a protest at the factory premises yesterday. It is reported that representatives of Sapthagiri Enterprises, Bengaluru, which had provided raw materials to…
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