Maruti calls press conference on Manesar issue on Thursday

Maruti Suzuki has called a press conference at 4 p.m. (1030 GMT) on Thursday on the "Manesar issue", a spokesman said amid speculations that the company will announce its plans to reopen a riot-hit factory which left a manager dead and hundreds injured.

The 550,000 vehicles-a-year factory in Manesar, Haryana, where the unit of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp <7269.T> makes its best-selling Swift hatchback, has been idle since the July 18 clash between workers and management.