- Record sale of HMT watches on I-Day at ₹35 lakh; H.D. Kumaraswamy thanks youth for their response The Hindu
- H D Kumaraswamy's efforts to revive HMT watch factory a success; company sells watches worth Rs 35 lakh on I-Day Deccan Herald
- HMT Watches clocks Rs 35 lakh in single-day Independence Day sales in Bengaluru The Economic Times
- HMT’s Independence Day special edition watches sell out in Bengaluru in a day The Indian Express
- HMT launches spl edition watches, draws 2.5-km-long queue in B’luru Hindustan Times