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Delhi Transport Department Ordered to Ban App-Based Taxis 'In Accordance With SC Order', Says Minister
Delhi's transport department has been directed to ban app-based taxis "in accordance with the Supreme Court's orders" on Wednesday the city's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government to consider allowing only locally registered taxis to ply on the city's roads earlier this week.
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"Mobility Lockdown": Uber On Delhi's Plan To Regulate App-Based Taxis
Ride-hailing giant wrote to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and the transport department today on the proposed ban on entry of cabs from other states into the city.
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Bike Taxi Ban: Drivers Write To Delhi Lt Governor Citing Livelihood Threat
A section of bike taxi drivers has sought Delhi LG V K Saxena's intervention in helping them stave off a Delhi government ban which proscribed them from plying on city roads in absence of a policy.
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Uber, Ola Bike Taxis Will Be Impounded if They Don't Halt Operations in New Delhi
New Delhi city authorities will start impounding the bike taxis of companies such as Uber and local rival Ola if they do not cease operations in line with a court order backing a ban on them, a senior government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Uber, Ola Suffer a Blow as Supreme Court Revives Ban on Bike Taxis in Delhi
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court order by which it had essentially allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate in the national capital by asking the Delhi government not to take any coercive action against them till a new policy was formulated. A vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal granted liber...
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Swiggy, Zomato Seek Clarification on Bike-Taxi Ban Order From Delhi Government
Swiggy and Zomato have complained to the Delhi government against challans being issued to their two-wheeler riders in the name of a ban on bike taxi services in the national capital. The food delivery platforms have also sought clarification from the government on the directive while claiming that there has been misinterpretation of th...
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Delhi May Soon Ban Shared Cab Rides
Sharing a ride with strangers in an air-conditioned cab may soon be disallowed in the city. Under the Delhi government's City Taxi Scheme, 2017, cab aggregators will be barred from offering shared rides to their customers as "as it is not compatible with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988".
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Spain To Impose Odd Even Rule In Madrid To Fight Pollution
While Delhi Chief Minister Arind Kejriwal's Odd-Even-Rule might have faced a lot of criticism in India, it seems to have inspired Spain's capital city, Madrid, to follow suit. The Madrid's city hall has recently announced it had ordered half of most private cars off the roads to fight a particularly bad bout of pollution, which has happened for the...
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Taxi Drivers Protest Outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Residence
Scores of diesel taxi drivers, affected by the recent ban imposed by the Supreme Court, today staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in New Delhi.
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Livelihood Of Over 30,000 Drivers In Delhi At Stake, Says Drivers Body
Livelihood of more than 30,000 drivers and their families is in jeopardy with the Supreme Court banning their diesel-run taxis from plying in Delhi-NCR region, the union of drivers said.
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Diesel Ban: Billion Dollar BPO Industry May Opt Out, Centre Tells Court
After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.
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Ban On Diesel Cabs Stays For Now, Delhi Requests 2 Days To Submit Plan
As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...
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Stall Action Against Diesel Taxis With All-India Permits: BJP Leader Urges Delhi Police
Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta on Monday met the city police chief, seeking his intervention to stall action against diesel taxis having all-India tourist permits following a Supreme Court decision to ban them in the national capital.
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Over 100 Diesel-Run Taxi Drivers Booked By Delhi Police
Delhi Police today booked over a hundred diesel-run taxi drivers for running their vehicles in the city violating the Supreme Court ban, even as cab drivers protesting against the crackdown by police threw traffic out-of-gear by blocking National Highway 8 and the Ring Road.
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44 Degree Heat, Taxi Driver Protests, Massive Jams. Delhi's Monday Misery.
The intersection of Delhi's hottest day this year (43 degrees) and huge protests by taxi drivers left large parts of the capital grid-locked through Monday. By the evening, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider a ban on diesel cabs, that has pulled nearly 30,000 taxis off the roads.
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Delhi Transport Department Ordered to Ban App-Based Taxis 'In Accordance With SC Order', Says Minister
Delhi's transport department has been directed to ban app-based taxis "in accordance with the Supreme Court's orders" on Wednesday the city's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government to consider allowing only locally registered taxis to ply on the city's roads earlier this week.
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"Mobility Lockdown": Uber On Delhi's Plan To Regulate App-Based Taxis
Ride-hailing giant wrote to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and the transport department today on the proposed ban on entry of cabs from other states into the city.
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Bike Taxi Ban: Drivers Write To Delhi Lt Governor Citing Livelihood Threat
A section of bike taxi drivers has sought Delhi LG V K Saxena's intervention in helping them stave off a Delhi government ban which proscribed them from plying on city roads in absence of a policy.
-
Uber, Ola Bike Taxis Will Be Impounded if They Don't Halt Operations in New Delhi
New Delhi city authorities will start impounding the bike taxis of companies such as Uber and local rival Ola if they do not cease operations in line with a court order backing a ban on them, a senior government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Uber, Ola Suffer a Blow as Supreme Court Revives Ban on Bike Taxis in Delhi
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court order by which it had essentially allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate in the national capital by asking the Delhi government not to take any coercive action against them till a new policy was formulated. A vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal granted liber...
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Swiggy, Zomato Seek Clarification on Bike-Taxi Ban Order From Delhi Government
Swiggy and Zomato have complained to the Delhi government against challans being issued to their two-wheeler riders in the name of a ban on bike taxi services in the national capital. The food delivery platforms have also sought clarification from the government on the directive while claiming that there has been misinterpretation of th...
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Delhi May Soon Ban Shared Cab Rides
Sharing a ride with strangers in an air-conditioned cab may soon be disallowed in the city. Under the Delhi government's City Taxi Scheme, 2017, cab aggregators will be barred from offering shared rides to their customers as "as it is not compatible with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988".
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Spain To Impose Odd Even Rule In Madrid To Fight Pollution
While Delhi Chief Minister Arind Kejriwal's Odd-Even-Rule might have faced a lot of criticism in India, it seems to have inspired Spain's capital city, Madrid, to follow suit. The Madrid's city hall has recently announced it had ordered half of most private cars off the roads to fight a particularly bad bout of pollution, which has happened for the...
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Taxi Drivers Protest Outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Residence
Scores of diesel taxi drivers, affected by the recent ban imposed by the Supreme Court, today staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in New Delhi.
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Livelihood Of Over 30,000 Drivers In Delhi At Stake, Says Drivers Body
Livelihood of more than 30,000 drivers and their families is in jeopardy with the Supreme Court banning their diesel-run taxis from plying in Delhi-NCR region, the union of drivers said.
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Diesel Ban: Billion Dollar BPO Industry May Opt Out, Centre Tells Court
After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.
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Ban On Diesel Cabs Stays For Now, Delhi Requests 2 Days To Submit Plan
As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...
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Stall Action Against Diesel Taxis With All-India Permits: BJP Leader Urges Delhi Police
Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta on Monday met the city police chief, seeking his intervention to stall action against diesel taxis having all-India tourist permits following a Supreme Court decision to ban them in the national capital.
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Over 100 Diesel-Run Taxi Drivers Booked By Delhi Police
Delhi Police today booked over a hundred diesel-run taxi drivers for running their vehicles in the city violating the Supreme Court ban, even as cab drivers protesting against the crackdown by police threw traffic out-of-gear by blocking National Highway 8 and the Ring Road.
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44 Degree Heat, Taxi Driver Protests, Massive Jams. Delhi's Monday Misery.
The intersection of Delhi's hottest day this year (43 degrees) and huge protests by taxi drivers left large parts of the capital grid-locked through Monday. By the evening, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider a ban on diesel cabs, that has pulled nearly 30,000 taxis off the roads.
