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Follow Rules Or Stay Off Roads, Bengaluru Government Tells Uber, Ola
Over the weekend, social media was abuzz with messages that taxi aggregators Uber and Ola had been banned by the Karnataka government. The truth is somewhat different.
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Petitions Against Surge Pricing Are as Misguided as Its Defence
Uber and Ola aren't going to get rich from surge pricing; but that doesn't mean we should blindly trust the algorithm just because they do.
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App-Based Cabs to be Treated as Any Other Taxi Service: Government
Clearing the ambiguity over laws governing app-based cabs such as Uber and Ola, the government today said such cabs should be treated like any other taxi service and it will soon issue guidelines on the same to the states.
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Ola Increases Customer Privacy, Introduces Number Masking
Taxi aggregator Ola today said that it has introduced number masking on its platform which will enable mobile numbers of customers to remain undisclosed to drivers.
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Will Come Up With Rules on Radio Taxis in 10 Days: AAP Government to High Court
The AAP government today informed the Delhi High Court that it will come up with specific guidelines within 10 days regarding plying of radio taxis in the national capital including safety norms for women and other passengers.
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Delhi Government to Launch Affordable City Taxis
With an aim to increase the availability of cheap and affordable mode of transport for the public, the Delhi government will introduce a new programme -- City Taxi Scheme 2015 -- in the national capital, Transport Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday.
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Autorickshaw Strike Hits Mumbai Hard
Over a million commuters, office-goers and students were hit badly as around 20,000 autorickshaws went off the roads today in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai to press for their demands of banning radio taxis and having a social welfare scheme.
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450 Uber, Ola, TaxiForSure Cabs Prosecuted by Delhi Police in 3 Days
"The drive will continue till they obtain proper licence under Modified Radio Taxi Scheme 2006 of Transport Department of Delhi."
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India Warns Uber, Ola Over Resuming Taxi Services
Authorities in New Delhi asked Uber Technologies Inc and its Indian rival Ola on Tuesday to cease operations, saying that otherwise their applications for radio-taxi licences would not be processed, letters seen by Reuters show.
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Government Orders Installation of GPS in all Cabs Plying in Delhi
In order to ensure women safety, Delhi government has ordered all taxi operators to install GPS in their vehicles, failing which fitness certificate will not be issued to them.
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Statement by Rape Survivor's Lawyer on Uber Restarting Services in Delhi
Douglas H. Wigdor, the lawyer of the Uber rape survivor, has said that the radio taxi service had emailed her to inform her it that "has re-entered the market in Delhi."
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Uber Emails Rape Survivor to Say It's Back in Delhi
US taxi-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc has restarted services in Delhi after a ban following rape allegations against one of its drivers, but a government official said the company remains blacklisted.
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Uber to Hit Roads Again in Delhi with New Safety Measures: Spokesperson
US online taxi-hailing service Uber has applied for a radio taxi licence and will restart operations in India's capital, after it was banned following allegations that one of its drivers raped a female passenger, a company spokesman said.
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Why It Is a Mistake to Think of Uber as a Technology Company
The Kolkata police wants to regulate Uber as an IT company, but there is still a fundamental difference between an e-commerce website, and a taxi you trust your physical safety to.
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I was Libidinous Since School: Uber Cab Driver Tells Police
"I was libidinous from my school days," Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, accused of raping a 27-year-old woman executive in his cab on December 5 last year, told Delhi Police during the probe.
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Follow Rules Or Stay Off Roads, Bengaluru Government Tells Uber, Ola
Over the weekend, social media was abuzz with messages that taxi aggregators Uber and Ola had been banned by the Karnataka government. The truth is somewhat different.
-
Petitions Against Surge Pricing Are as Misguided as Its Defence
Uber and Ola aren't going to get rich from surge pricing; but that doesn't mean we should blindly trust the algorithm just because they do.
-
App-Based Cabs to be Treated as Any Other Taxi Service: Government
Clearing the ambiguity over laws governing app-based cabs such as Uber and Ola, the government today said such cabs should be treated like any other taxi service and it will soon issue guidelines on the same to the states.
-
Ola Increases Customer Privacy, Introduces Number Masking
Taxi aggregator Ola today said that it has introduced number masking on its platform which will enable mobile numbers of customers to remain undisclosed to drivers.
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Will Come Up With Rules on Radio Taxis in 10 Days: AAP Government to High Court
The AAP government today informed the Delhi High Court that it will come up with specific guidelines within 10 days regarding plying of radio taxis in the national capital including safety norms for women and other passengers.
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Delhi Government to Launch Affordable City Taxis
With an aim to increase the availability of cheap and affordable mode of transport for the public, the Delhi government will introduce a new programme -- City Taxi Scheme 2015 -- in the national capital, Transport Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday.
-
Autorickshaw Strike Hits Mumbai Hard
Over a million commuters, office-goers and students were hit badly as around 20,000 autorickshaws went off the roads today in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai to press for their demands of banning radio taxis and having a social welfare scheme.
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450 Uber, Ola, TaxiForSure Cabs Prosecuted by Delhi Police in 3 Days
"The drive will continue till they obtain proper licence under Modified Radio Taxi Scheme 2006 of Transport Department of Delhi."
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India Warns Uber, Ola Over Resuming Taxi Services
Authorities in New Delhi asked Uber Technologies Inc and its Indian rival Ola on Tuesday to cease operations, saying that otherwise their applications for radio-taxi licences would not be processed, letters seen by Reuters show.
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Government Orders Installation of GPS in all Cabs Plying in Delhi
In order to ensure women safety, Delhi government has ordered all taxi operators to install GPS in their vehicles, failing which fitness certificate will not be issued to them.
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Statement by Rape Survivor's Lawyer on Uber Restarting Services in Delhi
Douglas H. Wigdor, the lawyer of the Uber rape survivor, has said that the radio taxi service had emailed her to inform her it that "has re-entered the market in Delhi."
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Uber Emails Rape Survivor to Say It's Back in Delhi
US taxi-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc has restarted services in Delhi after a ban following rape allegations against one of its drivers, but a government official said the company remains blacklisted.
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Uber to Hit Roads Again in Delhi with New Safety Measures: Spokesperson
US online taxi-hailing service Uber has applied for a radio taxi licence and will restart operations in India's capital, after it was banned following allegations that one of its drivers raped a female passenger, a company spokesman said.
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Why It Is a Mistake to Think of Uber as a Technology Company
The Kolkata police wants to regulate Uber as an IT company, but there is still a fundamental difference between an e-commerce website, and a taxi you trust your physical safety to.
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I was Libidinous Since School: Uber Cab Driver Tells Police
"I was libidinous from my school days," Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, accused of raping a 27-year-old woman executive in his cab on December 5 last year, told Delhi Police during the probe.
