Radio-taxi

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.

Uber has failed to win a licence to resume operations in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger last month, an official said on Thursday.

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.

Uber has failed to win a licence to resume operations in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger last month, an official said on Thursday.