Taxi Services

Uber, Ola face policy challenge: Maharashtra state govt draft policy hostile to app-based aggregators

The State and Centre are not seeing eye-to-eye on the policy on taxis in Mumbai.

Uber and Ola looking to offer corporate, non-surge plans for government and PSUs

Uber and Ola are looking at offering taxi services to government departments at special rates and have registered at the portal of government e-marketplace (GeM). Besides, Ola is also in discussions with various public sector units (PSUs) for its 'corporate’ offering.

Meru Cabs raises Rs 150 cr from Brand Capital, plans expansion

The company believes the Indian taxi-hailing market presents an enormous opportunity for growth

Belgian woman molested: Why the response stinks of cynical politics

The reaction of different political parties to the molestation of a Belgian woman on Saturday night is cynical politics at its worst

Mumbai's kaali-peeli taxis to finally get their own app called '9211'

With the rise of radio-cab services like Ola and Uber, Mumbai's two taxi unions have finally decided to go the mobile way with a soon to be launched app called '9211'.

Taxi unions demand for a level playing field with Ola, Uber in Mumbai

Days after the office of taxi aggregator Ola was vandalised by some unidentified persons, one of the leading taxi unions that had threatened to go on strike Thursday, has demanded a "level-playing" field with these ride-hailing platforms.

China to issue taxi app regulations in first half of 2015

China's transport minister said on Thursday he hopes to have regulations issued on using mobile apps to book private cars within the first half of 2015, state media reported, amid doubts on the legal status in China of Uber and similar services.

Delhi authorities give Uber a deadline up to February 25 for license application

Authorities in New Delhi have set Uber a Feb. 25 deadline to provide supporting details for the online taxi-hailing firm's application to operate in the city.

Uber India promises in-app panic button, location sharing by 11 Feb

A day after the Maharashtra transport department recommended that the state government impose a ban on taxi-hailing app Uber for not having met the department's January 15 deadline for implementing safety measures in its cabs, the US-based company has clarified that the app panic button and journey/location sharing — will roll out to users in India on February 11.

Uber to implement recommendation report, will tighten privacy, data security

Ride service Uber, which is trying to enhance its image after several controversies, on Friday released the findings of a report on its handling of passenger data and said it would act on all the report's recommendations for improvements.