Bengaluru, Jan 23 (IANS) In a major development, the Karnataka High Court on Friday lifted the ban on bike taxi services in the state, allowing operators to resume services. The court also permitted the state government to impose necessary conditions in accordance with the law.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Joshi allowed a batch of appeals filed by cab aggregators ANI Technologies (Ola), Uber, Rapido and others, challenging an earlier single-judge order that had …
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Thursday arrested an Ola cab driver on charges of fleeing with valuables worth over Rs 20 lakh belonging to a passenger in Bhubaneswar. The incident took place on the night of January 7, the police said.The accused has been identified as Nageswar Pramanik, a resident of Kuanpal village under the Mahanga police station area in Cuttack district.Addressing the media, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Zone VI, Sonali Singh Parmar said a w…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A new government-backed cab-hailing app, Bharat Taxi, is gaining rapid traction across India just days after its launch, signalling a strong early response from users, giving fierce competition to ola and Uber. Supported by the Ministry of Cooperation, the app is seeing a surge in registrations, with around 40,000 to 45,000 new users signing up every day over the past two days.According to a post by the Ministry of Cooperation on social media platform X, Bharat Taxi has a…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that shared taxis and EVs are key to the government’s pollution control strategy, and officials are in touch with transportation network companies such as Ola and Uber to prioritise shared rides. Shared taxi services, which were available in Delhi before the pandemic but were discontinued later, are now being considered for revival to provide affordable and convenient transport options to commuters, she said.The Delhi gov…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Amid Delhi’s fight against pollution, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday that the government is tackling the inherited problems as challenges and steadfastly resolving them on every front. “Delhi is now receiving clear plans, continuous efforts, and concrete results. Our government is committed to building a non-stop developing Delhi, a clean and beautiful Delhi,” said CM Gupta in a video message posted on X.She said the BJP government is tackling the problems in…
In a major development for urban mobility in India’s capital, the government-backed Bharat Taxi app is set to launch in…