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Mumbaikars hiring black and yellow cabs may get AC comfort
India | Jan 04, 2015, 11:04 AM ISTMumbai: Passengers hiring black and yellow cabs may get to enjoy the comfort of air conditioner by paying separate fare as Maharashtra Government is in the process of framing guidelines on “a/c on demand” facility
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Delhi government decides to continue with ban on Uber
India | Jan 02, 2015, 08:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi government today decided to continue with the ban on aap-based cab booking company Uber and has asked it to fulfill the conditions for taxi operations in the national capital before seeking revocation
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Uber assures transport dept of complying with new rules
India | Dec 30, 2014, 07:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Uber, a US-based cab service provider which was banned earlier this month by Delhi Government, yesterday gave a representation before the transport department assuring that they will comply with the new rules for
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Delhi government modifies rule; Uber may make a comeback
India | Dec 29, 2014, 11:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: App-based cab booking services are set to make a comeback in the capital as the Delhi government on Monday modified the Radio Taxi Scheme 2006, making specific guidelines for their operation, which include
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Amid scrutiny, Uber vows bigger focus on safety
Dec 18, 2014, 02:36 PM ISTLos Angeles: Uber promises to focus on rider safety amid increasing concerns that its drivers are not adequately screened for past criminal convictions.In a blog post Wednesday, Uber's head of global safety defended the company's
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Delhi rape case: Uber taxi driver sent to police custody
India | Dec 18, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: A court here today remanded the Uber taxi driver, accused of raping a women, in two-day police custody.The police sought custody of Shiv Kumar Yadav to question him about the fake character certificate,
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Uber backtracks on price hikes during Sydney drama
World | Dec 15, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTSydney: The cab-hailing company Uber was promising free rides and refunds Monday for people fleeing central Sydney after coming under criticism for hiking prices during a hostage crisis that was unfolding there.Technology news website Mashable
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Uber driver asked to surrender taxi registration certificate
India | Dec 15, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: The 32-year-old Uber cab driver, accused of raping a woman finance executive has been asked by the Delhi government to immediately surrender the registration certificate of the taxi in which the crime took
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China's Baidu to invest up to $600 million in Uber
Dec 14, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: Search engine Baidu is all set to become the latest Chinese Internet firm to take an interest in the flourishing market for transportation apps.Chinese internet giant Baidu is reportedly planning to invest up
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Taxi drivers to undergo gender sensitisation programme
India | Dec 14, 2014, 10:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: In the aftermath of the Uber rape case, all taxi drivers in the national capital will have to go through gender sensitisation programme to get fitness certificate for their vehicles.The state government is
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Post Uber rape, police to deploy drones to patrol city streets
India | Dec 12, 2014, 10:56 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a first of its kind project in the country, mini drones fitted with night vision cameras will be used to patrol the streets of the national capital by the Delhi Police in
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Delhi HC to hear plea for regulating radio cabs in Delhi today
India | Dec 12, 2014, 09:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today hear PIL seeking measures to regulate radio cabs in the national capital, which were allegedly flouting existing norms and guidelines made by the government, days after a
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Arjun Kapoor calls Uber rape case a humiliation
Bollywood | Dec 11, 2014, 07:27 PM ISTMumbai: Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor Wednesday termed the recent sexual assault on a young woman by a taxi driver in the capital as humiliating, and said every man should be ashamed of himself following the
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Unregistered taxi services asked to stop operations in Karnataka
India | Dec 11, 2014, 02:22 PM ISTBengaluru: In the wake of Centre's advisory to states to ensure stoppage of web-based taxi services following the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman executive in Delhi, Karnataka government today said all taxi services not
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Uber rape case: Accused driver to be produced in Court today
India | Dec 11, 2014, 10:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, who is in police custody, will be produced in court today. He had allegedly raped a 25-year-old MNC employee on December 5.The officials who interrogated Shiv Kumar Yadav
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Court wants to know steps against radio cabs' flouting of regulations
India | Dec 10, 2014, 07:24 PM ISTNew Delhi:The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to apprise it the steps taken on the issue of alleged flouting of government regulations by radio cabs here.A division bench of Chief Justice G.
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Uber GM Shailesh Sawlani attacked in Mumbai
India | Dec 10, 2014, 06:59 PM ISTMumbai: Uber General Manager Shailesh Sawlani had to face the wrath of public anger that has erupted after the rape of a women executive by an Uber cab driver in Delhi.An unidentified man today attacked
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Uber rape case: Cab officials to be questioned again today
India | Dec 10, 2014, 01:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Radio taxi company Uber's Asia Pacific head Eric Alexander will be questioned for the second time Wednesday by Delhi Police, officials said. Alexander, along with Uber's Delhi and NCR head Gagan Bhatia, was questioned
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Uber unsure about verification of its drivers
India | Dec 10, 2014, 07:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: US-based cab booking firm Uber, which is under scrutiny in connection with a rape case, has a total of 4,000 drivers on its roll but it did not have any idea whether they
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National Commission for Women seeks police report in rape case, DCW summons Uber CEO
India | Dec 09, 2014, 02:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Commission for Women has issued a suo-motu notice to Delhi Police in connection with the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman executive by a cab driver asking them to submit a