The amendment comes within a month of web-based taxi companies being banned in Delhi, after a taxi driver on Uber's network allegedly raped a finance executive early this month.
The competition between app-based taxi services has led to a drop in prices and more choices for customers.
The statement implicated members of the Mukhiya gang, accused of orchestrating multiple interstate paper leaks, as the source of the leaked answer sheet.
The incident took place as residents and visiting soccer fans from around the world thronged the centre of Moscow on a balmy summer evening.
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The state governments of Karnataka and Maharashtra have also moved to exert more control on app-based taxi aggregators.
He said retired administration and police officials will also be part of the judicial inquiry to probe the stampede.
A flash 'taxi strike', called by a handful of miscreants who damaged taxis across Mumbai, added to the Monday blues of the harried commuters in the metropolis.Nearly 80 taxis were reportedly damaged, allegedly by fellow cab drivers who were protesting against Home Minister R R Patil's 'decision' to increase the fine for not wearing an uniform from Rs 100 to Rs 300. It was later revealed that Patil had not taken any such decision.
A draft policy will be issued for public consultation in the coming weeks.
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An Indian taxi driver was attacked, racially abused and his car smashed, as a group of baseball bat wielding youth went about attacking and robbing cab drivers in Melbourne suburbs. The gang ambushed and robbed five taxis in separate incidents in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
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Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said retired Indian Navy Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha has clarified that the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was on an official visit on INS Viraat and not on a vacation.
Five deals worth $30 million had taken place in 2013 against $7 million in 2012.
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Ola's cash reserves are starting to run dry. The company was in talks to raise $1 billion in funding by the end of July, but no announcement has been made as yet
The strike has received complete support across the city and approximately 55,000 taxis and 1.5 lakh rickshaws stayed off the roads on Thursday, union leader Sharad Rao told PTI. The union said the phasing out of the existing taxis, a majority of which are of the Premier Padmini make, was wrong since the emission norms prescribed were being met by the vehicles.
The note was not found in the bag where she had stuffed her son's body after killing him, he said.
Investments are at risk if operators are unable to resolve concerns of authorities and customers after the rape accusation.
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In a security breach at the Mumbai airport, a speeding private taxi entered the restricted service road in the operations area on Thursday morning, triggering an alarm before the vehicle was intercepted.
The Delhi airport, the country's busiest airport, on Friday early morning witnessed the collapse of a roof at Terminal 1 amid heavy rains that killed one person, prompting the government to order a detailed probe and an inspection of the structural strength of all airports.
Both Uber and Rapido have an SOS button installed in the app which are monitored by their teams
Delhi police sources on Sunday said a team of the crime branch in a joint operation with the Rajasthan police nabbed the duo from Chandigarh's Sector 22.
Under fire for his government's decision to give licenses only to those taxi drivers who know Marathi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday backtracked, saying taxi drivers should know any local language, including Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government on Wednesday decided to give new taxi licenses to only those persons who are well versed in Marathi and have resided in the state for at least 15 years.
The situation in Mumbai, paralysed by the motormen's strike, just got worse as 40 per cent of the city taxis stayed off the roads on Tuesday. In addition nearly 1,700 drivers of the privately-run Meru Cabs also went on strike to demand better wages.
The accident took place around 9.15am, when nine members of the Gujarat-based family were headed to Mumbadevi temple in south Mumbai in a taxi.
Uber said it is conducting a full audit of its verification, rider feedback and support processes apart from assessing its driver screening processes, Ola is getting GPS installed in all its partner taxis.
The driver of the cab that fatally knocked down former Intel India country head Avtar Saini in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, has told the police that he lost control over the vehicle as he dozed off because he was driving all night, an official said on Friday.
It is the end of the road for diesel taxis including those run by aggregators like Ola and Uber in Delhi and National Capital Region.
It's good news for women in Mumbai. A new, all-woman taxi service was launched on Sunday, to cater primarily to women travellers.
In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a 24-year-old taxi driver has been allegedly abused and assaulted by a passenger and his vehicle damaged in the Victorian city of Ballarat.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
Commuters in Mumbai faced a harrowing time as auto-rickshaws and taxis drivers attached with 'Swabhiman Union' began a day-long strike in the metro city on Monday morning to press for their demands.
There are about 600,000 taxis in India, generating combined annual revenue of about Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion).
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