State Transport Minister Diwakar Raote said new black and yellow cabs come fitted with air conditioners but passengers cannot use the facility because it is not permitted.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly today told the members that the body cannot hold its AGM, scheduled later this month, due to lack of clarity on Lodha committee recommendations.
New Delhi is among the cheapest cities to hire a standard cab.
The govt says the step has been taken to prevent miscreants spreading rumours. The order also applies to SMS services.
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Meru Cabs, India's largest radio cab service provider has introduced alternative payment facility for their passengers in Hyderabad city.
A group comprising top tech startups and unicorns has raised several "serious concerns" over a platform-based gig workers Bill proposed by the Karnataka government, saying it would hurt the ease of doing business. They told the state government the Bill in its current form would hamper operations and increase regulatory and compliance burden on the nascent gig and startup economy, according to sources.
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The rape of a 27-year-old woman executive allegedly by a cab driver has shaken those who prefer cab-booking services like Uber, which charge premium rates on the promise of better services.
The party supported the bill in Lok Sabha. It will be brought in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
The decision was taken after state association's working committee meeting chaired by former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
As CAB was tabled in Lok Sabha, West Bengal CM said she will never allow NRC in the state.
In her complaint, the 37-year-old stated that a cab was booked by the accused and then stopped the vehicle nearby to purchase liquor. "She was then forced by the accused to consume alcohol and touched her inappropriately. He then raped her in the car.
Unlike regular cab service providers, taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola are making it easy for the students to juggle work and studies.
Legendary Sachin Tendulkar along with chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and tennis ace Sania Mirza are likely to grace India's first ever day-night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.
There are about 600,000 taxis in India, generating combined annual revenue of about Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion).
Prasun Mukherjee was elected unopposed as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal in the absence of another candidate.
60,338 Mumbai taxis in 1997 had permits to cater to a population of 8 million. In 2010, only 40,298 cabs have permits and Mumbai's population has shot up to 12.5 million.
Yes Bank and Ola launched a mobile ATM service where customers of any bank can withdraw up to Rs 2,000 per card from PoS terminals
The high court also told app-based taxi service provider, Ola cabs that it was inclined to allow only CNG-based cabs to provide point to point service in the national capital.
The four young men from Chittur in Palakkad district who died in a car accident in Jammu and Kashmir on December 5 are remembered by their village as 'hardworking youth' who used to go on such trips everywhere.
The police have detained seven persons on charges of rioting following the incident.
After covering the biggest wedding of the year, Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani was invited to the reception specially held for the media.
A 51-year-old Uber cab driver was murdered allegedly by two juvenile passengers who dumped his body at an open field in west Delhi's Mundka area, the police said on Friday.
Travelling has become a hassle-free and safe experience in India thanks to radio cabs.
Predatory pricing petitions against Ola, Uber were filed from across cities.
Called as 'Trip Tracker Service', the family gets SMS alerts on the taxi's location.
Shanghai's largest taxi company won't carry students in cabs whose license plate ends in the number four, which is pronounced the same way as the word "failure."
In yet another blow for cab service provider Uber, a case has been registered against one of its drivers for misbehaving with a female passenger.
IMohammed Shami stole the show off the pitch as he returned to his old hunting ground.
'I think of that young baby, still in her diapers, balancing with her arms held up by her mother, a Tamil woman wearing a salwar kameez and a dupatta, seated on a stoop,' recalls Aseem Chhabra.
Manoj Tiwary and Munaf Patel extended wishes to former India captain Sourav Ganguly on his 52nd birthday.
Sumit Antil sent his spear to a distance of 69.50m to stand to claim the gold medal.
It may not quite be the end for British great Andy Murray at Wimbledon but it felt like it as the 37-year-old received an emotional farewell after he and brother Jamie were beaten in the first round of the men's doubles on Thursday.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said it will first go by the Committee of Administrators (COA) fourth status report and then will look into the contempt petition filed by CAB.
The gap in demand for electric vehicles between large and mid-sized cities in the country is shrinking and the Tier-II 2 cities are likely to emerge as the next big demand centre for EVs, a report said on Tuesday. An analysis of the electric two-wheeler and car sales by strategic research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF) from 207 cities across 10 states also suggests that the electric two-wheeler sales in some tier 2 markets have surpassed metropolitans while within tier 2 cities, state capitals generally leading the growth in electric car sales.
More than 35 prominent Pune-based business process outsourcing units might face a severe staff-crunch on May 19, when around 6,000 call centre cab owners and drivers will go on strike. The drivers and owners are demanding immediate clearance of dues more than Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) by various transport vendors appointed by city BPOs. More than 80 per cent of Pune's BPO staffers used company-appointed cabs for transport to and from their workplaces.
The move follows after a warning by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who on Monday assured strict action, including impounding of cabs, if the app-based taxis were found charging more than the prescribed rates.
In its probe report into the June 17 accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district that left 10 persons dead, including the loco pilot of the goods train, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) also recommended implementation of the Automatic Train-protection system (KAVACH) on top priority.
The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution there.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was appointed the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal on Thursday, ending the suspense on who will take over the state cricket body following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
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