United States-based cab service provider Uber's driver, who is facing trial in a rape case, was identified in a Delhi court by the victim, a 25-year-old woman executive.
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The police on Tuesday questioned two friends of the Uber cab driver, accused of raping a 27-year-old executive on Friday night.
The Uber cab driver, who had allegedly raped a 27-year-old woman in Delhi on Friday night in his taxi, was planning to flee to Nepal before the police arrested him in the nick of time from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court slammed the accused in the Uber cab rape case, saying he was trying to "destroy criminal justice system" by seeking re-examination of the victim who has only been "embarrassed and insulted" by him in her earlier deposition.
Hundreds of cab drivers employed with Internet-based taxi firm Uber on Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding revocation of the ban imposed on the company's operations in the national capital.
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Delhi police has recovered the iPhone which was provided by Uber to the driver accused of raping the 27-year-old finance company executive on Friday night inside the cab which she had booked through the company's app.
About 70 ex-servicemen on Tuesday sat on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the delay in implementation of the 'One Rank, One Pension' scheme even as the relay-hunger strike by retired soldiers on the issue entered its ninth day.
The Delhi police is examining the legal liability of Uber taxi service and probing how the fake police verification certificate was provided to the accused in the rape of a 27-year-old woman in a cab in the national capital, Commissioner BS Bassi said on Tuesday.
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The woman executive, who was allegedly raped by the driver of the United States-based cab service provider Uber, on Saturday told a city court that the accused had forced upon her and it was not a 'consensual' act.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Delhi high court order allowing the accused to recall and re-examine 13 prosecution witnesses, including the victim, in the Uber cab rape case.
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Officials interrogating Shiv Kumar Yadav, the accused in the rape of a 27-year-old woman in Delhi, term him as a "master of lies" and a "highly deceptive" person.
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Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav will spend the rest of his life behind the bars, with a Delhi court on Tuesday sentencing him for the "remainder of his life" for raping a woman executive in his taxi 11 months ago
A man, from whom a fake character certificate was originally procured, using which the Uber rape case accused got an All India Tourist Permit, has been identified by the police and summoned for questioning.
The Asia-Pacific head of United States-based cab service Uber was questioned by the police for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in connection with the rape of a 27-year-old finance executive by the company's driver, during which he was asked about details of their safety features, details of drivers among others.
Uber, the United States-based cab service against which a first information report was registered by the police had around 4,000 drivers working for it in Delhi but the company had no idea whether any of them were verified by cops or had a Public Transport Vehicle (PSV) badge which is mandatory to drive any public transport vehicle in the city.
Calling the rape of a 27-year-old executive as a "national shame," Government asked all states to stop operations of all web-based taxi services even as it emerged that the accused cabbie was a serial sexual offender and was allegedly involved in two previous rapes in 2011 in 2013.
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Indian peacekeepers suffered the second highest number of casualties in 2013 as working for the United Nations became more hazardous, with increased deliberate attacks on its personnel.
A 17-member delegation of the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday left for a five-nation tour from Lucknow, drawing criticism from opposition parties for undertaking the visit at a time when Muzaffarnagar riot victims were living in difficult circumstances in relief camps.
In the aftermath of the Uber rape case, police and transport department are working together to frame a foolproof system that will ensure that no person with criminal antecedents gets a licence, the Delhi police chief said on Friday.
Officials of the international radio taxi service Uber will be questioned by the police for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in connection with the alleged rape of a 27-year-old finance company executive by its driver.
Eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives while serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations last year, are among 106 military, police and civilian personnel to be posthumously awarded a prestigious UN medal this week for their courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.
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The woman had filed the lawsuit against Uber in January this year alleging that Uber does not adequately screen its drivers and its "negligence and fraud" lead to her being sexually assaulted and humiliated.
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A Delhi court on Tuesday recorded the testimonies of three prosecution witnesses, including two police officials, in the Uber cab rape case of December last year.
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