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Mumbai Uber driver takes passenger to police station on overhearing about protests against CAA
The poet, hailing from Jaipur, was in Mumbai as he was invited to read his work at the Kala Ghoda Festival.
Telangana transport strike: State bandh on Oct 19; Ola, Uber along with RTC to remain off road
More than 48,000 employees are yet to receive their salaries for the month of September since Telangana govt claims that they have been terminated from service.
Uber lays off 435 more employees; this time from engineering and product teams
Uber laid off 8% of the organisation, with 170 people leaving the product team and 265 people leaving the engineering team.
When comedian Sapan Verma called woman Uber driver ‘Bhaiyya’, this is what happened next!
Check out comedian Sapan Verma’s tweets!
Amazon India may acquire Uber Eats India business to enter into food delivery
Amazon is keen on entering the food delivery business in India to include it in its list of services it offers in the country particularly through its prime membership plan, as per a source
Uber driver misbehaves with female journalist, asks her to sit on his lap
Popular cab service app Uber is in the news again and not for good. In the latest incident, a Delhi-based journalist girl reported on Tuesday that an Uber cab driver had misbehaved with her. She posted a series of tweets regarding the behaviour of her Uber driver. The journalist –[Read More…]
IIM Calcutta achieves 100% placement
Kolkata: IIM Calcutta, one of the premier B-Schools of the country, has achieved 100 per cent placement on the first day, a statement from the institute said here. In all, 123 companies from diverse sectors participated in the placement process for the 54th batch of the institute’s flagship Post-Graduate Programme[Read More…]
Delhi: Couple strangled Uber driver to death, dumps body parts
The accused couple hails from Uttar Pradesh and they wanted to steal the driver’s car.
Tech giants must share mapping data: UK group
London, Tech giants Google, Apple and Uber must make mapping data openly available for all in order to drive innovation and economic growth, an influential Britain-based group has demanded. Making data from both the public and private sectors openly available and interoperable will mean more organisations can access data from[Read More…]
Uber to pay $5.79 mn to Washington state for data breach
San Francisco, Sep 27 (IANS) American ride-sharing giant Uber will pay about $5.79 million to drivers and passengers in Washington state for failing to notify them of possible leak of their personal information, Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson’s office said on Wednesday. Ferguson said he will return more than[Read More…]
You’re cooler than the ‘king’: SRK to Uber CEO
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan met Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of ride sharing company Uber, and told him that he was cooler than the king. Khosrowshahi, who is here to attend the Global Business Summit 2018, on Friday tweeted a photograph with Shah Rukh. Celebs keep off political controversies[Read More…]
Uber charges rider $14,400 for 20-minute ride in rush hour
In a case of Uber surge pricing rear its ugly head to one unfortunate Canadian, a rider was charged a whopping 18,518.50 Canadian dollars ($14,400) for a 20-minute ride in rush hour in Toronto. Rider Hisham Salama took an Uber X on December 8 for a ride which would have[Read More…]
Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to lead Uber
Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of Expedia, has been chosen as a new head of Uber in a surprising turn after board members considered two other stalwarts of the industry. The step comes after a weekend of frantic meetings with two other candidates, Meg Whitman, chief executive of Hewlett Packard[Read More…]
Goa govt denies permission to Ola-Uber to operate in state
The Goa government does not plan to allow Ola or any other cab aggregators to function in the state, transport minister, Sudin Dhavalikar said on Thursday. He said this in a written reply to a question from Nationalist Congress party member, Churchill Alemao in the assembly. Several ruling BJP leaders,[Read More…]
The UnDelhiWalah: Blessing for many, Ola-Uber has caused difficulty for them
Sure cab aggregators like Ola and Uber have made our lives way more easy and comfortable, but if someone suffers(adversely) the most from it, it is the local taxi drivers of the country. This is particularly true in case of the drivers in the national capital, where the majority of[Read More…]
Delhi: Ola, Uber pool rides might no longer be allowed
While car-pooling by app-based taxi aggregators such as Uber and Ola has cut the travelling cost of regular commuters, those in Delhi might soon face inconvenience as shared cab rides might soon be illegal. The move is a part of the Delhi government’s soon-to-be-implemented City Taxi Scheme, which is aimed[Read More…]
Something’s cooking at Uber!
Petition seeking online cab services in Goa goes viral
An online petition demanding to CM Manohar Parrikar to allow online cab services like Ola and Uber in Goa has gone viral. Goa being on of the top tourist places in India attracts an incredible number of tourist round the year. This petition was started by an NRI of Goan[Read More…]
Uber plans to launch flying taxi service by 2023
Online cab aggregator giant Uber has unveiled plans to tie up with plane manufacturers to develop and test a network of flying cars by 2020. Uber will run trials in Dallas in US and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Aviation companies including Embraer and Bell Helicopter have been developing[Read More…]
No vital impact of Ola, Uber strike in Delhi
Delhi HC stops taxi unions from blocking Ola, Uber services
The Delhi high court on Monday passed a decree “permanently injuncting” the two taxi driver unions and anyone associated with them from blocking cabs of Ola and Uber. The court also stopped the unions and their members from removing the mobile devices installed in the app-based cabs. The court order[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Bill to regulate Ola, Uber operations, tariff passed
App-based cabs service providers such as Ola and Uber will no longer be able to escape with tariff as the state government will now control operations of aggregators including their tariff, through the new legislation cleared by the state Assembly. The state has also decided to guard good samaritans, who[Read More…]
Uber CEO apologises for company’s flaws after harassment claims
Travis Kalanick apologised to all Uber Technologies Inc. employees on Tuesday in an open meeting. The CEO of an American worldwide online transportation network giant, apologised for the cultural failings at his company after an ex-employee accused that she was harassed and discriminated against while working in Uber Technologies Inc.[Read More…]