Uber’s private car ride-share service starts from AssamThe service will begin in Assam, with women and army veterans as drivers, serving as a case study for Uber to pitch it to other states. Glo...
27 Feb, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
BCCI calls SGM on March 1 to appoint new joint secretaryThe BCCI will hold a Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on March 1, 2025, to appoint a new joint secretary. This position was left vac...
07 Feb, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
SC to hear on Sep 12 pleas challenging constitutional validity of Citizenship Amendment ActThe amended law seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain, and Parsi communitie...
08 Sep, 2022, 07.22 PM IST
Assam: Mobile internet shut down for Grade-III exams, 2nd such instance in eight daysAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the government through video-conferencing t...
28 Aug, 2022, 07.04 PM IST
Coronavirus action plan: Assam government announces graded unlocking of GuwahatiConstruction activities including transportation of materials are allowed subject to the owner/builder being responsible for testing for CO...
18 Jul, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
Lockdown 4.0: Uber, Ola resume services in more cities"In compliance with Lockdown 4.0 guidelines by the Government, Uber is resuming services across more cities in India. Riders will constantl...
20 May, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Assam CM decides not to participate in public programmes till March 31Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary reviewed a preparedness meeting for the state. The meeting was attended by the health offic...
13 Mar, 2020, 09.12 PM IST
Internet blackout, protests leave gig workers reelingFood delivery agents earn between Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 a month, depending on the number of orders they complete, hours on the road, and ...
13 Jan, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
SC decides to examine constitutional validity of Citizenship Amendment Act"We are not going to grant a stay," the bench said, adding arguments on granting stay can be advanced on January 22, the next date of heari...
18 Dec, 2019, 07.26 PM IST
Unfavorable travel advice of US, UK over CAA protests puts pressure on travel business“A single unfavorable advice can initiate spiraling effect causing wide spread impact in eastern India as dependency of this region on tour...
16 Dec, 2019, 04.40 PM IST
Airlines cancel flights to Assam amid ongoing unrest over Citizenship BillAll airlines have cancelled or rescheduled their flights to Assam which is seeing a violent unrest against the passage of Citizenship (Amen...
12 Dec, 2019, 05.04 PM IST
Ola inks MOU with government of Assam to pilot app-based river taxi serviceOla will pilot high-speed taxis on the Lachit Ghat, Machkhowa to North Guwahati route, bringing the commute time down 2 to 5 minutes from 4...
04 Feb, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Sarbananda Sonowal meets industrialists in BengaluruSonowal held one to one Government to Business (G2B) discussion with the industry captains from Biocon, TAFE India, Air Asia, TTK Prestige ...
19 Dec, 2017, 08.16 PM IST
Why own a car when you can be chauffeured for less?With Metro Rail beginning to open more routes, the day does not seem far when owning a car could be considered a burden in Bengaluru.
17 Sep, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh and Telangana ban app-based taxis"We will compensate the drivers in any way we can, which includes financially" Allen Penn, head of Asia operations at Uber, told ET.
11 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
August rains bring shower of respiteAugust rains have come as a great respite. The sowing operations picked pace, reservoirs filled to normal levels and threat of power crisis...
25 Aug, 2012, 07.13 PM IST
- Govt has imposed service tax on domestic, international flyers
The rates of service tax on domestic air travel have been fixed at the rate of 10 per cent of the gross value of the ticket or Rs 100 per t...
12 Aug, 2010, 08.20 PM IST