Govt wants private carpooling to be a no-profit no-loss servicePrivate ridesharing to be app-based, non-commercial, KYC compliant, according to a draft proposal.
Coursera appoints BlaBlaCar's Raghav Gupta as India country directorRaghav Gupta will play a strategic role in deepening Coursera’s investment in India with a focus on expanding the company’s workforce devel...
In a first, BlaBlaCar introduces verification in India to ensure safer ridesIndia is the first market of the 22 countries in which BlaBlaCar operates where the company has introduced this feature.
Centre, states in joint drive to purge surge pricing of Ola, Uber and other cab aggregatorsCentre and states took stock of surge pricing by taxi aggregators Uber and Ola after a raging debate on the practice by these companies in ...
India could soon be our biggest market: BlaBlaCarThe company, which launched its services in India in January last year, has already seen one million seats being offered through its platfo...
Odd-even woes? Carpool apps to be Delhiites' rescue mantraHost of mobile applications such as Orahi, Ibibo Ryde, BlaBlaCar allow people to sign up and start offering or availing rides from a list o...
Ola to enable customers to share rides with people from their social groupsOla is now offering to match customers with people from their own defined social circles and extend the service to more cities.
BlaBlaCar to allow users to offer rides as per odd-even planRide-sharing platform BlaBlaCar will launch a new feature that will allow its users in Delhi to offer rides on specific days depending on t...
Uber, Swiggy, BlaBlaCar and other startups step up efforts to help flood hit ChennaiInternet startups were stepping up efforts to deliver food, medicine and blankets in rain-hit Chennai, even as the downpour abated on Thurs...
How new startups like LiftO, Shuttl, rBus are trying to solve urban commuting problemThere is a massive need for public transport options, and private enterprise is looking to fill the breach left by state-sponsored infrastr...
Uber plans to launch car-pooling service in BengaluruTaxi-hailing app Uber is launching its car-pooling service in India, competing with a handful of other similar services launched since last...
BlaBlaCar raises $200 million from Insight Venture Partners, othersThe funds will be used to expand services across existing markets as well as expand to newer geographies like Brazil, Asia and additional m...
Ride sharing app Tripda raises $11 million in series A fundingAs such, car-pooling differs from the taxi-aggregation services offered by companies like Ola, Uber and TaxiForSure that link commercial dr...
Oh Kolkata! Uber, Ola get legitimacy in West BengalUber plans to enrol under the new rules, making Kolkata, the first city in India, where the San Francisco-based company will come under the...
French carpooling company BlaBlaCar driving into India when aggregators are stuck in a jamIndia is the first stop in Asia, for the 10-year old company that has built an online community of 10 million across 13 countries so far.
Rocket Internet-backed ride-sharing startup Tripda enters IndiaTripda, a ride-sharing marketplace, is entering India at a time when the likes of Uber and Ola are slugging it out in a highly competitive ...
- European ride-sharing app BlaBlaCar may zip across Indian streets
It connects people looking for a ride with drivers who have empty seats so they can share their costs.