New fleet of yellow taxis hit Kolkata streetsIn collaboration with a private company, the West Bengal government has introduced 20 modern yellow taxis, called 'Yellow Heritage Cabs', t...
01 Mar, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
Back-to-the-future cabs can also fare wellThe black cabs of London, known for their drivers' encyclopaedic city knowledge, offer several advantages over app-based taxi services, inc...
08 Feb, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Around 1,500 yellow taxis in West Bengal to be phased out by end of next year: OfficialBy the end of next year, around 1,500 yellow taxis in West Bengal will be phased out as vehicles older than 15 years are banned in the city...
04 Jan, 2025, 12.58 PM IST
Kolkata Metro's airport line likely to start running from March. Here is the latest updateKolkata readies for faster airport travel. Metro trials start December 2024. Full operations launch March 2025. The Noapara-Airport line wi...
28 Nov, 2024, 04.14 PM IST
Kolkata’s iconic 'kings of the road' yellow cabs fade into history as thousands go out of business. Here's why.Kolkata's yellow taxis are fading. A 15-year age limit is retiring thousands of these iconic cabs. The city's transport scene is changing. ...
25 Nov, 2024, 05.24 PM IST
Six decades on, the trip ends for Mumbai's iconic 'Premier Padmini' taxisA transport department official said the last Premier Padmini was registered as a black-and-yellow taxi at the Tardeo RTO, which has jurisd...
29 Oct, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Mobility app Namma Yatri to start charging subscriptions from SeptemberAuto rickshaw drivers in Bengaluru will have the option to either pay Rs 25 per day for unlimited trips, or Rs 3.5 per trip for up to 10 tr...
22 Aug, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Rising fuel costs, less sops forcing most cabbies outCommuters are, in short, getting a raw deal, as a steep increase in the price of CNG and slashing of incentives by the aggregators such as ...
22 May, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
War for visibility: As polls proceed to Kolkata, BJP brings in matador branding, bus-stop advertising, TMC ropes in yellow taxisBJP has got hold of 800 premium sites in the city to put up hoardings of PM Narendra Modi in the next few days. Hoardings have come up on M...
18 Apr, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
From namaste to corona drugs, West is looking to East for survival tipsOnce we brought back Camay soaps. Now we bring back the virus. “Foreign-returned” has acquired a patina of suspicion rather than pride. The...
12 Apr, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Uber to launch carpool service in KolkataPassengers can take advantage of sharing rides in the same direction which would help them to reduce their individual fares by at least 30 ...
14 Jan, 2016, 01.34 PM IST
Ola completes $500 million fundraise as race with Uber gains tractionOla, which recently also ventured into grocery delivery and electronic payments, is now valued at $5 billion, a top executive of the compan...
19 Nov, 2015, 06.50 AM IST
Sourav Ganguly to take over as CAB president tomorrowIt will be the beginning of another innings for former India captain Sourav Ganguly who will be unanimously elected president of the CAB to...
14 Oct, 2015, 09.46 PM IST
Now, Ola helps you book yellow taxis on your phone in KolkataOla is launching the yellow taxi booking feature with over 1000 taxis registered across Kolkata. Over the next 3 months, it will have over ...
28 Aug, 2015, 08.04 PM IST
Why Avinash Gupta founded Bookmycab, scaled it up & finally sold itGupta rechristened AVN to Liveminds Solutions and, two years later, applied for a call-taxi licence in Mumbai and started operations.
10 Aug, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Radio cabs & taxi aggregators like Meru, Uber, in acquisition mode with eye on certified driversWhilst acquisitions will help give players scale and reduce the number of competitors, it will also give buyers access to one key resource:...
15 Feb, 2015, 11.42 AM IST
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Get an unforgettable firsthand experience of several of Kolkata’s more timeless landmarks during a trip to the city in the middle of the mo...
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