After Uber, CCPA probes Ola & Rapido over ‘Advance Tip’ for faster ridesThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has launched an investigation into Ola and Rapido for allegedly pressuring users to pay ad...
22 May, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why Uber is in hot water over ‘advance tipping’In a post on X, union minister for consumer affairs Prahlad Joshi wrote, "The practice of 'Advance Tip' is deeply concerning. Forcing or nu...
22 May, 2025, 02.12 PM IST
Bengaluru man books Uber at airport, gets cab scammed at 3 AM. Netizens point out where he went wrongA Reddit user shared how he was scammed by a fake Uber driver at Bengaluru airport after straying from the designated pickup zone around 3 ...
03 May, 2025, 11.47 AM IST
ED lens on Jaggi brothers; Flipkart begins India shiftHappy Tuesday! After a Sebi probe, Gensol Engineering is now on the Enforcement Directorate’s radar. This and more in today’s ETtech Mornin...
22 Apr, 2025, 09.10 AM IST
How the Jaggi brothers misled investors and lenders while being cleantech poster boysBluSmart, once celebrated as India's first all-electric ride-hailing service, faces a crisis as promoters Anmol and Puneet Singh Jaggi are ...
18 Apr, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Bengaluru man alleges he had to pay 7 times fare in airport taxi scam, driver forced him to delete phone numberA Bengaluru man experienced a frightening scam after agreeing to a ride from the airport to his PG for Rs 450. The journey turned distressi...
23 Jan, 2025, 11.06 AM IST
Cabbie cons NRI with fake app at Mumbai airport, charges Rs 2,800 for 10-minute rideAn Australia-based NRI businessman was duped by a Mumbai taxi driver, paying Rs 2,800 for a short ride using a fake fare app. After he file...
26 Dec, 2024, 10.00 AM IST
Bengaluru Taxi Scam: Social media user exposes new trick cab drivers are using to cheat customersCab drivers in Bengaluru are reportedly scamming passengers, particularly women, by stopping midway and asking them to pay for fuel. This t...
31 Oct, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
SC denies relief to Byju’s; China back in India’s electronics playIn another blow to Byju’s, the Supreme Court has once again refused to halt the insolvency proceedings against the embattled edtech startup...
22 Aug, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
A taste of Europe trip at half the cost: How to plan Kazakhstan or Georgia or Azerbaijan or Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan trip for Rs. 1 lakhA clutch of countries in the south of Caucasus and Central Asia provide a whiff of Europe without snapping your budget. Within sniffing dis...
13 May, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Inside Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s Tesla-esque Twitter playbookOla Electric and its customers are building a community on Twitter where they, much like Tesla’s superfans, can discuss and critique endles...
18 Jan, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
C Sivasankaran is back with smart homes business planSivasankaran opened model showcases of the single-room-balcony homes at an unveiling in Chennai today.
19 Dec, 2018, 10.15 PM IST
How Ringing Bells, founded by Mohit and Dhaarna Goel, plans to make the cheapest smartphoneThe duo who got married in January this year allude to their lack of pedigree and profile for the dollops of scepticism directed at them.
28 Feb, 2016, 07.02 AM IST
2015 in review: Odd-even, AAP vs BJP, National Herald kept Delhi High Court busyThe high court passed several orders against cab companies, including Internet-based taxi service firms like Uber and Ola, directing them t...
27 Dec, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Next Bengaluru: Which other cities have the best chance of replicating garden city's startup success?An ecosystem conducive for startups, a constant tech buzz, affordable infr, close ties with Silicon Valley and cool weather make Bengaluru ...
01 Oct, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi sought Delhi High Court relief in the National Herald case in 2014The Gandhis, who were trying to come to terms with Congress' debacle in the general elections, suffered another rude shock after they were ...
30 Dec, 2014, 11.30 AM IST