IIM Ahmedabad graduate drives cab in Bengaluru after driver falls asleep, watch viral videoMilind Chandwani, an IIM graduate, took the wheel of a cab at 3 a.m. in Bengaluru when he realized the driver was too drowsy to drive safel...
28 Dec, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
New ride-hailing apps racing Uber, Ola for mobility businessNew ride-hailing platforms are trying to address gaps left by market leaders in customer service and driver satisfaction, say industry exec...
26 Dec, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Ola to roll out premium service Prime Plus to more usersIn May, Ola launched the pilot programme of Prime Plus to select users in Bengaluru. The new premium service offers top cars and drivers an...
10 Jul, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
Ola launches premium, no-cancellation cab service Prime PlusThe service will initially be available for select customers in Bengaluru starting Sunday.
29 May, 2023, 11.19 AM IST
The challenges before cab aggregators in IndiaWhile falling earnings hurt cab drivers, poor service irks the costumers.
28 Oct, 2018, 07.53 AM IST
Uber, Ola strike slows Mumbai; other cities drive onExperts suggest such strikes are temporary and an issue that unions enforce every few months, hoping to obtain higher wages.
21 Mar, 2018, 03.01 PM IST
Ola and Uber drivers plan indefinite strikeNaik, president of Maharashtra Navnirman Vahatuk Sena, a driver union in Mumbai, close to 60,000 cabs will go off the roads in Mumbai alone.
18 Mar, 2018, 11.36 PM IST
Government’s new cab fare offers nothing much for customerThe department has fixed minimum and maximum fares for four different categories of taxis, depending on the price of the vehicles, on top o...
11 Jan, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
Janata Dal (Secular)-backed Namma TYGR cab service hits the roadThe venture is an initiative of the cab drivers’ association backed by the party and Kolkata-based startup TYGR, which will provide technol...
30 Nov, 2017, 11.32 AM IST
GST may derail Ola, Uber's cab-leasing programmesEmployees associated with the driver experience teams indicate challenges dealing with a further backlash from the drivers in the coming mo...
03 Jul, 2017, 09.57 AM IST
K'taka to notify new fare norms for cab operatorsUnder the new regulations, app-based taxi operators may get enough leeway to rejig fares within a set fare band.
10 May, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
Ola extends Share Pass service to 4 new citiesThe Softbank backed company has been locked in a close battle with San Francisco headquartered Uber for marketshare in the cab aggregation ...
07 Dec, 2016, 07.42 PM IST
Post IPL, Uber, Ola may face a rough ride in KarnatakaThe move is seen as the govt’s way of forcing aggregators like Ola to fall in line, and obey the latest set of regulations notified for app...
30 May, 2016, 09.27 AM IST
Regular fares may head north as Uber, Ola 'surge' ends in KarnatakaOn Thursday , a day after the official announcement about capping fares at Rs 19.50 for AC cabs and Rs 14.50 for non-AC cabs, both Uber and...
09 Apr, 2016, 11.38 AM IST
Auto drivers say hello to app-based taxi firms like Ola, Uber"If companies like Uber, Ola are providing us good business and ensuring a healthy income, what is the problem in moving away from autos."
16 Jun, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
Nano taxis set to trigger new fare war in BengaluruThis could mean the death of autorickshaws. Cab aggregators TaxiForSure and Ola will soon introduce Tata Nanos as part of their fleet, and ...
19 Nov, 2014, 08.25 AM IST
Taxi operators like Uber, Olacabs and others wooing drivers with cash, consumer durables"Nothing drives an entrepreneur more than rewards," said Anand Subramaniam, director for marketing communications at Olacabs.
04 Nov, 2014, 08.54 AM IST