Bharat Taxi offers partnership at just Rs 500, commits to share 80% of its profits: What government's new scheme promises taxi drivers across IndiaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Bharat Taxi cooperative model, allowing drivers to become co-owners for just Rs 500 and share in...
27 Feb, 2026, 12.52 PM IST
Uber launches two-wheeler taxis for women, by Women, in BengaluruThis is an on-demand two-wheeler service that assigns female riders to female passengers. This is designed to address women's safety and mo...
12 Dec, 2024, 08.09 PM IST
Delhi metro launches two bike taxi servicesThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has introduced two electric bike taxi services, SHERYDS and RYDR, accessible through their mobile a...
11 Nov, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
Wanted: More women in taxi, logistics laneTaxi and logistics companies, traditionally reliant on male drivers, are increasingly hiring women to drive cars and commercial vehicles or...
12 May, 2024, 07.18 PM IST
Bike-taxi service launched in KolkataThe One Man Taxi app like any other taxi service provider will also have usual features such as a ride tracker, fare estimation and panic b...
17 Mar, 2017, 04.47 PM IST
Cab rides to be a lot safer by year endThere have been several incidents of alleged rape, molestation and harassment of female passengers by cab drivers ever since taxi aggregato...
17 Nov, 2016, 01.26 AM IST
Maneka Gandhi for more women-driven, GPS-enabled cabs; writes to GadkariProposals also include presence of a glass metal or mesh between the driver and the rear seat, and cab driver's details, including identifi...
08 Sep, 2016, 09.29 PM IST
Hey Didi in expansion mode, plans to have 5,000 women scooter drivers this yearThe start-up has already trained 200 women for last-mile ecommerce delivery. The other cities awaiting expansion are Pune, Bengaluru, Goa a...
03 May, 2016, 03.37 AM IST
Operators like Rapido, UberMOTO and others look to make bike-taxi services 'safe' for womenBaxi Taxi has a feature on its app where a woman can favourite a rider and ride with him for the next time as well.
10 Apr, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Uber, Ola, other cab operators have to be regulated: HC toldThe AAP government today told the Delhi High Court that Uber, Ola, other aggregators of taxis or any operator, ought to be regulated in law...
28 Jan, 2016, 09.30 PM IST
Bike taxis for Bengaluru by One on OneBengaluru will soon have bike taxis too. One on One, a city-based startup is planning the initiative with 50 bikes in its first phase, star...
20 Aug, 2015, 10.07 AM IST
Uber, Ola cheated Delhi government: State Transport Minister Gopal RaiHe added that their applications for a license to operate will be considered ‘only if they agree to adhere to the existing license conditio...
05 Jun, 2015, 10.49 PM IST
This reply by Ola Cabs to a customer who demanded a 'Hindu driver' will make you proudA Twitter user found himself in the centre of a raging debate because he tweeted to Ola Cabs demanding that they allow him to choose his dr...
08 Apr, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
After Uber rape in Delhi, Ola plans ‘by women, for women’ cabsOla currently has around 50-100 women drivers on its platform but to add up numbers of female drivers has held talks with non-profit organi...
15 Dec, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi moots women taxi services for female travellers"I think the question is not putting the onus on the government. The question is that every company should look after their welfare as well...
08 Dec, 2014, 10.50 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi moots the idea of women drivers for ladiesThe women and child development (WCD) ministry was looking for partners to start all women’s taxi services.
08 Dec, 2014, 05.20 AM IST
How taxi services are giving women a drive to financial independenceThe biggest challenge that these ventures face is sky-high attrition rates, disabling them from scaling up and providing city-wide coverage.
27 Nov, 2014, 07.39 AM IST