Bengaluru Bus Strike Updates: Why drivers are protesting, what to expect, and are cabs and private buses operating?Bengaluru Bus Strike Updates: A strike by Karnataka state-run transport workers began August 5, 2025, disrupting bus services statewide, in...
05 Aug, 2025, 08.42 AM IST
Karnataka Traffic police issues advisory for 'Bengaluru Bandh' todayAs per the advisory, the police have asked the public to avoid KG Road, Sheshadri Road, GT Road and roads around Freedom Park and Majestic ...
11 Sep, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
Drivers face the brunt as Uber, Ola licence expires in KarnatakaKarnataka was among the first states in India to regulate firms such as Uber and Ola, introducing formal regulations in the form of the Kar...
14 Feb, 2022, 04.08 PM IST
Five-year-old court order saves Ola and Uber in KarnatakaWhile Ola’s licence to operate in Bengaluru expired in June, Uber’s expired last month. Both have applied for renewal of their permits but ...
02 Jan, 2022, 06.54 PM IST
Cab, auto drivers hold protest rally against bike taxis in BengaluruKarnataka’s cab and auto drivers are seeking withdrawal of a state government order permitting electric bike taxis in Bengaluru and other p...
22 Jul, 2021, 07.40 PM IST
RTC workers strike in Karnataka enters ninth day, bus services hitThe government has made it clear that it was not possible to implement the sixth pay commission for the RTC employees, and had ruled out an...
15 Apr, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Bus services continue to be hit in Karnataka, RTC workers strike enters 6th dayWith a stalemate between the government and employees of the four transport corporations in the state, over their demand for wages as per t...
12 Apr, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
Karnataka RTC workers strike enters second day, bus services hitWith the majority of the employees belonging to all the four transport corporations not attending duty, buses continued to remain mostly of...
08 Apr, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
RTC workers' strike begins in Karnataka, bus services hitBus services in several cities, including Bengaluru, were thrown out of gear from Tuesday afternoon itself after drivers and conductors dec...
07 Apr, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
Karnataka govt warns RTC workers against strike, rules out negotiationNoting that most of the demands made by the employees have been addressed despite financial constraints due to COVID-19, the government mad...
06 Apr, 2021, 04.03 PM 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
Ola, Uber drivers begin indefinite fastThe drivers began their fast at Freedom Park here after they met Kumaraswamy.Hundreds of protesters thronged the area.
01 Mar, 2017, 10.21 PM IST
Kumaraswamy revives cab drivers' agitationDrivers' union representatives revealed that former CM Kumaraswamy would join the protest, and has even extended to support the drivers' da...
01 Mar, 2017, 11.50 AM IST
Uber ordered to limit surge pricing, comply with Karnataka rules for taxi aggregatorsMaharashtra has set similar guidelines for taxi aggregators and Delhi and West Bengal are in the process of framing rules, as is the Union ...
11 Nov, 2016, 08.49 AM IST
- Commercial vehicles keep off roads in Karnataka
More than seven lakh commercial vehicles went off the roads in Karnataka on Saturday as the operators launched an indefinite strike in prot...
23 Feb, 2008, 02.41 PM IST