India’s cab game has a new green player: A Vietnamese behemoth aiming to win fastGreen SM enters India with a controlled electric vehicle fleet, challenging the aggregator model. This Vietnamese company aims for a premiu...
21 Sep, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Govt tells cab aggregators to stop advance tipping before rides, calls practice misleading and unfairDue to concerns over misleading practices, the government has mandated that cab aggregators remove the option for advance tipping. Authorit...
16 Sep, 2026, 03.51 PM IST
Consumer protection body imposes Rs 10 lakh penalty on Rapido for use of dark patternsThe consumer watchdog found that Rapido used two practices classified as dark patterns - “confirm shaming” and “interface interference” - a...
15 Sep, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
Rapido faces Rs 10 lakh penalty over ‘pay more, get a ride’ prompts, dark patterns in appThe Central Consumer Protection Authority fined Rapido Rs 10 lakh for misleading interface designs. Rapido used dark patterns like 'Confirm...
15 Sep, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
Chandigarh suspends Uber, Rapido licences for 6 months over policy violationsChandigarh's State Transport Authority suspended Uber and Rapido licenses for six months. This action resulted from their failure to comply...
08 Sep, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Rapido gets 5-year cab licence from Karnataka government, valid till August 2031Rapido has received a five-year licence from the Karnataka State Transport Authority for its cab services in the state, valid until August ...
13 Aug, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Bengaluru techie turned Rapido driver to clean debts and realises bitter truth about an 'invisible' section of society: 'We often complain...'A tech professional recently revealed on Reddit how he was made to work as a Rapido driver to pay off credit card bills and how misbehaviou...
02 Aug, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
Rapido founders booked on RTO complaint for operating bike taxi service without government nodRapido app founders have been booked in Nagpur for allegedly running unauthorised petrol-powered bike taxi services across Maharashtra. The...
04 Jul, 2026, 09.44 PM IST
Rapido launches travel section; partners with Goibibo, ConfirmTkt, RedBusWith this, the ride-hailing major is positioning itself as a one-stop solution for digital travel users, combining daily mobility with trav...
19 Oct, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
Rapido launches zero-profit bike taxi facilitator in KarnatakaThe ride-hailing platform said Bike Direct is a “humanitarian effort” to help bike rider partners with the tools they need to rebuild their...
25 Aug, 2025, 09.17 PM IST
Maharashtra transport minister exposes illegal plying of bike taxiThe minister booked a ride using Rapido app to verify a senior official's claim that the app and illegal bike taxi service were not functio...
02 Jul, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
Rapido rolls into the unicorn club with $120 million from WestBridgeRapido has so far raised $329 million in funding. A US-based family office and a UK-based fund are eyeing stakes in the company. The ride-h...
30 Jul, 2024, 09.27 AM IST
In bizarre bike snatching, Rapido Captain left stranded as customer speeds awayA Rapido bike rider, referred to as a Captain, has lodged a complaint with the Panjagutta police in Hyderabad, asserting that a customer wh...
09 Dec, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
Bengaluru Police arrests a 'real sicko' after woman alleges Rapido driver masturbated while drivingThe Twitter user had on Friday shared her ordeal on social media and later Bengaluru Police sought more details from her. The driver was ar...
23 Jul, 2023, 06.21 PM IST
HC stays Delhi govt's notice halting Rapido, Uber & other aggregators' servicesIn a big relief to aggregators like Uber and Rapido, the Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the public notice and show cause notice issued b...
26 May, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
Rapido launches rental services for multi-point trips in six citiesRapido Rental can be booked under selected package duration of one hour, two hours, three hours, four hours and six hours.
22 Feb, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
Rapido launches hourly two-wheeler rentals in major citiesRapido will offer fixed-rate services starting at Rs 99 per hour for up to six hours. This is expected to allow customers to run multiple e...
10 Feb, 2021, 06.16 AM IST