Inflated fares for rides during peak hours will no longer be applicable Bengaluru: The Karnataka Transport Department has introduced standardised fares for taxis, applicable to all cab services, including both app-based ride-hailing providers such as Ola and Uber and non-app-based taxis. The new tariff structure addresses several key points aimed at ensuring fairness and transparency…
Customers stab taxi driver, flee with car
July 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Customers, who had hired a taxi from Mysuru to Tumakuru, allegedly stabbed the car driver after taking the car to deserted place and have fled with the car. The injured taxi driver, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in city, is 46-year-old Rudraswamy, a resident of 5th Cross in Gandhinagar. On Monday…
Taking a cab will cost a lot more from now
April 2, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government yesterday increased the minimum fares for all app-hailed cab services like Uber and Ola running in Bengaluru and rest of the State. With this modification, the minimum fare for a cab ride will now be Rs. 75. Price caps have been put in place based on the price of the vehicles…
Autos and Taxis see poor response from passengers
May 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: On the first day after the Government permitted resumption of public transport in the State with a set of conditions, Autos, Taxis and Maxicabs saw poor response from the public in the city on Tuesday, with hardly a few passengers hiring them. Before the lockdown, Auto and Taxi drivers used to earn Rs.400 per…
Miscreant flees with car taken on rent
August 6, 2019Mysuru: A man, who had taken a car on rent from a cab service operator, has fled with the car after hoodwinking the driver in city. Immanuel Sachin is the driver who lost his car. On Aug.3 at about 7.30 pm, the miscreant, who had booked the Swift Dezire car (KA-09 C-9294) in the name…
Entries invited to run tourist taxis
March 12, 2017The Department of Tourism has invited applications from eligible SC/ST, backward class and minority community candidates to receive a grant of Rs. 2 lakh to run tourist taxis. The candidates should be in the age group of 20 to 40 years, passed 10th std. and posses an LMV driving licence from at least an year….
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