Goa Taxis

Suchana Seth, the CEO of an AI start-up arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son, was quiet throughout her journey from Goa to Karnataka in a taxi, said the driver of the vehicle on Friday.

A group of 100 American tourists who arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa could not proceed on a sight-seeing trip of the coastal state after irate taxi operators stopped them from boarding designated buses, following which police began a probe.

A Mumbai-bound IndiGo aircraft on Tuesday turned back from the runway at Goa airport, before it was to take off, after the pilot detected a fault in the right engine.

Police on Saturday arrested a taxi driver for molesting a woman tourist who had hired his cab to travel to Anjuna from the state airport, an officer said.

AAP had reached out to auto drivers in a big way in Delhi also as it expanded its base in the national capital.

The Goa government today announced to provide protection to the mobile application- based taxi service in the coastal state in the wake of recent incidents of violence.

The Goa cabinet reshuffle has led to anger and frustration not just among Members of Legislative Assemblies or MLAs but also their supporters, some of whom have threatened to block water supply to half of the state, while a taxi drivers' body plans to go against the BJP.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar today flagged off the Goa Tourism Development Corporation's app-based taxi service in Panaji.

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a taxi driver near the airport in Vasco town, around 40 kms from here, police said.

The Goa government will launch its own app-based taxi service to some key tourist destinations in the state from next month, a minister said today.

Local taxi operators have opposed attempts made by online cab aggregators like Ola to start services in the state, saying that such a move will affect their business.

A middle-aged motorcycle taxi rider was arrested today for allegedly molesting a US woman tourist on January 27, police said.

The strike by tourist taxis in Goa ended today after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured taxi operators that they would get more time to install speed governors in their vehicles.

In a stern warning to striking tourist taxi operators, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said if the "illegal" strike is not withdrawn by Saturday, the state government will invite taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to operate in Goa.

Taxi operators on Friday kept their vehicles off the roads of Goa despite the state government on Thursday invoking the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) prohibiting the strike.

Suchana Seth, the CEO of an AI start-up arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son, was quiet throughout her journey from Goa to Karnataka in a taxi, said the driver of the vehicle on Friday.

A group of 100 American tourists who arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa could not proceed on a sight-seeing trip of the coastal state after irate taxi operators stopped them from boarding designated buses, following which police began a probe.

A Mumbai-bound IndiGo aircraft on Tuesday turned back from the runway at Goa airport, before it was to take off, after the pilot detected a fault in the right engine.

Police on Saturday arrested a taxi driver for molesting a woman tourist who had hired his cab to travel to Anjuna from the state airport, an officer said.

AAP had reached out to auto drivers in a big way in Delhi also as it expanded its base in the national capital.

The Goa government today announced to provide protection to the mobile application- based taxi service in the coastal state in the wake of recent incidents of violence.

The Goa cabinet reshuffle has led to anger and frustration not just among Members of Legislative Assemblies or MLAs but also their supporters, some of whom have threatened to block water supply to half of the state, while a taxi drivers' body plans to go against the BJP.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar today flagged off the Goa Tourism Development Corporation's app-based taxi service in Panaji.

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a taxi driver near the airport in Vasco town, around 40 kms from here, police said.

The Goa government will launch its own app-based taxi service to some key tourist destinations in the state from next month, a minister said today.

Local taxi operators have opposed attempts made by online cab aggregators like Ola to start services in the state, saying that such a move will affect their business.

A middle-aged motorcycle taxi rider was arrested today for allegedly molesting a US woman tourist on January 27, police said.

The strike by tourist taxis in Goa ended today after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assured taxi operators that they would get more time to install speed governors in their vehicles.

In a stern warning to striking tourist taxi operators, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said if the "illegal" strike is not withdrawn by Saturday, the state government will invite taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to operate in Goa.

Taxi operators on Friday kept their vehicles off the roads of Goa despite the state government on Thursday invoking the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) prohibiting the strike.