Goa Tourists Taxis

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.

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.

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.

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to striking tourist taxi operators, Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday said if the "illegal" strike is not withdrawn by Saturday, the state government will invite taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to operate in Goa.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

More than 15,000 taxi operators in the state along with several auto-rickshaws went on strike today demanding a ban on rent-a-cab and related businesses.

Tourists planning to arrive in Goa on Monday are likely to be stranded at arrival points, with over 15,000 tourist taxis and auto rickshaws threatening to go off roads.

Goa's tourist taxi operators on Tuesday ended their two-day strike, but threatened to launch a protest again within a day if their demands were not met by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Thousands of tourists were stranded in Goa on Monday, after tourist taxis went off the roads for a day to protest against the entry of a private radio taxi operation in Panaji.

The Goa government is examining whether they can have a moratorium on the number of vehicles registered under the rent-a-bike scheme amidst rising number of bikes being rented out to tourists in the state.

Goa Police are investigating a brutal attack on nine Ukrainian tourists by a group of taxi drivers at Candolim beach near Panaji.Superintendent of Police (North), Arvind Gawas, said that three taxi drivers were arrested after Ukrainians lodged a formal complaint about the incident which took place on Tuesday evening.Three taxi drivers Agnelo DSouza...

Two young Russian women have alleged that a taxi driver attempted to rape them at Anjuna beach here while they were returning from a Christmas party.

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.

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.

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.

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.

More than 15,000 taxi operators in the state along with several auto-rickshaws went on strike today demanding a ban on rent-a-cab and related businesses.

Tourists planning to arrive in Goa on Monday are likely to be stranded at arrival points, with over 15,000 tourist taxis and auto rickshaws threatening to go off roads.

Goa's tourist taxi operators on Tuesday ended their two-day strike, but threatened to launch a protest again within a day if their demands were not met by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Thousands of tourists were stranded in Goa on Monday, after tourist taxis went off the roads for a day to protest against the entry of a private radio taxi operation in Panaji.

The Goa government is examining whether they can have a moratorium on the number of vehicles registered under the rent-a-bike scheme amidst rising number of bikes being rented out to tourists in the state.

Goa Police are investigating a brutal attack on nine Ukrainian tourists by a group of taxi drivers at Candolim beach near Panaji.Superintendent of Police (North), Arvind Gawas, said that three taxi drivers were arrested after Ukrainians lodged a formal complaint about the incident which took place on Tuesday evening.Three taxi drivers Agnelo DSouza...

Two young Russian women have alleged that a taxi driver attempted to rape them at Anjuna beach here while they were returning from a Christmas party.