Kolkata Taxi Drivers

A taxi driver has been arrested in Kolkata's southern outskirts over alleged abduction and rape of a shelter home inmate, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

A taxi driver was arrested in connection with the alleged snatching of a gold chain and Rs 40000 from a man when he was going to the airport to board a flight to Tripura today, the police said.

Mumbai citizens looking for an alternative to cab aggregators like Ola and Uber, Kolkata-based start-up, Tygr - an omni-transport app, promises to be the next go-to transport solution. After Kolkata, Ranchi and Indore, the company has introduced its services in Mumbai with initial 5000 cabs on-board.

A yellow taxi driver was arrested after a lady and her child were allegedly driven away by him from her home following an argument over Rs 10 coin change.

A yellow taxi driver was arrested after a lady and her child were allegedly driven away by him from her home following an argument over Rs 10 coin change.

For love or for money, you may not get a taxi in Kolkata between 11 am and 4 pm starting Monday. The drivers have decided that it is simply too hot to work in the afternoon and most taxi unions have backed the idea.

Thousands of taxis today stayed off roads in the metropolis to protest police action against drivers and also demanded setting up of taxi stands.

Kolkata taxi drivers have decided to go on an indefinite strike from September 18 to protest police "excesses" while demanding a fare hike.

Taxis may again go off the roads Today with some drivers' unions calling for a march to the state transport department headquarters in protest against 'police atrocities'.

Accusing the opposition of creating anarchy using taxis as a weapon of negotiation, the West Bengal government today warned of stern action against errant drivers who force others from plying their vehicles causing great inconvenience for the people.

People had a harrowing time reaching their destinations today as more than 30,000 taxis in the city went off the roads on a 'wild-cat strike' by drivers demanding the release of 22 fellow cabbies arrested by the police for enforcing a strike last week.

Kolkata's upscale Park Street witnessed yet another horrific incident when a minor girl was allegedly raped inside a taxi.

A woman who was visiting a relative in Kolkata's SSKM hospital has alleged she was raped by a the driver of a private taxi around early this morning. In her complaint the victim states she boarded the taxi at 1 am from Exide More to go to Sealdah when the driver allegedly drove her to an isolated spot near Nicco Park. He then raped her there. She ...

A taxi driver has been arrested in Kolkata's southern outskirts over alleged abduction and rape of a shelter home inmate, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

A taxi driver was arrested in connection with the alleged snatching of a gold chain and Rs 40000 from a man when he was going to the airport to board a flight to Tripura today, the police said.

Mumbai citizens looking for an alternative to cab aggregators like Ola and Uber, Kolkata-based start-up, Tygr - an omni-transport app, promises to be the next go-to transport solution. After Kolkata, Ranchi and Indore, the company has introduced its services in Mumbai with initial 5000 cabs on-board.

A yellow taxi driver was arrested after a lady and her child were allegedly driven away by him from her home following an argument over Rs 10 coin change.

A yellow taxi driver was arrested after a lady and her child were allegedly driven away by him from her home following an argument over Rs 10 coin change.

For love or for money, you may not get a taxi in Kolkata between 11 am and 4 pm starting Monday. The drivers have decided that it is simply too hot to work in the afternoon and most taxi unions have backed the idea.

Thousands of taxis today stayed off roads in the metropolis to protest police action against drivers and also demanded setting up of taxi stands.

Kolkata taxi drivers have decided to go on an indefinite strike from September 18 to protest police "excesses" while demanding a fare hike.

Taxis may again go off the roads Today with some drivers' unions calling for a march to the state transport department headquarters in protest against 'police atrocities'.

Accusing the opposition of creating anarchy using taxis as a weapon of negotiation, the West Bengal government today warned of stern action against errant drivers who force others from plying their vehicles causing great inconvenience for the people.

People had a harrowing time reaching their destinations today as more than 30,000 taxis in the city went off the roads on a 'wild-cat strike' by drivers demanding the release of 22 fellow cabbies arrested by the police for enforcing a strike last week.

Kolkata's upscale Park Street witnessed yet another horrific incident when a minor girl was allegedly raped inside a taxi.

A woman who was visiting a relative in Kolkata's SSKM hospital has alleged she was raped by a the driver of a private taxi around early this morning. In her complaint the victim states she boarded the taxi at 1 am from Exide More to go to Sealdah when the driver allegedly drove her to an isolated spot near Nicco Park. He then raped her there. She ...