‘Complete lawlessness’: Bombay HC orders Ola, Uber to apply for valid licences by 16 March
• 3 years agoThe bench passed the directions while hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate Savina Crasto highlighting the lack of an effective grievance redressal mechanism for customers using the Uber India app
Uber cuts 600 jobs in India due to COVID-19; 'made the decision so that we can look to future with confidence', says country head
Fp Staff • 5 years agoUber announced it is laying-off a fourth of its total headcount of 2,400 in the country across customer and driver support, business development, legal, finance, policy and marketing verticals.
Uber Connect also launched in New Delhi, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Chandigarh
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe service is aimed to help people deliver packages during coronavirus lockdown.
Uber is reportedly negotiating to buy Grubhub in an all-stock deal
• 5 years agoUber and Grubhub are reportedly still haggling over the deal's stock exchange ratio, and there is no certainty that they will reach an agreement.
Uber to begin shipping disinfecting car spray to selected drivers in areas affected by Coronavirus
• 5 years agoUber SVP of global rides and platform operations said that the company had received an initial batch of 30,000 bottles of cleaning spray by Atlanta-based company Zep Inc.
Uber sets up over 100-staff strong Uber Money team in Hyderabad; to focus on implementing new payment methods
• 5 years agoBesides Hyderabad, the Uber Money team also has a presence at San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York and Amsterdam tech centres, Uber said in a statement.
Uber temporarily suspends account of Mumbai driver who took Jaipur poet to cops; BJP MLA felicitates cabbie with 'Alert Citizenship Award'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Uber driver who took 23-year-old poet, Bappadittya Sarkar, to a Mumbai police station after he overheard the poet's phone conservation about anti-CAA protest was suspended for 72-hours, reports Mumbai Mirror
Mumbai Uber driver takes passenger to police station after overhearing conversation on CAA protests; taxi aggregator terms incident as 'concerning'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoUber came under the scanner on Thursday after an Uber driver on overhearing a phone conversation of a passenger, called the cops to 'turn in' and denounce the passenger as a 'communist'.
Uber to pay $4.4 million for settlement in federal sex harassment investigation
• 5 years agoA claims administrator will send notices to women who worked at Uber between 1 January 2014, and 30 June 2019.
Uber to allow passengers, drivers to record trips in Brazil, Mexico to curb crime
• 5 years agoUber has acknowledged problems in Latin America, where passengers and drivers have been robbed and assaulted.