Delhi’s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service.
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An Indian taxi driver drives an Ambassador cab with the distinctive yellow and black livery through the traffic in New Delhi. The Indian capital on Monday banned taxi-booking service Uber after a woman accused one of its drivers of raping her. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo -
An Indian taxi driver poses for photos from inside his vehicle in Mumbai, India. More than 4,500 Premier Padmini taxis are expected to be banned from the roads in Mumbai this year in line with a government order that bans cabs that are more than 20 years old. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo -
A smartphone is mounted on the glass of an Uber car in Mumbai, India. Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. The company has in the last year started operating in 18 cities in Asia and the South Pacific including Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo -
Taxis are seen parked along a roadside in the Indian city of Kolkata. Taxi drivers in Kolkata have stayed off the roads in a protest against recent changes to transport laws and allegations of poor treatment by police in the city. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP -
Traditional black-and-yellow licensed cabs and private cabs stand at a parking lot at the airport in Mumbai, India. Taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia with the company starting operations in 18 cities in Asia and the South Pacific including Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities in the last year. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo -
The Uber smartphone app, used by customers to book taxis using its service, is pictured over a parking lot in the Indian capital New Delhi. Tengku Bahar/ AFP -
A man washes a Premier Padmini taxi at a taxi parking area in central Mumbai. The Premier Padmini was manufactured in India by Premier Automobiles from 1964 to 2000 and is based on the design of Fiat’s 1100-series cars from the 1960s. The vehicle quickly became the iconic workhorse in Mumbai’s fleet of black and yellow taxis until economic liberalisation in the 1990s allowed different makes and models to be produced in India. With a government order banning taxis over 25 years old, the number of Premier Padmini taxis has begun to dwindle and, in a few years, they will be gone from Mumbai’s streets altogether. Local media estimates put Mumbai’s current taxi fleet at about 51,000 vehicles, of which it is estimated that about 8,000 vehicles are over 25 years old. Vivek Prakash / Reuters -
An Uber taxi driver drives his car through a street in New Delhi, India. Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. The company has in the last year started operating in 18 cities in Asia and the South Pacific including Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities. Saurabh Das / AP Photo -
Members of All India Mahila Congress, women’s wing of Congress party, shout slogans and carry placards next to a police barricade during a protest against the rape of a female passenger, in New Delhi December 8, 2014. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters -
An Indian woman passenger looks at camera as she travels in an auto-rickshaw, a cheaper mode of three wheeler taxi service in New Delhi. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo -
Uber driver Dinish Karamsesula, whose employer partnered with the company in Mumbai, drives his black SUV in Mumbai, India. Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
Uber taxi-booking service banned in New Delhi after rape accusation - in pictures
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