Ola Driver News

Uber drivers have called off their four-day strike, the transport wing of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which spearheaded the stir, has said

Uber, Ola drivers' strike, which began at midnight on Sunday, centred on Mumbai and was called by political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's transport union

The drivers were expecting to make Rs1.5 lakh a month but are unable to even make half of this, owing to the mismanagement by Ola and Uber, an organiser of the strike said

Ola is inviting private vehicle owners in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to register with its cab booking platform, while it is yet to receive approvals from Australian authorities

Kidnapping of an Ola rider by a driver is seen as the biggest threat to the expansion of cab-hailing services in India after the rape of a Uber rider in December 2014

A fall in incomes of taxi drivers of Ola and Uber, courtesy lack of incentives, have prompted banks to increase scrutiny on car loan disbursements

The cab strike was called off after Delhi government called a meeting with the drivers and representatives of Ola and Uber

Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the traffic police to ensure that drivers having contracts with Ola or Uber, who do not wish to join the strike, not be disrupted

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