New call-auto firm makes inroads in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: Fleecing auto rickshaw drivers may become a thing of the past soon, thanks to the entry of Jugnoo Autos into the call-auto service industry, offering rides at substantially lower rates...
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Bhubaneswar, July 6: The government railway police in collaboration with autorickshaw associations here started a drive last week to curb crimes involving autorickshaw drivers. In a bid to prevent and...
View ArticleBrace for taxi, auto strike in Mumbai today as union targets Ola and Uber
MUMBAI: Commuters in the city could be inconvenienced on Monday as the Nitesh Rane-led Swabhiman union has called for a one-day "taxi and auto bandh" to protest against cab aggregators like Uber and...
View ArticleApp-based taxi drivers to protest against harassment
MANGALURU: Nearly 150 online taxi drivers, who serve for Ola and Uber, in Mangaluru have alleged that they were being harassed by their regular taxi counterparts at Mangaluru Central Railway Station...
View ArticleJugnoo clocks all-time high of 10,000 rides a day across Delhi NCR region
--> Auto-rickshaw aggregator, Jugnoo is going from strength and increasing the number of subscribers on its app and rides per day exponentially across the country. On demand auto-rickshaw...
View ArticleYou can now book a Jugnoo auto-rickshaw by using Facebook messenger only
--> The Jugnoo Bot will let people book an auto-rickshaw using the Facebook messenger app, FB messenger on the web, Jugnoo website and Jugnoo's FB page. Jugnoo, one of India's leading auto rickshaw...
View ArticleUber’s upstart rival in Pakistan uses rickshaws, low-tech phones
Rixi rickshaw driver Saeed Akhtar sits in his rickshaw in Lahore, Pakistan May 19, 2016. (Sources: Reuters) As taxi hailing giant Uber enters Pakistan, a little-known local competitor is counting on a...
View ArticleNow you can book Jugnoo auto using Facebook messenger
New Delhi, May 04, (ANI): Jugnoo, one of India's leading auto rickshaw aggregator has announced the launch of Jugnoo Bot for Facebook users. In bid to broaden its customer base, Jugnoo forays into the...
View ArticleTaxi, auto stir may hit services on November 19
MUMBAI: You could expect a shortage of taxis and autorickshaws on Thursday, November 19. The Swabhiman taxi union led by Nitesh...
View ArticleOla expands auto booking service to 24 cities
Ola has launched autorickshaw services in 12 more cities across the country. With this, the company now offers total autorickshaw booking service in 24 cities across the country. The new cities in...
View ArticleAfter Uber, auto rickshaw ride-hailing app Jugnoo accuses Ola of unethical...
NEW DELHI: A day after Uber, the world's most valuable startup, dragged rival ride hailing app Ola to court, accusing it of making false bookings, auto-rickshaw ride-hailing app Jugnoo has also jumped...
View ArticleAuto unions too join strike, cabs may come in handy
Stir call given by KSRTC, BMTC staff will make commuting difficult Normal life is likely to be affected on Wednesday as buses operated by State-run transport corporations will be off roads. The...
View ArticleThis is not the best time to hail a cab
Cab aggregators had come as a relief from the petulant demands of autorickshaw drivers. Now, however, haggling for an auto ride in the rains seem to be a cheaper and faster option than engaging a cab...
View ArticleNow, book an auto using your smartphone
Washington: Chandigarh-based start-up "Jugnoo" has just received five million dollars to bring India's much in demand auto rickshaws online. Jugnoo wants to make it easy for people to hail these auto...
View ArticleWhy ride-hailing apps are betting big on autorickshaws in India
Autorickshaws are a cheap, ubiquitous, but unregulated form of transport in India. A typical auto ride involves considerable haggling over the right fare and route, and persuading the driver to head to...
View ArticleHypocrisy? Delhi govt company runs app-based service like Uber
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government, which has banned all app-based cab services, has set up a company that runs a similar app-based service in the city. The app — Pooch-O — was launched with much fanfare...
View ArticleWe won't compete with Ola & Uber: Samar Singla, Jugnoo.com
Samar Singla, founder and CEO of Jugnoo.com, spoke to ET Magazine's Suman Layak on his business model and the acquisition of Bookmycab. Edited excerpts: On the Bookmycab acquisition For us, it is a...
View ArticleKaali-peelis to operate today but auto strike on Wednesday
Mumbai: Mumbaikars can heave a sigh of relief as Kaali Peeli taxi and autorickshaw unions have withdrawn Monday's call for a strike after transport minister Diwakar Raote's intervention. But Mumbai...
View ArticleAuto-rickshaw aggregator Jugnoo ties up with Oye Taxi and Scootapp
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) In a bid to deepen its customer base and tap existing consumers of the on-demand transportation ecosystem, Jugnoo, a mobile app that offers networking of auto-rickshaws in...
View ArticleCab aggregators make Delhi auto drivers see red
The second phase of odd-even scheme brought to fore the fierce struggle drivers of autorickshaws and black and yellow taxi drivers find themselves locked in with app-based cab aggregators such as Uber...
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