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Rail Travel Insurance To Be A Reality After 330 Passengers Died in Train Accidents in 4 Years;…
One of the major announcements made by Railway Minister during his budget speech was Rail Travel Insurance for passengers; which was a much needed feature. 330 passengers have died while travelling in Indian trains during last 4 years,…
Indian Railways Launches Utsonmobile For Paperless Unreserved Railway ticket Bookings
Unreserved tickets could not be purchased through mobile earlier and one had to take a printout of the same to show to the TTE. Most of the people who travel through trains do not have access to printers around and there would be chaos…
IRCTC Brings 6 Sweeping Changes In Online Ticketing; Restricts Mobile Wallet Usage & Per User…
Indian Railways has shocked users of their online ticketing platform: IRCTC.co.in as sweeping changes have been introduced. From the reactions received so far, Internet users are not happy with these as several unnecessary restrictions…
India’s First LGBT Cab Service Launched By Wings Travels & Humsafar Trust In Mumbai
Transgenders in India are surviving in a pathetic state: either you see them begging on roads, trains or you find them during any special occasion like marriage or child birth when they arrive to ask money from the household.
Our…
IRCTC Directive: Wait 35 seconds Compulsorily Before Booking Tickets
Booking train tickets on IRCTC were a pain for everyone of us and a regular commuter knows what it feels like to finally get a ticket after getting frustrated with the website.
Indian Railways has done a lot in the past year to make…
Ola Gets Into B2B Space With Ola Corporate
Ola has been aggressively expanding over past 12 to 18 months or so – they now operate in 102 cities in India and have over 35,000 vehicles on their platform. It is estimated that Ola has captured over 75 percent market share in Mobile…
35,000+ Mumbai Kaali-Peeli Cabs Take On Uber/Ola With Their Own App Called 9211
With the onslaught of Internet and Digital India, traditional businesses have only two options: Either adapt or perish.
Adaption is certainly a good option, but a better way is to compete heads-on with those who are attempting to…
Tourism Push: ‘Gift Kit’ With SIM Card to e-Visa Tourists on Arrival
This is an interesting development, and probably a first for any country across the globe. Tourism Ministry is planning on a new initiative, that will help new tourists in India.
Any new Foreigner visiting India on e-tourist visa…
Beware Ola, Uber: Reliance May Soon Invade Taxi Booking Market Armed With Free 4G Services
If diversification is a good strategy, then it seems Reliance Industries has taken it too seriously.
As per reports, $89 billion worth Reliance Industries, which is India’s most profitable company, may soon venture into online taxi…
For The First Time IRCTC Train Tickets To Be Sold Via ICICI Bank Website; Mobile App
For the first time ever, Indian Railways has tied up with a bank to sell their tickets other than their own platform. ICICI Bank’s website and mobile app have thus become the first non-IRCTC platform which can now book train tickets.…
Odd-Even Formula Inspires Uber To Launch Car Pooling Service In New Delhi; Aims To Tap 27 Lakh…
As per various estimates, a typical Delhi citizen spends close to 90 minutes per day commuting to and from work place. This amounts to 17 days a year. Uber is trying to bring down this number by their car-pooling service.
After…
UberAuto, Uber’s Auto Rickshaw Hailing Service Shuts Down
UberAuto is dead! And, it not even been a year since its launch.
UberAuto, the auto- Rickshaw hailing service was launched by Uber in April in city of Delhi. The service was launched by Uber in competition to Ola Auto who have been…
IRCTC Chooses MobiKwik as Primary Mobile Wallet on IRCTC Connect Android App
IRCTC is by far the largest e-Commerce portal in India – Not only do they have the largest turnover among all eCommerce companies, they are also making profits.
After IRCTC improved their infrastructure and server capacity, they now…
IRCTC Revenues Jump to Record $3 Billion, Posts INR 130 Crore Profits!
While we keep talking about eCommerce sites on regular basis, and their sales and traffic, the state operated Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) has quietly raked up revenues from their online portal that nearly twice as much…
IRCTC Partners With FoodPanda To Deliver Food To Train Passengers
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with India’s leading online food ordering and delivery service FoodPanda. Now, train passengers can order their meals from favourite restaurants via FoodPanda and get…
Death of a Tradition – Indian Railways To Phase Out The Legendary Pantry Car; Pushes For e-Catering…
One of the fondest memories of my childhood spent on traveling in trains had been the excitement of eating food cooked in pantry cars. The smell of freshly cooked food, streaming down the windows and doors during lunch and dinner time…
Meru Becomes 1st Indian Taxi Operator To Expand Globally; Partners With France’s Taxis G7
India born Meru, which is right now among top 3 Indian taxi operators, has forged an alliance with France based Taxis G7; which empowers them to expand across 6 countries spread over three continents.
Thus, Meru has now become 1st…
Yatra Challenges Oyo, Stayzilla, AirBnB With Their Own Branded Rooms & Homestays; Prices Start…
Relatively niche homestays and branded rooms market in India has just got a new competitor; which is powerful enough to disrupt the eco-system
India’s #2 largest travel portal: Yatra.com will now offer branded rooms and homestays…
Ola Launches Social Ride Sharing Service ‘Ola Share’
Ola, India’s leading cab aggregation and rental mobile app today announced the launch of social ride-sharing offering on its app. Called Ola Share, the feature helps users to create and join Social groups who plan to travel on same…
After Ola, Uber Too Brings Disguised Phone Numbers For Passenger Privacy!
That was quick! Just 3 days back, Ola announced launch of “Number Masking” feature to protect customer’s phone number from driver and today Uber has come up with a similar feature and it is called “Disguised Phone Numbers”!
It’s…