Ola raises $222.5 million in fresh funding round

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 12:00

An industry source said the funding was part of an overall $500 million the company is planning to raise, which will value Ola at around $5 billion.

Ola to invest Rs 5,000 crore in cab leasing business

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 15:38

The Bengaluru-based firm has also roped in former LeasePlan India executive Rahul Maroli as Vice President (Strategic Supply Initiatives) to head the leasing business that will operate as a fully-owned subsidiary company.

Choose between CNG & Diesel cabs: Ola to Delhi users

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 21:46

Taxi hailing app Ola Thursday said it has introduced a technology that will help to distinguish CNG and diesel vehicles on the app enabling users to choose only CNG vehicles within Delhi.

High Court orders Ola to run only CNG cabs in Delhi

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 19:12

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said Ola cabs, an app-based taxi service, can run only on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuel in the national capital.

Ola offers online payment facility for multiple merchants

Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 15:22

This move will allow Ola users, who maintain a significant balance in their Ola Money accounts, to pay conveniently on a wide range of leading e-commerce platforms.

CCI probe into Ola Cabs case at 'preliminary stage'

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 13:58

Competition Commission of India (CCI) Chairman Ashok Chawla said the probe is going on with respect to Bengaluru city.

Ola goes Myntra way, to go app-only

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 16:50

After Myntra, taxi aggregator Ola will go mobile-app only across its 100 cities of operations from the next month.

Ola Cabs website hacked; Co says user details safe

Last Updated: Monday, June 8, 2015, 21:41

Online taxi hailing service Ola's website was Mon hacked with attackers claiming to have accessed user information like credit card details, a claim that the firm vehemently denied, saying there was no security lapse and only "dummy" user values had been compromised.

India has some of the smartest engineers: Snapdeal's Bansal

Last Updated: Saturday, May 30, 2015, 12:26

Following criticism by rival Flipkart over comments on lack of quality engineers in the country, Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal clarified that while India has some of the "smartest engineers on the planet", other geographies have built out far more at-scale products.

Now, Flipkart takes a dig at Snapdeal

Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015, 15:49

Escalating their business rivalry on Twitter, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal on Friday took pot shots at Snapdeal saying India should not be blamed for the latter's failure to hire "great engineers".

Blocking sites of app-based taxis won't solve problem: Bharti

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 23:12

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti Thursday differed with his party-led government in Delhi on the issue of blocking websites of app-based taxi operators, saying "blocking the sites are not solution".

Block websites of Uber, Ola Cabs in Delhi: DoT asks ISPs

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 21:23

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued a letter to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block websites of taxi operators Uber, TaxiForSure and Ola Cabs, following a request from the Delhi government.