Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.

Kolkata residents cherish their city’s past ... a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis. The snub-nosed Hindustan Ambassador, the first of which rolled off the assembly line in ...

West Bengal's government and a private firm have relaunched 20 modernised "Yellow Heritage Cabs" to revive Kolkata's yellow taxis tradition. These environmentally friendly cabs, adorned with ...

The number of Kolkata's iconic yellow taxis, introduced in 1962 with Hindustan Motors' Ambassador cars, has dwindled from 18,000 a decade ago to just 7,000 in 2024. By the end of 2025, fewer than ...

In a bid to revive the iconic yellow taxis, which have been dwindling in numbers, the West Bengal government, in collaboration with a private company, launched a fleet of 20 modern cars on Friday.

In an effort to revive the iconic yellow taxis which are dwindling in numbers ... older than 15 years would not be allowed to ply in the Kolkata and Howrah under the Kolkata Metropolitan ...

The new fleet of yellow taxis based on the Maruti Suzuki WagonR models comes at a time when the Hindustan Ambassador-based yellow taxis are facing extinction owing to various reasons. The rapid ...

Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis ...

"It's unbelievable how much things have changed... The end of these taxi cars also marks our end." Sahani is among thousands of Kolkata cabbies relinquishing their vehicles in line with tough ...