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AS IA / PAC IF IC Decembe r 15 , 2014 TH E A S IAN R EPOR T ER Page 5 New De lh i ban s Ube r a f te r a l leged rape by d r i ve r B y Ka t y Da i g l e Th e A s s o c ia t ed P r e s s N EW DELH I — Th e Ind ian cap i ta l ha s banned tax i -b o ok ing s e rv i c e Ube r a f te r a woman a c cu s ed on e o f i t s d r ive r s o f rap ing h e r . T ran spo r t o f f i c ia l Sa t i sh Ma thu r mad e th e announ cemen t a s th e 32 -y ea r - o ld su sp e c t appea red in a N ew D e lh i c ou r t . Th e c ou r t o rde red Sh iv Kuma r Yadav h e ld f o r po l i ce que s t ion ing ov e r a l l ega t i on s tha t h e raped a f inan ce c ompany emp l oy e e a f t e r b e ing h i red to fe r ry h e r h om e f r om a d inn e r engagemen t . Th e c ou r t a l s o o rd e r ed Yadav ’ s ce l lph on e c on f i s ca t ed , a c c o rd ing to the P re s s T ru s t o f Ind ia . Th e ca se , wh i ch o c cu r r ed a lm o s t tw o y ea r s a f te r a young w oman wa s fa ta l ly gang raped on a bu s in th e cap i ta l , ha s r en ew ed na t iona l ang e r ov e r s exua l v i o l en c e in Ind ia and d emand s f o r m o r e e f f o r t t o en su re women ’ s sa f e ty . Th e g ove rnmen t ru shed th r ough l eg i s la - t i on la s t yea r to doub le p r i s on t e rm s f o r rap e t o 20 yea r s and t o c r im ina l i z e v oy eu r i sm , s ta lk ing , and th e t ra f f i ck ing o f w om en . Bu t a c t iv i s t s say mu ch m o r e n e ed s t o b e done , in c lud ing b e t t e r edu ca t ing y ou th s and add ing ba s i c in f ra s t ru c tu r e su ch a s s t ree t l igh t s and pub l i c ba th r o om s . 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P o l i c e t o ld th e P r e s s T ru s t o f Ind ia (PT I ) th ey w e r e w o rk ing t o v e r i fy Yadav ’ s c la im s tha t h e had b e en a cqu i t t ed o f rap e cha rg e s in 2011 , a f t e r sp end ing s ev en m on th s in ja i l . PT I d id n o t g iv e any fu r th e r d e ta i l s o r nam e th e p o l i c e s ou r c e . In bann ing Ub e r , th e N ew D e lh i g ov e rnm en t a l s o sa id th e c ompany wa s op e ra t ing f r om un r eg i s t e r ed p r em i s e s in th e subu rb o f Gu rga on . Th e ban i s a b l ow f o r Ub e r , wh i ch ha s c ou r t ed a c c lama t i on and c on t r ov e r sy a r ound th e w o r ld w i th a s e rv i c e ba s ed on ha i l ing tax i s f r om a sma r tph on e app . I t ha s fa c ed r e s t r i c t i on s in o th e r c oun t r i e s a f t e r l i c en s ed tax i op e ra t o r s c la im ed th e s e rv i c e wa s c omp e t ing un fa i r ly . Th e s e rv i c e , wh i ch u s e s p r iva t e ca r s ra th e r than l i c en s ed cab s , p r om i s e s a qu i ck e r r e sp on s e t im e tha t i s o f t en l e s s than 10 m inu t e s . D r iv e r s r e sp ond u s ing UBER OVER .S u p p o r t e r s o f t h e A am A a dm i (C omm o n M a n ) P a r t y h o l d p l a c a r d s d u r i n g a p r o t e s t a f t e r a w om a n w a s a l l e g e d l y r a p e d b y a t a x i d r i v e r i n N ew D e l h i , I n d i a . T h e I n d i a n c a p i t a l b a n n e d t a x i - b o o k i n g s e r v i c e U b e r a f t e r a w om a n a c c u s e d o n e o f i t s d r i v e r s o f r a p i n g h e r . ( A P P h o t o / T s e r i n g T o p g y a l ) th e i r own Ub e r -p r ov id ed sma r tph on e s m oun t ed on th e da shb oa rd and f o l l ow a GPS map t o an exa c t l o ca t i on . 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T oh o sa id in 2004 i t had mad e i t s la s tG od z i l laf i lm , th e 28 th in the se r ie s cen t e r ed on th e i r rad ia t ed m on s t e r , wh i ch f i r s t s tomped in to th e w o r ld in 1954 . z i l la m ov i e s f e l l ou t o f fav o r ev en Ov e r the yea r s , God am ong Japane se fan s . Bu t the la te s t Ho l lyw o od G od z i l la, c omp l e t e w i th sp ik e s down i t s ba ck and a t e r r i fy ing r oa r , r e c e iv ed r e la t iv e ly favo rab le rev i ew s in Japan , un l ik e th e 1998 H o l lyw o odGod z i l la, d i r e c t ed by R o land Emm e r i ch , wh i ch pu r i s t fan s ha ted . T oh o sa id re cen t inn ova t i on s in c ompu t e r -g raph i c s t e chn o l ogy we re beh ind i t s d e c i s i on t o r ev iv eG od z i l la. Th e Toho God z i l la i s s e t f o r r e l ea s e in 2016 , b e f o r e Edwa rd s re lea se s h i s sequ e l f o r L eg enda ry P i c tu r e s and Wa rn e r B ro the r s in 2018 . 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