Uber banned in Delhi after rape by driver

Uber has been banned from operating any transport service in Delhi by the city’s transport department, after one of its drivers was charged with raping a female passenger over the weekend.Earlier on Monday, Madhur Verma, Delhi’s deputy commissioner of police, said the police served notice to Uber in connection with investigations of the rape.Verma said the police was checking whether the ride-hailing company had neglected in its background check of the driver, even as news reports claimed