Bengaluru, March 24 -- The Karnataka government on Sunday announced that it had revoked the suspension handed to Ola, two days after it issued a notice banning the cab-hailing service from operating in the state for six months.

"@Olacabs will run their business as usual from today. However there is an urgent need for policies to catch-up with new technologies & also industries too should work closer with Govt to help evolve policies for innovations," Priyank Kharge, the state minister for social justice wrote on Twitter.

The company reached out to Kharge on Friday after its licence was suspended for six months, a decision which apparently was taken by the Karnataka transport department without consulting Karnataka's IT ministry or the gov...