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Online travel services provider Easy Trip Planners Ltd on Friday reported a 9.56 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 45.68 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2023. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 41.69 crore in the same period last fiscal, Easy Trip Planners, which operates under the brand EaseMyTrip, said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations during the quarter under review stood at Rs 160.79 crore as against Rs 136.15 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses were higher at Rs 105.05 crore as compared to Rs 82.6 crore in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said. "Looking ahead, we're intensifying efforts to grow our air ticketing business and enhance our presence in non-air segments such as hotels, holidays, and transportation on a global scale," Easy Trip Planners Co-founder and CEO Nishant Pitti said. Also, he said, "We are expanding our retail footprints domestically and explorin
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said his government was firm on introducing app-based cab services in the coastal state. "I want to give you an assurance that in a few days app-based taxis will be available," Sawant told reporters in Chandigarh. Two months ago, Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho had said the state government was firm on introducing app-based cab services and would not bow down to pressure from the private taxi lobby which was against it. Private taxi operators have been opposing app-based cab services, claiming it will destabilise their business. On private taxi operators opposing app-based cab services, Sawant said, "In a few days the taxi issue will be resolved and you will get app-based taxi in Goa." Responding to a question on Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat's mysterious death in Goa last month, Sawant said, "On demand of her family, we have handed over the investigation to the CBI." "Any assistance which CBI may require from the Goa Police