A few days after a Comptroller and Auditor General report had mentioned that food served on Indian trains were of unsatisfactory standards, a dead lizard was found in a meal served on the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express on Tuesday.
CBI raided Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Yadav’s house and filed fresh corruption cases regarding tender of IRCTC owned hotels. An FIR has been lodged in the case. Apart from Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav, others named in the FIR include his confidant Prem Chand Gupta and his wife Sarla Gupta, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, Delight Marketing Company, and PK Goel.
From 1 April, waitlisted passengers will have the opportunity of travelling in premier trains like Rajdhani or Shatabdi even if their booked tickets in some other train for the same destination has not been confirmed. In a bid to improve number of confirmed berths in trains, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced the launch of an alternate train accommodation scheme –Vikalp –which will come into effect starting 1 April. As of now, the scheme will be available in online bookings and later extended to counters.
