New Delhi: In a shocking revelation about the pathetic condition of catering services in Indian Railways, CNN-IBN has accessed a railways report that exposes how food is prepared in filthy conditions. The report says that the food served in trains is cooked in dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars.
This stands true even for premier express trains. The report says that cockroaches were all around the GT Express pantry car. In the Shramjivi Express, the water used for washing coaches was also used for cooking and in the Bihar Sampark Kranti, samosas were found kept in a dirty basket along with mops.
For many travelling on trains, the quality of food leaves much to be desired. But now the railway board's own inspection report shows just how sub-standard it really is.
A cockroach on the food tray of the prestigious Shatabdi Express in a video sent to the channel by a passenger years ago. Now Railways' own inspection report accessed by CNN-IBN confirms the unhealthy truth. ...
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06:22 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: A teenaged boy landed in trouble after he put fried cockroaches in biriyani at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram in a bid to extract money from the owner, cashing in on the government crackdown on unhygienic eateries. According to police, the student came to a small hotel and ordered biriyani during the busy lunch hours on Friday. After eating half the plate, the boy all of a sudden stood up...
06:37 PM, Nov 10, 2012
London: Scientists have recreated 305 million-year-old insects which they claim were early ancestors of the cockroach. Scientists from Manchester University had little to go on other than small holes left in a rock by the decomposing bodies of the insects, but by scanning the 'fossils' in a CT scanner - along with 3,000 X-ray scans, they were able to re-produce the insects down to the smallest details. It allowed the...
02:19 AM, Sep 28, 2012
A North Carolina couple is suing AirTran, saying they were sickened by cockroaches on a flight. ...
10:11 AM, Nov 15, 2011
London: Ask anyone who has ever tried to squash a skittering cockroach - they're masters of quick and precise movement. And scientists are now trying to incorporate this feature in robots of the future. Proffessor Amir Ayali, zoologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel, says the study of cockroaches has already inspired advanced robotics. Robots have long been based on these six-legged houseguests, whose nervous system is relatively straightforward and...
06:29 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Mumbai: Asserting that MS Dhoni's men had the potential to go all the way in the ongoing World Cup, former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri on Monday said the team's next match against England is crucial as a win could secure a quarterfinal berth for the country. India have a very good chance...I don't think they (Indian team) would look at any competition. This Indian team, if they play to its...
11:07 PM, Dec 19, 2007
Since 1982, the Story Bridge Hotel in Brisbane has been home to the Cockroach Racing World Championships. ...
05:06 PM, Feb 05, 2007
