The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) on Friday announced the launch of Southern Jewels, a new tour circuit of Maharajas’ Express. “The luxury tour, aimed at the premium segment, will commence from Trivandrum on July 1 and culminate at Mumbai on July 8,” IRCTC Group General Manager SS Jagannathan told reporters. The Southern Jewels tour will cover Chettinad, Mahabalipuram, Mysuru, Hampi and Goa before culminating at Mumbai. […]

“The hot sambar taken out of a plastic cover would be harmful for people to consume,” he said. Picture a man sitting at the Chennai railway station putting piping hot sambar into aluminum foil packs. Nothing wrong with that. But what if the sambar is being taken out from a plastic bucket with a plastic garbage cover inside? This is what Sharavanan Sivakumar, (48), saw on Sunday morning at the […]