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Bhopal gas tragedy

SC raps Centre for failure to dispose Bhopal waste

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not being serious on disposal of toxic waste ly...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Order on toxic waste deferred

SC put on hold its order directing disposal of toxic wastes lying in UCIL plant, now represented by ...

Stratfor slams WikiLeaks for Bhopal spying charge

US private intelligence firm Stratfor has denounced whistleblower site WikiLeaks` disclosure that i...

`Stratfor spied on Bhopal activists for Dow`

US-based security think-tank Stratfor spied for the Dow Chemicals on the activists of the 1984 Bho...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Rs 10 lakh compensation sort

The MP govt has sought a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for 15,342 gas victims.

Bhopal gas survivors to sit on `dharna` from today

The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy will hold an indefinite `dharna` (sit-in) starting Tuesday, ...

Bhopal gas survivors to sit on `dharna` from Jan 3

The survivors are demanding correction in figures of those killed and injured in soon-to-be-heard cu...

Sharad Yadav slams police action against Bhopal victims

"I strongly condemn the action against poor gas victims who were protesting the delay in getting ad...

Health ministry to manage Bhopal Memorial Hospital

Last year, the Union Cabinet had asked the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Biotechnolo...

Dow Chemicals opposes higher compensation

Dow Chemicals opposes compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of 1984 Bhop...

Violence in Bhopal on gas disaster anniversary

The 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy took a violent turn on Saturday including two senior ...

Police cane charge Bhopal gas tragedy victims

Observance of the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster took an ugly turn today with police ca...

Gas victims threaten to hold `Bhopal Olympics`

The victims today set a fire effigies of chairman of London Organising Committee for Olympic Games,...

Bhopal gas tragedy: SC notice to Centre

The bench asked the Centre and the members of the trust to sit together and discuss the modalities o...

Outrage over Dow’s sponsorship for London Olympics

The move has outraged campaigners fighting for 25,000 people who died in India’s devastating chemica...

Bhpoal gas clouds over London Olympics

London Olympics organisers have decided to name Dow Chemical Company as a sponsor of 2012 stadium in...

Bhopal Gas victims` outfits oppose Carbide plant demolition

Gas victims` organisations have strongly opposed the proposed demolition of the defunct Union Carbid...

CBI plea to reopen Bhopal tragedy case rejected

The SC ruled that the curative plea filed by the CBI lacked "satisfactory explanation".

Bhopal gas tragedy: SC reserves order on harsher punishment

The accused have escaped with lighter punishment of two years jail term.

Gujarat riot cases deleted from hearing in SC

The scheduled hearing on post-Godhra riot cases in the Supreme Court will not take place on Wednes...

BGPMUS demands day-to-day hearing in Bhopal Gas tragedy case

The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) Wednesday demanded that hearing on the gas t...

Bhopal: Court allows CBI to extradite Anderson

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed the CBI to seek extradition of Union Carbide Corporation chairma...

CBI moves Delhi court for Anderson`s extradition

Anderson was the chairman of Union Carbide when a gas leak at its Bhopal plant killed over 15,000. ...

Bhopal gas leak: SC notice to MNCs on compensation

Centre seeks enhancement of compensation to the victims from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore.

Trial against Anderson in gas tragedy pending in Bhopal

Judicial proceedings against Warren Anderson, proclaimed offender in the over two-decade old Bhopa...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Out-of-court settlement records missing?

The crucial file contains developments which had led to the settlement in February 1989.

5 lakh gas victims left out of compensation: Gaur

More than five lakh victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have been left out of this year`s compensation...

Parl pays tributes to Bhopal gas tragedy victims

Parliament on Friday remembered the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy on its 26th anniversary.

26 yrs on, woes refuse to end for Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims

BJP, Cong had only used the Bhopal victims for political ends, Sangthan convenor Abdul Jabbar said.

Additional Rs 71.28 crores for Bhopal victims

Government on Thursday approved additional compensation of Rs 71.28 crore for the victims of the B...

MEA unsure who was minister when Anderson left

The External Affairs Ministry does not know who was its minister in December 1984 when Bhopal gas ...

MP CM wants PM to pursue Anderson extradition issue with Obama

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has requested PM Manmohan Singh to take up the issue of extradition of f...

`Efforts made to suppress facts soon after Bhopal Gas Tragedy`

Soon after the Bhopal gas disaster in December 1984, efforts were made to suppress research reports ...

Anderson extradition: Letters between CBI, MEA to be provided

The Central Information Commission has directed the External Affairs Ministry to make public its c...

Bhopal gas tragedy: GoM to review progress today

The Group of Ministers on Bhopal gas tragedy will meet here Monday to assess the progress made since...

Bhopal GoM to meet tomorrow

The Group of Ministers on Bhopal gas tragedy will meet here on Monday to assess the progress made si...

NGO asks MP Govt to take up compensation issue with Bhopal GoM

An NGO working for the Bhopal gas victims on Saturday asked the Madhya Pradesh Government to take up...

SC reopens Bhopal case, issues notices to 7 accused

The SC on Tuesday issued notice to all the 7 Indian Union Carbide officials in the Bhopal case.

No interference in resolving Bhopal issue: US

US Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman Thursday night denied making any link between the Bh...

Bhopal gas tragedy a closed case now: US

Union Carbide was responsible for the world`s worst industrial disaster in 1984.

Government to take over Bhopal Memorial Hospital

The government has decided to take over a Bhopal-based hospital, which is under regulatory scanner f...

India has no plan to ban Dow Chemicals

India has no plan to ban Dow Chemicals in the country while the due process of law will be followed ...

US denies pressurising India over Bhopal aid

The US has termed as "incorrect" a news report that it is linking efforts of the Indian Government t...

Naidu slams Cong for blaming Narsimha for Bhopal gas tragedy

Senior BJP Leader Venkaiah Naidu today said Congress was blaming then P V Narsimha Rao for Bhopal ...

Arjun`s Bhopal statement speaks for itself: Cong

The Congress on Thursday appeared to be having no problem with senior leader Arjun Singh putting th...

Bhopal Tragedy: Govt puts onus on VP, Chandrashekhar, Rao

Govt put the onus of any wrong-doing in Bhopal case on three Prime Ministers between 1989 and 1996....

Jha flays Arjun Singh for his statement on Bhopal issue

Prabhat Jha, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief, on Thursday flayed Arjun Singh for pointing fingers at the la...

Charges against Anderson were not diluted: Chidambaram

The government on Wednesday said that charges against former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson w...

LS to discuss Bhopal Gas tragedy tomorrow

The Lok Sabha will take up a discussion on the Bhopal Gas tragedy on Monday with members of several ...

CBI gives additional evidence against Anderson to MEA

The CBI has recently sent additional evidence against Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide...

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