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Plea to raise convicts` sentence in gas tragedy case declined


A local court on Monday rejected an NGO`s plea to raise the quantum of punishment given to the convi...

Gas tragedy: CM office lost victims` petitions, alleges NGO


NGO fighting for rights of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims alleged Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouha...

HC issues notice to convicts of Union Carbide trial


Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday issued notices to seven persons, convicted in the Bhopal gas tra...

Warren Anderson`s extradition pending with US: CBI


The extradition request of former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson, main accused in the Bhopal...

MEA declines to share info on Warren Anderson`s extradition


Replying to an RTI query, Ministry of External Affairs said it had sent a formal request to the US f...

Bhopal gas victims suffer from new abnormalities


The probability of a baby being born with congenital anomalies is seven times higher in areas of Bho...

`Toxic chemicals released in disposal of Union Carbide waste`


Highly toxic chemicals were released during disposal of industrial waste of now-defunct Union Carbid...

MP to provide all health facilities to gas tragedy


Madhya Pradesh government has decided to provide all-round health facilities to victims of Bhopal ga...

Arvind Kejriwal`s party joins protest by Bhopal gas tragedy victims


Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party joined a protest by Bhopal gas tragedy victims near the Prime Mi...

Next `Bhopal` would be DAE`s fault: Greenpeace


The Department of Atomic Energy should amend the Rules for Nuclear Liability Act as per Parliamentar...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Compensation demanded for vict


Bhopal city on Monday observed the 28th anniversary of the Union Carbide gas disaster.

Bhopal tragedy: 28 yrs on, MP stuck with toxic waste


The toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises here has not been disposed off in

Bhopal Gas leak: Former Collector, SP get notice


The Union Carbide Poisonous Gas Leak Inquiry Commission Monday issued notices to the then Collector ...

Gas tragedy victims to gherao MP CM`s residence o


Bhopal Gas Tragedy survivors plan to gherao MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan`s residence on D...

Bhopal gas tragedy: MP seeks panel to decide on waste disposal


The Madhya Pradesh government today suggested composition of a sub-committee to decide on safe dispo...

Bhopal gas case: HC dismisses Dow Chemical`s petition


The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Dow Chemical challenging the trial c...

Notices to Bhopal gas leak accused returned to probe panel


Two notices, sent to former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson at his US addresses by a probe panel, ...

Ground water near Union Carbide factory is contaminated: IITR


The ground water around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal continues to be contaminated, the Suprem...

Bhopal gas tragedy case: Demand for fresh trial


An NGO has said it will move an application in the High Court for setting up a special court to cond...

Court dismisses CBI`s revision plea in Bhopal gas tragedy case


A sessions court on Tuesday upheld a 2010 verdict of a trial court in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy ca...

Gas tragedy: Order reserved on petition for higher punishment


The district and sessions judge has reserved its judgement on a revision petition filed by the CBI a...

Don’t send official delegation to Olympics: NGOs


Organisations working for Bhopal victims have requested MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to g...

Cabinet to discuss Union Carbide waste disposal


The Union Cabinet may take up on Tuesday a proposal to dispose of 350 tonnes of toxic waste of the U...

Bhopal tragedy: US court absolves Union Carbide of liability


A US court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable f...

‘Bhopal toxic waste disposal move partial solution`


The GoM decision is a partial solution as it will take care of only the toxic waste lying in Union C...

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...

`No info about how Anderson flown out of Bhopal’


Details of use of state government plane to ferry Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson out of Bhop...

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.