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Govt backs Dow removal
The Indian Olympic Association’s repeated pleas to have Dow hemicals removed as a sponsor of the London Olympics may have fallen on deaf ears but now the Indian government has intervened with a new request.
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MPs ask Britain to kick Dow Chemical out of London Olympics
The British government was on Tuesday accused of being part of a “conspiracy of silence” over Dow Chemical's controversial sponsorship of the London Olympics as MPs, cutting across party lines, called for the multi-million pound deal to be scrapped because of the company's links with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. They also demanded an independent investigation into the procurement process by which the sponsorship was given to Dow, describing the whole exercise as a “sham.”
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CBI curative plea in Bhopal case fallacious,' rules Supreme Court
No satisfactory explanation for filing petitions after 14 years of judgment In a major setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as
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SC refuses to reopen 1996 order on Bhopal tragedy
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation
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CBI Seeks Letter Rogatory to Extradite Anderson
Agency wants former Union Carbide chairman for his criminal culpability in the 1984 Bhopal gas leakage tragedy The CBI on Tuesday moved a Delhi court to obtain a Letter Rogatory to the US authorities for the extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson to stand trial for his criminal culpability in the 1984 Bhopal gas leakage tragedy.
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Supreme court judgment on re-examine the inadequacy of Bhopal Gas settlement
The present two interlocutory applications are filed by the applicants, (i) Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan (
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Environmentalist quits Olympics ethics panel over Dow's Bhopal links
‘Games organisers toeing company line' There were fresh calls on Thursday for an independent inquiry into Dow Chemical's controversial sponsorship of the London Olympics after Meredith Alexander, a leading environmentalist, resigned from the Games' ethics committee — the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 — protesting against Dow's links with the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster and accusing the organisers of “toeing” the company's line.
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Bhopal victims to stop trains from today
On the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Saturday, victims and survivors, still waiting for relief, will register their protest by launching an indefinite rail roko andolan (stop trains).
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26 years on, justice continues to elude victims
With Dow Chemical being a London Olympics sponsor, an unapologetic Union Carbide prospers On the eve of the 26th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy
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Rs 30 crore for toxic waste removal from Bhopal
The government will spend Rs 30 crore in removing 346 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site, over 25 years after the deadly industrial disaster took place. The waste will be taken to
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Govt to spend Rs 30 cr in disposing Union Carbide toxic waste
Government will spend Rs 30 crore in removing 346 metric tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site, over 25 years after the deadly industrial disaster took place. The waste will be taken to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) controlled incineration facility near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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Gas survivors protest corruption in health care, relief disbursement
More than 200 survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal on Tuesday set fire to an effigy of ‘Corruption in medical care, rehabilitation and compensation disbursement’ in front of the Union Carbide
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Bhopal bandh on Tuesday to support gas victims
The call for a Bhopal bandh on Tuesday in support of proper compensation for all victims of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal on Sunday received support from traders, transport owners associations,
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Bhopal survivors demand Rs 2,500 crore rehabilitation commission
The survivors of the Bhopal industrial disaster seeking rehabilitation 24 years after the toxic gas leakage from the Union Carbide plant today met Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and sought hi
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HRC recommends Rs One lakh compensation to gas hit
The Human Rights Commission has recommended the State Government to pay Rs one lakh as interim relief to the gas hit woman Madhu Verma
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Gas leak outrage: Cutting through the fog
Vandita Mishra <br />
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Supreme Court stays its directions to shift environmental cases to green tribunals
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has stayed its 2012 earlier order directing transfer of all environment cases to the National Green Tribunal since its formation in 2010. The SC said the directions in the Bhopal
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MP agrees for incineration of Carbide waste at Pithampur
Madhya Pradesh government has on Monday agreed to conduct trial run to dispose toxic wastes dumped at Union Carbide factory premises, Bhopal at the TSDF facility operated by Ramky Enviro Engineers at Pithampur.
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Why Did It Take So Long for Curative Plea on Bhopal, SC Asks Govt
CBI admits to delay in moving court after a SC bench had diluted the charges against the accused in 1996 The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation why there was a delay of over 14 years in approaching it for rectification of its judgement which had diluted the charges against the accused in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.