Women still affected even 25 yrs after gas disaster
Kumar Shakti Shekhar | Bhopal
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What was that, Mr Mahindra?
India at the two-year sentence given to 86-year-old Keshub Mahindra, a respected industrialist, in the Bhopal gas leak case. Mahindra was chairman of Union Carbide when it happened and there has been a movement of sorts at the apex of Indian industry to get him off.
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Gas tragedy case: 5 convicts furnish bail bonds
Five convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case including industrialist and former Chairman of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra today furnished bail bonds of Rs 1 lakh each in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here. The documents were submitted by the convicts on the earlier directives of District and Sessions Judge Subhash Kakde at the CJM court.
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Keshub Mahindra gets bail, says - want to do something for victims
Former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra and four others convicted on June 7 in the Bhopal Gas leak case were Tuesday granted bail by a court here. UCIL former Managing Director Vijay Gokhle, former Vice President Kishore Kamdar, former Works Manager J Mukund and former Production Manager S P Choudhry were others granted bail by Chief Judicial Magistrate R V Singh.
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The Bhopal verdict: Justice delayed, denied
25 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, the local court has convicted executives of Union Carbide & sentenced them to 2 years of imprisonment. In this interview on CNBC-TV18, Sunita Narain, Director-CSE and the supreme court advocates Prashant Bhushan & Mukul Rohatgi give their perspectives on the judgement & what it means for the affected communities.<br />
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Will push for Anderson extradition, says PM
Sidhartha / June 30, 2010, 0:26 IST Manmohan SinghIn his first statement on the Bhopal gas leak disaster since the verdict by a lower court early this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would try to ensure a more favourable attitude from the US on the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson to stand trial in the case.
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Growing awareness about environment
S. Viswanathan
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Government clears Rs 1,256-crore package for Bhopal tragedy
The government on Thursday cleared a financial package of Rs 1,256.65 crore for the Bhopal gas tragedy that includes Rs 650-700 crore towards compensation to victims.
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Government may review Bhopal case settlement
Smita Gupta New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance government will explore whether the $470-million out-of-court settlement, arrived at between India and Union Carbide in 1989 in the Bhopal gas leak case, can be reviewed in the light of evidence that emerged in the intervening years.
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Rs. 1,500-crore package for Bhopal victims recommended
<p>Smita Gupta<br /> <br /> New Delhi: A road map to address the legal, medical, humanitarian, environmental and other aspects of the Bhopal gas leak disaster was presented on Monday by the Group of Ministers (GoM) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He has called a special Cabinet meeting for June 25 to discuss the report.<br />
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Compensation packages wrongly calculated
<p>Mahim Pratap Singh<br /> <br /> BHOPAL: The report on the Bhopal gas leak submitted by the Group of Ministers (GoM) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday drew mixed reactions from survivors' organisations here, which have decided to write to him to allow them a hearing at a Cabinet meet to be held on Friday.<br />
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GoM soft on Dow, funds marked for clean-up not enough: Activists
The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed. While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its own for the clean-up of the site, for now.
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Bhopal GoM doles out Rs 1,500 cr more
Report with PM; Cabinet decides on Friday.
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Why just Anderson... what about the rest?
The proceedings of the Empowered Group of Ministers does not inspire much confidence that the lakhs of victims of the catastrophic Bhopal gas leak will get justice. In fact, it almost seems as if a second betrayal is on the cards. There are reports that the EGoM wants the Madhya Pradesh government to bury and clean up the toxic waste.
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GoM to seek Anderson's extradition
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy is understood to have today decided to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal liability, seek extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson and cleaning up the complex by burying the toxic waste.
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Bhopal Gas Leak Case: Lost before the trial
The chronicle of Bhopal in the courts is of a case doomed to failure. In step after step from that fateful night of 2 December 1984 onwards, the government, legal luminaries and, even on occasion, the Supreme Court of India failed the victims of Bhopal, and one could even say failed the test of justice.
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Rs 982cr plan for Bhopal victims
Hit by the raging Bhopal gas tragedy controversy, the government on Friday began exploring options, including a special compensation package worth Rs 982 crores, for the victims. The compensation package worked out by the Planning Commission is part of comprehensive demands placed before the Centre by successive state governments.
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Bhopal gas film original print is lost
Bhopal, June 18: Sheeshon Ka Mahal, a documentary film based on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, commissioned by the Madhya Pradesh government, may never see the light of day as its original print has been lost, official sources said on Friday.
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Govt set to clear Rs 983 crore for Bhopal victims
New Delhi: The Centre has decided to explore the feasibility of securing the extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, besides hiking the compensation for the Bhopal gas victims who look poised to get an additional package of Rs 982.75 crore.
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Planning Commission releases Rs.982 crore for victims
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI:Hours before the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met on Friday, the Planning Commission is understood to have released Rs.982 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government for rehabilitation of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.