Govt admits it slept over Bhopal gas verdict
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday confessed that it had slept over the Supreme Court
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SC gives 6-month time to dispose of Bhopal waste
At a time when a bench of the Supreme Court has set a deadline of three weeks for the Centre and Madhya Pradesh Government to clear the toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal, another apex
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Bhopal activists determined to fight US ruling
There is stiff resistance to the latest US federal court order that neither Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for any pollution-linked claims by the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster and the non-government organisations working here for the cause of the gas victims are determined to go in appeal against this order. Reacting to the US district Court Judge John F. Keenan’s dismissal of the case on June 26, Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group for Information and Action said that is the fourth instance of dismissal.
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Ramesh agonised by verdict
Neha Sinha New Delhi: Saying that he was
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Dow-Reliance venture was approved despite concerns
Mahim Pratap Singh Commerce Ministry refused to reconsider the approval despite Chemicals Ministry plea
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PCK responsible for mishandling Endosulfan
Rules flouted during spraying: green activist Says there is no need for further studies on the issue Should be treated just like Bhopal gas tragedy: KSSP Kanhangad: A.
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NGOs: Decision vindicates our stand
Five non-government organisations representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Monday described the latest decision taken at the meeting of Group of Ministers to send 350 tonnes of hazardous waste from the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant to Germany for safe disposal was a vindication of their long-standing demand on the issue. They described this as a “minor but significant victory” in their 22 year long battle. At a press conference here, the organisations pointed out that the GoM’s decision has highlighted the toxic nature of Union Carbide’s waste and the ongoing dangers posed by the thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste in and around the abandoned pesticide factory.
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NGOs to challenge US court's Bhopal verdict
Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy and some non-government organisations (NGOs) have decided to appeal in the second circuit court of appeals against the US court summary judgment which ruled that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman, Warren Anderson, were liable for environmental remediation emanating from one of the world's worst industrial accidents. Interestingly, the state government, which had earlier promised to be an intervener in the case has done nothing so far, claims activists. Even after the recent judgement, the state government, reportedly, has made no announcement on whether it would be on the side of the victims who are fighting for justice.
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The Lessons of Bhopal
Our ruling elites consider the lives and livelihoods of the poor expendable in the pursuit of development, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL Eight days ago, India marked a sombre remembrance
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Left demands justice for Bhopal gas tragedy victims
Coinciding with the US President Barack Obama
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Bhopal, Chernobyl, Lop Nor
Sreeram Chaulia
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Judge on bench that moved cases to green tribunal may head it
Last month, as part of a three-judge Supreme Court bench, Justice Swatanter Kumar had ensured more work for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by ordering that all cases involving questions of environmental
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‘UCC not liable under veil-piercing analysis’
In a setback to 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, a United States court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm’s former chemical plant in Bhopal. In his written opinion, US district judge John Keena concluded that even when viewing the evidence in the most favourable light for the plaintiffs, UCC is not directly liable, nor liable as an agent of UCIL, nor liable under a veil-piercing analysis.
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No room for 3/12 in the algebra of tragedy and outrage
Mahim Pratap Singh Centre has failed to get a fugitive extradited from the U.S. Bhopal: Twenty-five years after the world
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Govt should focus on effective rehabilitation of endosulfan victims: Sunita Narain
Equating the serious health hazards wrecked in the district due to the indiscriminate exposure of endosulfan pesticide for over two decades with that of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, acclaimed environmental activist Sunita Narain has said that the major task before the administration was to bring hopes and cheers back to the life of the hapless victims of the “killer” pesticide spraying. “Assuaging the hurt feelings of the hundreds of victims of aerial spraying of the endosulfan pesticide in the state owned cashew estates in the district is the most important task before the administration and the State government and the local Member of Parliament had played critical role in partially assuaging the hurt feeling of the ill-fated victims and their families”, the Padmashree award winning environmentalist said.
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Ratan Tata writes to Prime Minister reiterating his proposal that the private sector could contribute to ...
Ratan Tata writes to Prime Minister reiterating his proposal that the private sector could contribute to create a remediation fund for clean up of the site.
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PM urged to lead the nation in paying homage to gas victims
Mahim Pratap Singh
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Bhopal gas leak victims tell Anna varsity this Dow is not Jones
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS
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PC: 3 states refused disposal of toxic waste
Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the toxic waste lying at the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant in the state capital has not been disposed of till now since three state governments refused to allow the disposal of hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste in their territory. Mr Chidambaram was addressing a press conference in the state capital after visiting the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) set up for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster along with Union ministers — Salman Khurshid and V. Narayanasamy. Outside BMHRC, the home minister was shown black flags by some Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parsihad activists.
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Bhopal, BP and class action suits - I
Indu Bhan