UN urged to help Bhopal gas victims
Two victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy, now ona tour of the United States, have aksed the United Nations to help rehabilitate those who were affected by leak of a poisonous gas 20 years
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Unsafe cleanup of the Carbide factory revives memories of Bhopal s tragedy
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Boycott Indian Oil, say Bhopal tragedy victims
Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have urged the public to boycott the petrol sold by Indian Oil at its outlets, charging the oil major with plans to enter into an agreement with Dow Chemicals, which
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Cabinet extends gas leak probe panel’s tenure by a year
Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday extended the tenure of the Union Carbide Toxic Gas Leak Probe Commission by an year, sources said. The term of the committee, headed by Justice SL Kocchar, was to
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How Bhopal case went from bench to bench
New Delhi: The SC
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Shareholders, too, complain against Dow
eight shareholders and an institutional investor of Dow Chemicals have complained against the company. In a letter to the us Securities and Exchange Commission, they wrote that action should be
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Victims to be compensated within a year: SC
With barely 15 per cent of the Rs 1,503 crore disbursed as compensation in four months among the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Supreme Court allowed one more year to the welfare commissioner
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Victims to be compensated within a year: SC
With barely 15 per cent of the Rs 1,503 crore disbursed as compensation in four months among the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Supreme Court allowed one more year to the welfare commissioner
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Commission for gas victims: Transparency in working must (Editorial)
Central government has agreed to establish a Commission having special rights for Bhopal gas victims. Proposed commission would consider over different aspects of rehabilitation with consent of government of MP. It is a big achievement for the gas victims who had been staging dharna at Jantar Mantar in national capital Delhi for two months. Though all the three organisations of gas victims are not satisfied only with the establishment of the Commission, but it would prove a better platform to consider over their problems.
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Commission to rehabilitate Bhopal gas victims to be set up
Aarti Dhar Centre will take initiative soon to work out modalities Committees on various rehabilitation aspects will be subsumed Drinking water from Kolar reservoir for localities around Carbide plant by year-end NEW DELHI: The Centre has agreed "in principle' to set up an empowered commission to rehabilitate the survivors and victims of the Bhopal gas leak that happened 23 years ago.
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25 years on, govt continues to gas Bhopal victims
THE GOVERNMENT has finally lent an ear to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy. But coming after 25 years it's certainly a case of too little too late. The government has accepted "in principle' their demand to set up a commission to carry out medical, economic, social and environmental rehabilitation of the victims. However, dissatisfaction persists as demands of legal action against Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals are yet to be met.
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Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996
<p>Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996.</p>
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Should Dow be allowed to do business in India?
DEBATE The two issues that remain are whether Dow inherited Union Carbide's liabilities and why the government never cleaned up Bhopal after settling with Carbide Scot Wheeler, Director Communications, Dow Chemicals, Midland, US
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No gas mask
Numerous factors, besides nearness to the Union Carbide plant, affected the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy
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Pithampur locals to be consulted on Bhopal waste disposal: Ramesh
Facing protests over a plan to incinerate toxic waste of Union Carbide plant in Bhopal at a disposal unit at Pithampur, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured villagers that a study will be conducted and locals taken into confidence before a final view is taken.
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Union Carbides toxic wastes can be burnt at Defence Research Laboratory
<p>Tons of toxic wastes strewn in and around Union Carbide factory ever since the happening of industrial disaster can be disposed of by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). It is believed that the Organisation can easily destroy the waste materials without posing any threat to environment.
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Govt hand in glove with Dow Chemicals, say lawyers and retired judges
Around 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers from Pune and the state have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister stating that the attempts by the Prime Minister's office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are unconstitutional and illegal.
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Bhopal case: 'Move to extradite Anderson may be too late'
CBI's seeking extradition of 90-year-old former Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation Warren Anderson in connection with Bhopal Gas tragedy case may have come too late, according to leading lawyers. Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan said "the agency (CBI) was sleeping" over the years. He, however, described the Delhi court's order allowing CBI to seek Anderson's extradition as "an exceptional"
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Sins of omission
The handling of the Bhopal disaster is reflective of the highly feudal nature of our political culture A V Rajwade / New Delhi June 28, 2010, 0:10 IST
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Crime, no punishment
V.R. Krishna Iyer The Bhopal mega-crime trial is over. The barbarity has ended in a light sentence, although the victims are countless. Eight officials of the erstwhile Union Carbide India Limited have been convicted and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment.