RTI plea on Bhopal returns undelivered
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The office of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has no Public Information Officer (PIO) to receive applications filed under the Right to Information Act.
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SC sets up panel to monitor treatment of gas victims
The Bhopal Gas affected people have received some consolation. Supreme Court has accepted their long-standing plea to oversee through its own agencies medical facilities provided to them in the
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Drinking water stinks in colonies of Bhopal victims
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: Despite all the attention and concern, expressed nationally and internationally in the recent months, activists allege that the Madhya Pradesh government remains lackadaisical to the plight of victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The State government
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Bhopal waste: SC to decide trial burning venue
The Centre has decided to leave it to the Supreme Court to identify the venue for the trial burning of Bhopal toxic waste as the Group of Ministers (GoM) and Madhya Pradesh are at loggerheads over its
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Bhopal verdict: Survivors furious, want death penalty
Emotions ran high among relatives and survivors of the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal as they demanded capital punishment after eight senior officials of the Union Carbide were convicted today only of death due to criminal negligence.
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US lawmakers want Dow to clean Bhopal gas leak site
US lawmakers have asked Dow Chemical to clean up the soil and underground water contaminated by the deadly gas leak at Union Carbide plant at Bhopal but the US firm disowned the liabilities saying that it never owned or operated the disgraced plant site.
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26 yrs after inhaling gas, victims may get clean drinking water
IN JUNE this year, responding to the public outcry over the weak judgements handed out by a Bhopal sessions court, the Indian government had unveiled a new relief package for the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Gas victims organisation plans to send memorandums to PM
Volunteer organisation Zahreeli Gas Kand Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal, fighting for the rights of the gas victims for the last 26 years, is planning to send around 30,000 to 35,000 memorandums to the Prime Minister, in which the demand would be made that the compensation amount must be hiked after assuming the numbers of victims as 5.21 lakh. Morcha convener Alok Pratap Singh claims that the Governm
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NGO alleges many Bhopal gas victims left out of compensation
An NGO working for the survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy on Tuesday charged that many of them would not be benefited under the new economic package as the Madhya Pradesh government did not put forth their case. "After the verdict on the Bhopal tragedy in June, the state government had said that it would ensure that the victims would get justice soon but this has not happened even after five months,
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Bhopal NGO plans to challenge order in HC
'We will ask the PM and Mr Moily to set up a commission to look into the case and set up a special cell for speedy trial'
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Fictitious body stings Dow
Activists of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal played a prank at the chemical export exhibition India Chem to expose the dealings of Dow Chemicals. The activists issued an advertisement in the brochures of the exhibition in the name of Clean Chemistry Council, a fictitious European public relations firm, offering consultancy to corporations for improving their public image
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Wronged again
the Bhopal gas tragedy victims suffered yet another setback when the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust refused to entertain their compensation claims without a copy of the judgement given by the
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Retrospective RTI
Conflicting recollections on Bhopal tragedy highlight need to make old government papers public Sanjaya Baru / New Delhi June 21, 2010, 0:54 IST
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Cabinet clears more funds for Bhopal victims
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an additional payout of Rs 71.28 crore for the Bhopal gas leak victims. According to the proposal cleared, an additional 1,703 victims with permanent disability will now get compensation of Rs 5 lakh while 1,783 victims with temporary disability will get Rs 1 lakh each.
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Govt not to pursue Bhopal case in US?
Too Many Cases Pending in India, AG Tells GoM Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The attorney general has recommended to the Union government not to pursue the Bhopal gas tragedy case in US courts while several cases remain pending in various Indian courts. The attorney general gave the advice to a group of ministers (GoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram. Sources said the government
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Centre for extra Rs 71.28 cr for Bhopal victims
Compensation for Bhopal gas leak victims will be put to a close with the Centre seeking an additional Rs 71.28 crore as ex-gratia for left out cases of permanent and temporary disability and an uncovered category of
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Children take Bhopal fight to US
Indira Kannan / New York June 16, 2010, 1:36 IST It
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Shameful inaction
The Supreme Court has done well by ordering the disbursement, on a pro rata basis, among the victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, the Rs 1,503 crore that remains in the account with the Reserve Bank
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US turns down Centre's plea for Anderson extradition
The US has rejected the Centre's request for the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy. Confirming that the US Government had decided to
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Relief after two decades for Bhopal gas tragedy victims
After a relentless wait for two decades by the Bhopal gas tragedy victims for the payment of compensation by US major Union Carbide, the Supreme Court today directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)