'84 gas disaster still raising a stink
A midst mass prayer and condolence meetings and post-mortem debates about one of the millennium's worst industrial disasters. several questions continue to haunt the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy
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Union carbide factory to become a memorial
The premises of Union Carbide factory here would soon be developed as a memorial to remember the Bhopal gas disaster victims of December 1984, that claimed several lives and left hundreds others with
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Fires at defunct Carbide factory worry gas victims
Three recent fires on the premises of the now-defunct Union Carbide factory has sparked off panic among survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster. On 1 June, dry grass in the factory complex caught fire,
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Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy stage dharna
A large number of victims of Bhopal gas tragedy, including women and children, staged a day-long dharna at Delhi today demanding expeditious release of compensation and provision of health care and
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Centre bows to MP's demand on Bhopal wards
The Centre would declare the remaining 20 wards of the city as gas-affected and provide the residents facilities similar to those in the 36 wards severely affected by the Bhopal gas disaster in
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MP goes slow on Bhopal funds
The Madhya Pradesh government has spent only Rs 104.19 crore on medical rehabilitation of Bhopal gas victims as against an allocation of Rs 150.35 crore between April 1990 and December 1998. This
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Lapse twist to Bhopal tragedy
Scientists probing the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy told a court that Union Carbide had not kept the tank from which gas had leaked under nitrogen pressure from more than a month. Methyl isocyanate (MIC)
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Bhopal NGO opposes BJP MP's demand on relief
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan, a voluntary organisation workign for the people affected by the gas tragedy, has ridiculed the BJP's Lok Sabha MP Susheel Chandra Verma's demand that the
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M.P. criticised for neglecting gas victims
The Convenor of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Snagathen (BGPMUS), Mr. Abdul Jabbar, today accused the State Government of neglecting the victims of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster and said
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'84 gas tragedy
Memorial to be built at plant site: Fourteeen years after the world's biggest industrial disaster, Madhya Pradesh has mooted a plan to develop a Bhopal gas tragedy memorial. Sources said the
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3,000 Bhopal gas victims to take out rally on Nov. 30
More than 3,000 survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, will mark the 14th anniversary of the disaster with a massive rally here on November 30, apart from launching a fact-finding mission set up at the
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Covert move by Carbide alleged
The Bhopal gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) - a group working for the cause of the 1984 gas disaster victims - has alleged that Union Carbide Company is engaged in a clandestine move to
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- Unsettled claims leave Bhopal gas victims in the lurch
The ordeal of Bhopal gas disaster victims continues 13 years after the tragedy, with the claims settlement process turning into a nightmare for most of them. Among the families entitled to death
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Govt may give up extradition demand
Surviving victims of the infamous Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 have decided to intensify their agitation for extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson to India to face a trial here. The
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Bhopal gas victims flay Sorabjee stand
The Bhopal gas victims are up in arms against the Attorney-General, Mr. Soli Sorabjee's recent advice to the Centre on the issue of extradition of Mr. Warren Anderson, the prime accused in the
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Bhopal gas victims' plea
The Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan today urged the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, to lead the State Government at tomorrow's meeting of the group of Ministers at New
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MP seeks central aid for gas victims
The Madhya Pradesh government has sought a central assistance to Rs 22 crore annually to carry out the Bhopal gas tragedy even as the leading victims' group accused the former of being engaged in a
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'Govt. ignoring cause of gas victims'
The convenor of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS, Mr. Abdul Jabbar, today lashed out at the Madhya Pradesh Government for neglecting the cause of the victims of the Union Carbide
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Bhopal gas tragedy
Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy plan to seek damages from Union Carbide for Environment pollution cause by the devastating gas leak in 1984, and demand a thorough clean-up of the factory as also
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Justice, a mirage for Bhopal victims
The long-drawn issue of compensation to the Bhopal gas victims has not been settled even 17 years after the catastrophe. The process of disbursing compensation has many shortcomings. Consequently,