Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Leaders of the five Bhopal gas survivors’ organisations who had organised the ‘Rail Roko’ protest on December 3, 2011 had a meeting with Commissioner, Bhopal and Gas Relief, here on Monday. A total of 45 questions have been raised to the Department of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation and …
Behind the massive mobilisation on the railway tracks of Bhopal on the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy were a training video and a seven-step instruction manual. For more than a month before the disaster’s anniversary, activists of five organisations working for the survivors had moved from one slum to …
Bhopal: A candle rally was organised by specially-abled children under the aegis of Chingari Rehabilitation Centre to pay condolence to victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The rally was taken out from the centre to D.I.G. Bungalow Square. The motto of this candle march was to remember the pain and …
Sensing an opportunity in Saturday’s violence that marked the 27th anniversary of the gas tragedy, the BJP government has revived an old demand for compensation to residents of new Bhopal whose claims were never considered. Even the activists working for the survivors never second the demand for compensation to 20 …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that compensation in death category should also be given to those who died of partial effect in Bhopal gas tragedy. Rest of 20 wards of Bhopal should also be declared as gas-affected. CM in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on June …
New Delhi: US-based multinational Dow Chemicals has declined to share its wholly owned subsidiary Union Carbide Corporation’s alleged past residuary liability towards compensating 1984 Bhopal tragedy victims. It refused to submit to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India, which is dealing with the Centre’s plea for an additional …
With Dow Chemical being a London Olympics sponsor, an unapologetic Union Carbide prospers On the eve of the 26th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy protested in the Madhya Pradesh capital by setting on fire effigies of Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London …
On the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Saturday, victims and survivors, still waiting for relief, will register their protest by launching an indefinite rail roko andolan (stop trains). “On December 3, please don't travel by train. Change your reservations now. We are sorry to cause you inconvenience …
Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation for the 1984 disaster. A survivor of the 1984 disaster shouts slogans during a demonstration Friday in front of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. The protest …
Bhopal : Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan, an organisation representing victims of Bhopal gas tragedy threatened of holding a dharna at the residence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouuhan on the 27th anniversary of the disaster on December 2-3. Organisation’s convener Jabbar said a memorandum was submitted to Chouhan …
Bhopal : An organisation fighting for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has accused the Madhya Pradesh government of cheating the affected persons and families. Bhopal Gas Peedhit Mahila Udyog Sangathan also questioned the state government for delaying the setting up of special court. “The state government has not …
Around 6,000 people were evacuated Thursday after an explosion at a chemical plant near the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, state media reported. The accident occurred early afternoon at the Futian Chemical Company in Panyu district, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the local government. Residents were evacuated after "a small …
An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed 14 workers and injured five others. Chinese state media and an official said the explosion happened Saturday at a plant in Xintai city in Shandong province. Workers were maintaining and repairing a condenser at a melamine production facility when the …
BP Plc's U.S. subsidiary has agreed to pay $50 million in civil penalties to the state of Texas for pollution from its Texas City refinery, including the deadly March 2005 explosion, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Thursday. The fine is equal to the amount BP Products North America …
Just months after the 1984 gas leak at Union Carbide's plant here, the Centre had agreed to the "terms" set by the company on compensation to be paid to victims, a Right to Information (RTI) activist has claimed. Not only that, the government treated the world's worst industrial disaster as …
Bhopal : Just months after the 1984 gas leak at Union Carbide’s plant here, the Indian government agreed to the “terms” set by the company on compensation to be paid to victims, a Right to Information (RTI) activist has claimed. Not only that, the government treated the world’s worst industrial …
A day-long Bhopal bandh observed by all the five gas survivors organisations on Tuesday for demanding adequate compensation, based on the actual number of persons killed and affected in the 1984 gas disaster, was successful with markets and transport services remained closed in support of the protest. The bandh was …
Bhopal/New Delhi : Government will spend Rs 30 crore in removing 346 metric tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site, over 25 years after the deadly industrial disaster took place. The waste will be taken to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) controlled incineration facility near Nagpur, …
The call for a Bhopal bandh on Tuesday in support of proper compensation for all victims of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal on Sunday received support from traders, transport owners associations, porters and transport workers unions. These include Bhopal Gas Peedit Nyaya Morcha, Transport Hammal Mazdoor Union, Sarrafa …
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Monday that it won't restart its fire-hit oil refinery at Pulau Bukom, Singapore unless safety is ensured, even though the damage is limited to the vicinity of a pump-house. "We do not expect any of the units to be restarted until a thorough investigation …
