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 …
Govt Must Decide Amount Before Curative Petition Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN New Delhi: How much to demand from Union Carbide or its successors for Bhopal gas disaster is the moot question. The Centre was offered to pick from three high amounts for additional compensation
The District and Sessions Court today admitted the Central Bureau of Investigation's review petition challenging the Chief Judicial Magistrate's June 7 verdict in the criminal case pertaining to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Judge Subhash Kakde directed issuance of notices to accused Keshub Mahindra, Vijay Gokhale, Kishor Kamdar, J Mukund, …
The group of ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy, which met here Monday, reviewed the progress made by various ministries on its recommendations to the Union Cabinet three months ago. The ministerial panel has decided to change the site for disposal of toxic waste from Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh following …
New Delhi: The group of ministers on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has decided to give an extra Rs 72 crore compensation for the kin of those who died in the disaster, but were not considered for relief earlier. The ministerial panel, chaired by home minister P Chidambaram, on Monday …
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have submitted a memorandum to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in wake of the Group of Ministers meet being held in New Delhi. The 24-page memorandum seeks to clear facts and figures relating to the tragedy. An important fact brought …
Bhopal: Victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today demanded adequate compensation from the Centre's Group of Ministers (GoM) panel. Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) Convenor Abdul Jabbar today said the GoM should reconsider its previous decisions vis-a-vis 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims during its meeting in New Delhi …
All governments need to be watched. You never know when one of them will slip in a nasty tax on the quiet or pass a seemingly simple notification that can be the undoing of entire communities or of the environment. That is the nature of the beast. But how vigilant …
Renuka Bisht When the Bhopal Court finally gave out convictions for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy on June 7 this year, the judgement attracted such a public outcry that the government
The Supreme Court today decided to review its 1996 judgement in the Bhopal gas case, following which a local court had imposed a two-year jail sentence on Keshub Mahindra and six others who were executives of Union Carbide at the time of the tragedy. The apex court has issued notices …
Krishnadas Rajagopal New Delhi: Fourteen years after it described the Bhopal gas leak disaster as an act of negligence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to re-open its September 1996 judgement, a rarest-of-rare step, to assess if the criminal liability of Union Carbide employees extended to culpable homicide. A Special …
THE Supreme Court will examine legality of the judgement delivered by chief justice A M Ahmadi, in 1996, which diluted charges against Union Carbide officials in the Bhopal gas tragedy. A bench comprising chief justice S H Kapadia, justice Altamas Kabir and justice R V Raveendran issued notices to seven …
MILIND GHATWAI BHOPAL, NEARLY 26 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday constituted an inquiry commission to find out, among other things, the role of the then administration and others in arresting Warren Anderson and then t letting him leave the country. Madhya Pradesh High …
Bhopal, Aug 25: The Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department will construct over two thousand houses at a cost of Rs 40 crore for the widows of those who died in the world's worst industrial disaster that occurred in Bhopal in 1984. For this, the department has sought 25 acre land …
Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: The Centre is firm on pressing for an additional Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 crore from Dow Chemicals, which has taken over Union Carbide, to provide adequate compensation to lakhs of Bhopal gas tragedy victims. Recent exchange of emails between Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh …
Vandita Mishra When Union Home Minister P Chidambaram rose to reply to the discussion on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in the Lok Sabha, he emphasised a collective abdication.
Washington: The United States said on Friday the Bhopal gas tragedy was a closed case now. State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley was answering reporters' questions on the issue. Later, the State Department official clarified that legally the case was closed. Sympathy and concern
New Delhi:Pointing out inadequacies in the manner in which successive governments have dealt with the Bhopal gas tragedy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Thursday steps should be taken to prevent such a manmade catastrophe in future.
Washington, 19 Aug: The United States has denied reports that it was trying to link the Bhopal gas tragedy with India-US investment ties by suggesting a "lot of noise" over the issue could have a "chilling effect" on them. "The assertion that there was linkage between two separate and distinct …
