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 …
Bhopal, June 27: The Bhopal Gas Peedit Nyay Morcha president Abdul Nafis informed that in support of the demand of compensation to gas victims a mammoth rally will be taken out on June 30 from Itwara and it will reach Lily Talkies and stage demonstration there. He added that a …
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Salman Khurshid, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, on Sunday blamed the NGOs working on the Bhopal gas tragedy case for the delay in cleaning up the still-toxic site of the Union Carbide factory. Mr. Khurshid said the government's bid to clean up the area was frustrated by …
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 Since the pronouncement of the judgment in the Bhopal gas leak case a couple of weeks ago, and after 26 long years, …
Despite the Union Carbide Corporation being criminally liable for the Bhopal catastrophe, the government, though being the sole representative of the victims, colluded with the UCC and compromised the interests of the affected people. The UCC and its Indian subsidiary, the Union of India and the state of Madhya Pradesh …
Minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine all the issues relating to Bhopal Leak Gas Disaster, held from 18th to 21st June, 2010. The Group of Ministers (GoM) regarding Bhopal Gas Leak disaster was reconstituted on 26th May 2010 to examine all the issues relating …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Central government has denied any official knowledge of the visit of the then Union Carbide chairman, Warren Anderson, to India immediately after the Bhopal gas leak disaster since
The government on Thursday cleared a financial package of Rs 1,256.65 crore for the Bhopal gas tragedy that includes Rs 650-700 crore towards compensation to victims. It will also continue its chase to bring back the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, pursue legal means to force Dow Chemicals to …
The Union Cabinet on Thursday accepted all 22 recommendations by the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy. These include enhanced compensation of Rs 1,265.56 crores, extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson and filling a curative petition in the Supreme Court. Announcing the decisions taken at the …
The Union Cabinet today approved recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas leak disaster that included filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court for reconsideration of its 1996 judgment, pursuing afresh the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson and an enhanced compensation package …
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. The judge has given the maximum possible punishment for …
Smita Gupta New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance government will explore whether the $470-million out-of-court settlement, arrived at between India and Union Carbide in 1989 in the Bhopal gas leak case, can be reviewed in the light of evidence that emerged in the intervening years. On Thursday, the Cabinet approved …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Union Carbide's Bhopal plant was a polluter long before the 1984 gas leak, according to scientific reports presented to the Group of Ministers looking into the issue.
Smita Gupta New Delhi: A road map to address the legal, medical, humanitarian, environmental and other aspects of the Bhopal gas leak disaster was presented on Monday by the Group of Ministers (GoM) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He has called a special Cabinet meeting for June 25 to discuss …
President Barack Obama acted with determination and purpose in holding BP accountable in the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, forcing the petroleum company to commit $20 billion to an escrow account (with no cap) that would contribute toward meeting clean-up costs and providing compensation. His tough tackle against …
