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Recording forgotten history, through talks and tapes
May 26, 2013 at 14:56 | Source: DNA India
Often, personal accounts of people are left out of official histories. Though India has a strong oral tradition of stories and passed down experiences, how much aural record do we have of personal stories, memories and perception of ordinary people?...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Chief minister's office lost victims' petitions, alleges NGO
May 12, 2013 at 19:31 | Source: DNA India
An NGO fighting for the rights of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims on Sunday alleged that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan s office has lost 1,500 memorandums submitted by the affected persons in support of their various demands. Th...
Coalgate: Despite its wrecked image, we still need CBI
May 01, 2013 at 13:01 | Source: FirstPost
Among investigating agencies in India, the CBI occupies that special 'relative' place where it is not as despised as local police forces, but seen incapable of doing anything that offends its political masters. Whether the Supreme Court had noticed i...
Society wants green tribunal to hear plea
Mar 28, 2013 at 14:30 | Source: DNA India
The Bombay high court has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to file a reply to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society s petitioners s application which challenges the demolition notice, stating that it must be transferred to the Nationa...
Clearing the way for class action
Feb 04, 2013 at 02:07 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Companies Bill 2011, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, prescribes several new guidelines for corporate governance. The one that permits filing class action suits against companies has, in particular, raised curiosity amongst businesses and...
M.P. to provide health facilities to Bhopal gas tragedy victims
Jan 23, 2013 at 15:42 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Bhopal, Jan 23: The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to provide all-round health facilities to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy. While issuing a directive to this effect at a departmental meeting yesterday, Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation...
Transfer Adarsh case to National Green Tribunal in line with SC order: Bombay HC
Dec 14, 2012 at 19:25 | Source: DNA India
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said if the Supreme Court has directed all cases pertaining to environment law to be heard by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), then even the controversial Adarsh Housing Society matter will automatically stand tran...
After 28 years, Bhopal gas tragedy victims still rally for compensation
Dec 03, 2012 at 18:16 | Source: DNA India
As the city observed the 28th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster today, various organisations working for the cause of the people affected by it held rallies while criticising the government for not doing anything for the victims. Even after 28 y...
Dec 03, 2012 at 16:32 | Source: Business Standard
Parliament was adjourned for the day today after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who breathed his last on Friday at the age of 92. Both Houses of Parliament also offered tributes to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy on i...
No lessons learnt from Bhopal disaster, say Greens
Dec 03, 2012 at 15:25 | Source: DNA India
Despite a Himalayan disaster in the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, the government agencies and voluntary groups have learnt no lessons, speakers at a seminar in the Taj city said. Environmentalist Sharavan Kumar Singh said given the callousness of civic...
Parliament adjourned for the day after paying tributes to I.K. Gujral
Dec 03, 2012 at 14:26 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, Dec 3: Parliament was adjourned for the day today after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who breathed his last on Friday at the age of 92. Both Houses of Parliament also offered tributes to the victims of Bhopa...
Parliament mourns 'man-made' 1984 tragedy of Bhopal
Dec 03, 2012 at 12:20 | Source: DNA India
Both houses of Parliament on Monday offered tributes to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy on its 28th anniversary. Rajya Sabha chairman as well as Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made reference to the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 and expressed sympathies...
NGOs on Bhopal gas victims to try to meet PM on Dec 3
Dec 01, 2012 at 01:06 | Source: DNA India
The organisations representing the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy said on Monday that they would knock on the doors of Prime Minister on December 3 pleading for increased compensation to the victims of the tragedy. At a joint press conference he...
Bhopal to be India's most environment friendly city: CM
Nov 06, 2012 at 18:21 | Source: DNA India
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said his government is working on developing Bhopal so that it emerges as the country s most environment friendly city, instead of being known for the Gas Tragedy. We want to develop the state c...
Bhopal gas tragedy: MP seeks panel to decide on waste disposal
Oct 28, 2012 at 10:02 | Source: DNA India
The Madhya Pradesh government today suggested composition of a sub-committee to decide on safe disposal of 346 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas disaster site. During a meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) here, MP Gas Relief and Rehabilitatio...
Bhopal gas case: HC dismisses Dow Chemical's petition
Oct 21, 2012 at 19:26 | Source: DNA India
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Dow Chemical challenging the trial court order of 2005 issuing show cause notice to it in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak case. The Dow Chemical International Private Limited s petition was dis...
Bhopal gas case: HC dismisses Dow Chemical’s petition
Oct 21, 2012 at 19:26 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Jabalpur, Oct 21: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Dow Chemical challenging the trial court order of 2005 issuing show cause notice to it in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak case.Dow Chemical International Private Ltd’s ...
SC poses searching queries to Centre on Kudankulam
Sep 21, 2012 at 21:32 | Source: DNA India
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre what would be the guarantee that there would be no radioactive substances in the spent fuel to be stored at the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu to prevent any accident. Posing a host...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Demand for fresh trial under stringent IPC section
Aug 31, 2012 at 21:47 | Source: DNA India
An NGO, party in the Bhopal gas tragedy case in the court and fighting for the rights of the victims, has said it will move an application in the High Court for setting up a special court to conduct a fresh trial against Union Carbide officials at th...
Aug 29, 2012 at 00:16 | Source: Business Standard
The proposal of German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft f r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to dispose of the 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has finally started moving forward. On August 27, represe...
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