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Bhopal: CBI pushes for stronger charges
The CBI on Monday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts maximum punishment of a ten-year jail term, against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case.The petition, settled by Attorney General G E Vahanvati, has sought reconsideration ...
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Bhopal survivors ignored by the state
Days after the Union Carbide disaster, Bimla Devi, fled Bhopal with her husband. She had come to the city as a new bride. She couldn't return to Bhopal when the surveys were being done simply because she didn't know. Her husband was ailing as well and couldn't travel. She returned after eight long years but she couldn't establish that she was a gas...
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Bhopal tragedy: Doctors duped survivors
About Rs 400 crore has been claimed to have been spent in providing free healthcare to those affected by Bhopal gas leak. But, NDTV's Mohuya Chaudhri finds that patients are being duped with placebos.
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Bhopal survivors' letter to Group of Ministers
This afternoon, nine senior ministers meet to draft the agenda for the government on different dimensions of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The Group of Minister (GoM), headed by P Chidambaram, have been asked by the Prime Minister to report to the cabinet within ten days.The to-do list is a complex one for the GoM. The contentious getaway of Warren Ander...
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Anderson release: Arjun's decision?
The man who knows it all, continues to be silent. Arjun Singh, the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has refused to answer one key question: who or what allowed Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to fly out of Bhopal.
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Warren Anderson: Two arrest warrants, last ignored by CBI?
The trial court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case had issued an arrest warrant against former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson last year but the CBI had failed to give any written response to it, according to court sources.They said the warrant, the second against Anderson, was issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari on July 2, 2009 but th...
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Did Arjun Singh arrange Anderson's exit?
The role of past and present Congress governments is under intense scrutiny for effectively helping Warren Anderson and America's Union Carbide get away from virtually all responsibility in the Bhopal gas leak case.
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Bhopal gas verdict: Questions over political culpability
Why did Arjun Singh, the Chief Minister defy all warnings and evidence that a disaster was imminent and assured the Assembly that he had personally inspected the Carbide plant and there was no problem just months before the gas leak.
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Anderson's extradition process should be completed: Congress
The Congress, under attack from all sides after the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, has said the process of Warren Anderson's extradition should be completed. It has also tried to apportion some blame to other political parties.
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Greenpeace claims it informed CBI about Anderson's whereabouts
Environmental NGO Greenpeace has claimed that it had informed CBI about the whereabouts of Warren Anderson, the then chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, who was declared an absconder in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case.Advisor political estates and public relation officer of Greenpeace, Nirmala Karunan said that during a photo exhibition in 2002 in A...
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Was told to go soft on Warren Anderson: Former CBI official
The verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case has reopened both wounds and questions. Particularly, the one question that has haunted the victims and much of India - what about Warren Anderson, the man who headed the US-based Union Carbide Corporation when the disaster occurred? The man who was arrested after the gas leak but then inexplicably release...
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'No justice' for Aliya, 80, blind and alone in Bhopal
The US wishes the Bhopal gas tragedy victims well and hopes there is closure for them. In Bhopal, the victims describe Monday's verdict of a two-year sentence and bail for the accused as mockery of justice.There are many who have grown old just waiting to see those they hold responsible punished. And now are dismayed by the lack of accountability.A...
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Bhopal tragedy: CBI statement on trial, investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a statement on the trial and the investigation in the Bhopal gas tragedy. Following is the statement issued by them:Shri Mohan P Tiwari, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal has convicted seven accused persons of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory at Bhopal and the company i.e. UCIL. The sev...
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Union Carbide's reaction on Bhopal gas verdict
Union Carbide has issued statement on the Bhopal gas verdict. Following is the company statement regarding court decision:
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Bhopal: CBI pushes for stronger charges
The CBI on Monday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts maximum punishment of a ten-year jail term, against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case.The petition, settled by Attorney General G E Vahanvati, has sought reconsideration ...
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Bhopal survivors ignored by the state
Days after the Union Carbide disaster, Bimla Devi, fled Bhopal with her husband. She had come to the city as a new bride. She couldn't return to Bhopal when the surveys were being done simply because she didn't know. Her husband was ailing as well and couldn't travel. She returned after eight long years but she couldn't establish that she was a gas...
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Bhopal tragedy: Doctors duped survivors
About Rs 400 crore has been claimed to have been spent in providing free healthcare to those affected by Bhopal gas leak. But, NDTV's Mohuya Chaudhri finds that patients are being duped with placebos.
-
Bhopal survivors' letter to Group of Ministers
This afternoon, nine senior ministers meet to draft the agenda for the government on different dimensions of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The Group of Minister (GoM), headed by P Chidambaram, have been asked by the Prime Minister to report to the cabinet within ten days.The to-do list is a complex one for the GoM. The contentious getaway of Warren Ander...
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Anderson release: Arjun's decision?
The man who knows it all, continues to be silent. Arjun Singh, the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has refused to answer one key question: who or what allowed Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to fly out of Bhopal.
-
Warren Anderson: Two arrest warrants, last ignored by CBI?
The trial court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case had issued an arrest warrant against former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson last year but the CBI had failed to give any written response to it, according to court sources.They said the warrant, the second against Anderson, was issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari on July 2, 2009 but th...
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Did Arjun Singh arrange Anderson's exit?
The role of past and present Congress governments is under intense scrutiny for effectively helping Warren Anderson and America's Union Carbide get away from virtually all responsibility in the Bhopal gas leak case.
-
Bhopal gas verdict: Questions over political culpability
Why did Arjun Singh, the Chief Minister defy all warnings and evidence that a disaster was imminent and assured the Assembly that he had personally inspected the Carbide plant and there was no problem just months before the gas leak.
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Anderson's extradition process should be completed: Congress
The Congress, under attack from all sides after the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, has said the process of Warren Anderson's extradition should be completed. It has also tried to apportion some blame to other political parties.
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Greenpeace claims it informed CBI about Anderson's whereabouts
Environmental NGO Greenpeace has claimed that it had informed CBI about the whereabouts of Warren Anderson, the then chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, who was declared an absconder in the Bhopal Gas tragedy case.Advisor political estates and public relation officer of Greenpeace, Nirmala Karunan said that during a photo exhibition in 2002 in A...
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Was told to go soft on Warren Anderson: Former CBI official
The verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case has reopened both wounds and questions. Particularly, the one question that has haunted the victims and much of India - what about Warren Anderson, the man who headed the US-based Union Carbide Corporation when the disaster occurred? The man who was arrested after the gas leak but then inexplicably release...
-
'No justice' for Aliya, 80, blind and alone in Bhopal
The US wishes the Bhopal gas tragedy victims well and hopes there is closure for them. In Bhopal, the victims describe Monday's verdict of a two-year sentence and bail for the accused as mockery of justice.There are many who have grown old just waiting to see those they hold responsible punished. And now are dismayed by the lack of accountability.A...
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Bhopal tragedy: CBI statement on trial, investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a statement on the trial and the investigation in the Bhopal gas tragedy. Following is the statement issued by them:Shri Mohan P Tiwari, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal has convicted seven accused persons of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory at Bhopal and the company i.e. UCIL. The sev...
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Union Carbide's reaction on Bhopal gas verdict
Union Carbide has issued statement on the Bhopal gas verdict. Following is the company statement regarding court decision:
