Bhopal Verdict

• How India lets polluters get away

  If cleaning up the still toxic site at Bhopal is a priority for the government, tackling the question of liability is an altogether different proposition. Existing laws in the country are too weak to effectively take on big polluting corporations. The end result, in instances, polluting companies can still get away by paying a fine of as little as ...

• Fresh compensation likely for Bhopal victims

  The Group of Ministers on Bhopal is likely to take a fresh look at the compensation given to the victims of the gas tragedy, sources tell NDTV. The money could come from budgetary support.

• Warren Anderson getaway: The Delhi stopover

  A crucial point of the controversy over the Bhopal Gas Tragedy verdict has been the exit route offered to Warren Anderson, who was the American CEO of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) in 1984 when a gas leak from the company's plant choked Bhopal.

• Modi fires Bhopal salvo at Sonia, Cong rushes to shield her

  The Congress on Sunday criticized Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for "dragging" Sonia Gandhi into the issue of Bhopal gas tragedy case, saying the BJP leader practiced "disruptive, divisive and a low level of politics".

• Modi attacks Sonia for "silence" on Bhopal gas verdict

  Attacking Congress president Sonia Gandhi over her "silence" on the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked her to explain who was the 'Maut ka saudagar' (merchant of death).

• Bhopal tragedy: Injustice continues in hospitals

  Sameena, age 29, is desperate for help. When she arrived at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital, she hoped that she was guaranteed the assistance she needs for her condition - renal failure.She is one of the thousands of people who live in Bhopal and pay the price for the corporate negligence that hurtled the city into the world's biggest industrial disas...

• Warren Anderson's bail documents

  A declassified CIA document dated December 8, 1984, that is a day after Anderson left India and five days after the deadly gas leak, shows that the agency had made its own assessment of why Anderson was arrested and allowed to go. The CIA document says: With Indian national elections just over two weeks away, both state and central government poli...

• Rajiv didn't call Arjun Singh: R K Dhawan

  Why was Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, accused of culpable homicide, given the chief minister's plane to fly out of Bhopal four days after the gas leak in December 1984? Speak up Arjun Singh, is the clamour. Eighty-year-old Arjun Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh then, is not saying a word. But a day after senior Congress lead...

• Bhopal tragedy: 'Rash and negligent' recounts CBI Officer

  Monday's verdict and sentence in the Bhopal Gas tragedy has driven home the unfettered complicity that betrayed the 20,000 people killed in the world's biggest industrial disaster.  Activists who've spent years in different courts fighting for justice are finally being joined by Indians everywhere who want to know why they were sold short- for...

• Dow on Bhopal: Bottom line important, Indians got $500

  Despite the outrage over the lack of accountability for the Bhopal gas tragedy and the failure to nail top Union Carbide officials, Dow Chemicals, which took over Union Carbide, insists that it cannot be responsible for any clean-up at the gas leak site.In a statement, Dow says its shareholders will see no losses because Dow's policy towards Bhopal...

• Digvijaya defends Rajiv, says Arjun Singh should answer

  The Congress is in a spot after one of its senior-most leaders has said that pressure from the USA could have been a factor in how the party's government tackled the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

• Bhopal fallout: Digvijaya and Singhvi controversies for Congress

  As anger builds across the country over what's being seen as the betrayal of Bhopal, the Congress party, which was in power in both Madhya Pradesh and at the centre in 1984, has been thrust into troubleshooting a diaspora of controversies. For one, the Congress' senior-most General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh, told NDTV that while he was not in Bhop...

• Warren Anderson's getaway: Pilot's account

  Over 25 years ago, as Bhopal was only just waking up to the enormity of the gas leak from the Union Carbide plant, Warren Anderson, the CEO of the US-based company, flew in and flew out of Bhopal in a whirlwind tour on December 7, 1984, with all the ceremony accorded to a visiting dignitary.  (Read: Who is Warren Anderson?)After the verdict...

• Bhopal gas tragedy: Is Digvijaya Singh targeting his own party?

  The Congress is in a spot after one of its senior-most leaders has said that pressure from the USA could have been a factor in how the party's government tackled the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy. (See Pics: Who is Warren Anderson) | (Read: Bhopal gas verdict: Questions over political culpability)Speaking to NDTV from America, Digvijaya Si...

• Govt proposes to dilute Nuclear Liability Bill

  As the government looks at possible changes to the Nuclear Liability Bill after the outcry over the Bhopal gas verdict, NDTV has learnt that a key clause which held foreign suppliers accountable for willful negligence, and which was opposed by the Americans, has been knocked off in Tuesday's meeting of the Standing Committee.