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  Public holiday declared in Bhopal: All offices, schools to remain closed on Dec 3 - Know the reason

  Madhya Pradesh | December 02, 2025 23:50 IST

  Bhopal will observe a city-wide holiday on December 3 to mark the anniversary of the 1984 Gas Tragedy. Schools, colleges and offices in the city will remain closed, while rural areas of the district will continue normal functioning.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy: Incineration of Union Carbide factory waste begins at Pithampur on trial basis

  Madhya Pradesh | February 28, 2025 17:02 IST

  Bhopal gas tragedy: The process of incineration of waste is also being broadcast live outside the waste disposal plant in Pithampur.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy: MP govt prepares trial burning of Carbide waste as SC refuses to interfere

  Madhya Pradesh | February 27, 2025 14:26 IST

  The apex court had declined to interfere with the Madhya Pradesh High Court order on shifting the waste linked with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and disposing it of at Pithampur in Dhar district.

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  MP HC allows govt to unload toxic waste from the containers cautiously, next hearing on Feb 18

  Madhya Pradesh | January 06, 2025 13:15 IST

  Madhya Pradesh High Court has deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the state govt’s decision to incinerate Union Carbide's hazardous waste in Pithampur to February 18.

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  Amid protests, Madhya Pradesh govt requests HC for more time to dispose of Union Carbide waste

  Madhya Pradesh | January 05, 2025 7:12 IST

  Madhya Pradesh government authorities shifted 337 tonnes of waste from the defunct Carbide factory to Pithampur after the High Court pulled up government for the 40-year delay in disposing of the waste.

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  MP: Police use lathicharge as protests erupt against Union Carbide's waste disposal in Pithampur

  Madhya Pradesh | January 03, 2025 13:21 IST

  Shops and markets at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district remained closed on Friday amid a bandh call against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in the industrial town.

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  Bhopal Gas Tragedy Waste Cleared After 4 Decades: How was it done and what's next?

  News | January 02, 2025 16:07 IST

  The 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy left 377 tonnes of toxic waste, finally cleared after 40 years. Why the delay, how it was done, and what's next? Watch the video to know more.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about the horrific industrial disaster of 1984

  Madhya Pradesh | January 02, 2025 15:13 IST

  Bhopal gas tragedy: A tragic incident, touted as world's worst industrial disaster, Bhopal gas tragedy had claimed lives of several thousand people after deadly gas leaked from Union Carbide India Ltd pesticide plant on the intervening night of Dec 2 and 3, 1984.

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  40 years after Bhopal gas disaster, city gets rid of Union Carbide factory's 377 tons of toxic waste

  Madhya Pradesh | January 02, 2025 6:50 IST

  Bhopal gas tragedy: At least 3,787 people lost their lives and over 5 lakh were physically affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy: 40 years after, Union Carbide toxic waste disposal set to begin

  Madhya Pradesh | December 30, 2024 10:11 IST

  The 377 tonnes of hazardous waste will be disposed of at an incineration site in Pithampur near Indore, around 250 km from Bhopal. Officials said initially some part of the waste will be burnt at the disposal unit of Pithampur.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy horrors haunt survivors even after 39 years, ex-railwaymen recount Dec 2 night

  Madhya Pradesh | December 02, 2023 15:32 IST

  At least 3,787 people lost their lives and over 5 lakh were physically affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.

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  Bhopal gas tragedy: SC rejects Centre's plea seeking more compensation for victims | DETAILS

  India | March 14, 2023 11:26 IST

  Bhopal Gas tragedy: The plea sought an additional Rs 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC's) successor firms to extend higher compensation to the victims.

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  Bhopal Gas tragedy: 37 years on, children then not born scarred forever

  India | December 03, 2021 12:19 IST

  The official number of deaths from what has come to be known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, among the world’s worst industrial disasters ever, was 2,259 but activists estimate the number could be well over 20,000, maybe double that.

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  37 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: All you need to know about world's worst industrial disaster

  India | December 03, 2021 12:03 IST

  On the intervening night of 2–3 December 1984, India witnessed first major industrial disaster in Bhopal when tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a factory killing thousands and affecting generations.

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  1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: Victims still await adequate compensation even after 37 years

  India | December 03, 2021 11:57 IST

  The leakage of methyl isocyanate, a toxic gas, from pesticide plant of Union Carbide on the intervening night of Dec 2 and 3, 1984, had killed over 3,000 people.

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  MP govt approves Rs 1,000 additional pension for widows of Bhopal gas leak victims

  News | July 13, 2021 18:45 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on July 13 said that the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet decided to provide additional pension of Rs 1,000 per month to widows of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

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  Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces memorial for Bhopal gas tragedy victims

  India | December 03, 2020 15:54 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said a memorial would be built to commemorate those who lost their lives in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

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  Madhya Pradesh: All 5 who died of COVID-19 in Bhopal were gas tragedy victims

  India | April 15, 2020 14:34 IST

  All five persons who died due to coronavirus in Bhopal were victims of the 1984 gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh capital, an official said on Wednesday.

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  Bhopal gas victims protest against Trump visit

  India | February 24, 2020 21:31 IST

    The victims of Bhopal gas tragedy held a protest rally at Iqbal Maidan here against US President Donald Trump, who arrived in Ahmedabad on his maiden two-day India visit Monday.

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  Bhopal Gas tragedy activist Abdul Jabbar, awarded Padma Shri, posthumously

  India | January 25, 2020 20:22 IST

  Social activist Abdul Jabbar who fought for the victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has been awarded Padma Shri, posthumously.