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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Social activist Abdul Jabbar who fought for the victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has been awarded Padma Shri, posthumously.
A photo-exhibition titled 'Aftermath: 35 Years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy' by independent social documentary photographer and short story writer, Rohit Jain, showcases the life of Bhopal's people three generations after that fateful night.
Activist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, died on Thursday night. Jabbar was suffering from lung disease and had lost 50 per cent of his eye vision due to the gas emission.
Declining an early hearing of the curative petition, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said that they would hear in April the Centre's application for an early hearing of the curative petition that was filed way back in February 2011.
Over 15,000 people were killed when nearly 42 tonnes of toxic gas, Methyl Iso Cyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory.
The incident took place on the night of 2-3rd December, 1984, when around 42 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate was released from the plant accidently.
More than 3,000 people died after they were exposed to toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas due to a leakage at a pesticide plant in Bhopal.
Anderson, the main accused in the deadly 1984 gas leak case, had obtained bail from a court, and the bail conditions did not state that he was not to leave the country, advocate Singh contended before the judge.
Bhopal: Prime accused of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Warren Anderson, was allowed to walk out of jail at the behest of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Home Minister Narasimha Rao.According to a report
New Delhi: Parliament today remembered the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy which struck the Madhya Pradesh capital 30 years ago and extended its support towards them.In Rajya Sabha, Chairman Hamid Ansari said the human tragedy
Bhopal: The toxic waste after the Bhopal Gas tragedy lying at the Union Carbide plant here is still awaiting disposal, even after 29 years of the world's worst industrial disaster, amid concerns of air and
New Delhi: The Central government has agreed to increase the compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims, Amnesty International yesteday said and welcomed the move.The government also promised to revise the numbers of deaths and injuries,
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