Bhopal Gas Report

The Madhya Pradesh Congress's two-week-long programme in support of the farmers protesting against three Central laws came to a rather chaotic end today in capital Bhopal as the police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the party's march towards Raj Bhawan. What began as a mass of party workers led by former Chief Minister Kamal Nath wavin...

The six deaths linked to the COVID-19 virus in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal were of people exposed to the toxic methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city in 1984 and killed over 20,000 people

Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for justice to the 15,000 victims and thousands of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died on Thursday at a private hospital in the Madhya Pradesh capital.

The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world's "major industrial accidents" of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year.

Chlorine gas today leaked from a water filtration plant of Bhopal Municipal Corporation in Bag Sevania area in Bhopal, no casualities reported so far, police said.

The Supreme Court has been told that the water around the former Union Carbide plant at Bhopal is contaminated and not fit for consumption.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reportedly rejected India's protest and has backed Dow Chemical's sponsorship for the next year's London Olympics. Dow Chemicals, which signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July last year, is the company which took over Union Carbide, responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas ...

The Union Cabinet has accepted the report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas disaster, a day ahead than originally planned. The report recommended enhanced compensation to the victims under a Rs 1,500 crore package.It also recommended pursuing liability issue with Dow Chemicals and Rs 300 crore for clean-up of the site and pursuing t...

The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal gas tragedy met on Monday.According to sources, the ministers have reached a  consensus that the Madhya Pradesh government will undertake exercise of clean up with support from the Centre.They've also decided that Rs 10 lakh will be given to those who lost their lives in India's worst indust...

The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy will meet on Friday, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the panel to submit its report to the Cabinet in 10 days.

As the political war cries over the verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy become sharper, the Prime Minister has intervened, asking the nine-member Group of Ministers (GoM) set up last week to meet immediately. (Bhopal gas tragedy: Verdict and after)The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, will meet for the first time on Friday, the 18th. It ha...

The Madhya Pradesh Congress's two-week-long programme in support of the farmers protesting against three Central laws came to a rather chaotic end today in capital Bhopal as the police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the party's march towards Raj Bhawan. What began as a mass of party workers led by former Chief Minister Kamal Nath wavin...

The six deaths linked to the COVID-19 virus in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal were of people exposed to the toxic methyl isocyanate gas that leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city in 1984 and killed over 20,000 people

Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for justice to the 15,000 victims and thousands of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died on Thursday at a private hospital in the Madhya Pradesh capital.

The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world's "major industrial accidents" of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year.

Chlorine gas today leaked from a water filtration plant of Bhopal Municipal Corporation in Bag Sevania area in Bhopal, no casualities reported so far, police said.

The Supreme Court has been told that the water around the former Union Carbide plant at Bhopal is contaminated and not fit for consumption.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reportedly rejected India's protest and has backed Dow Chemical's sponsorship for the next year's London Olympics. Dow Chemicals, which signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July last year, is the company which took over Union Carbide, responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas ...

The Union Cabinet has accepted the report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas disaster, a day ahead than originally planned. The report recommended enhanced compensation to the victims under a Rs 1,500 crore package.It also recommended pursuing liability issue with Dow Chemicals and Rs 300 crore for clean-up of the site and pursuing t...

The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal gas tragedy met on Monday.According to sources, the ministers have reached a  consensus that the Madhya Pradesh government will undertake exercise of clean up with support from the Centre.They've also decided that Rs 10 lakh will be given to those who lost their lives in India's worst indust...

The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy will meet on Friday, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the panel to submit its report to the Cabinet in 10 days.

As the political war cries over the verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy become sharper, the Prime Minister has intervened, asking the nine-member Group of Ministers (GoM) set up last week to meet immediately. (Bhopal gas tragedy: Verdict and after)The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, will meet for the first time on Friday, the 18th. It ha...