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"Betrayal, Again": Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors On Supreme Court Order
Hours after the Supreme Court turned down the centre's plea for more compensation in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, those who lost their own in the disaster termed the verdict a "betrayal".
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Verdict Today On Petition For Additional Funds
Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict today on the Centre's curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's successor firms to extend higher compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
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How A Banned Test Continues To Traumatise Rape Survivors In India
In Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, nearly five hours from Bhopal, Kannubai*, 36, describes how she was raped at knife-point while her husband was away and her children asleep.
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Triple Talaq Verdict: Muslim Personal Law Board AIMPLB To Plan Future Action At Bhopal Meet
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB will chalk out its future course of action with regard to the Supreme Court's verdict on triple talaq in its working committee meeting slated on September 10 in Bhopal, an official of the body said.
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4 Sentenced For Life In RTI Activist Shehla Masood's Murder Case
A special CBI court today pronounced its verdict in the murder case of environmentalist and Right to Information activist Shehla Masood who was shot outside her residence in Bhopal in 2011. The main conspirator Zahida Parvez, along with associates Saba Farooqi, Shaquib and Tabish have been given life sentence while the fifth accused, Irfan, was acq...
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Bhopal tragedy: Keshub Mahindra plans to appeal the verdict
After being one of the eight to be held guilty in the Bhopal Gas case and subsequently senetced to two years in prison, ex-Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra plans to appeal the verdict, sources have revealed. Out on bail immediately after the verdict was announced, sources have told NDTV that Mr Mahindra's legal counsel is prepar...
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Bhopal gas tragedy verdict raises issue of corporate ethics
Post the Bhopal verdict, corporate accountability is now under the scanner like never before. From ordinary citizens to Bollywood, there is widespread outrage that the company responsible for the world's worst industrial disaster got away. Except for India Inc which has stayed largely silent. Not surprising, given the general lack of accoun...
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Flag marches in Ayodhya, Ujjain ahead of Babri verdict
Ahead of the Babri verdict on September 24, efforts are on to hold on to peace in communally sensitive Ujjain and in Ayodhya. Extra security measures have been put in place; the Rapid Action Force (RAF) is holding flag marches in both these places.Madhya Pradesh witnessed one of the worst communal violence post-Babri masjid demolition, that left mo...
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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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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 ...
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Bhopal panel to ask Supreme Court for review of verdict
The Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted on the Bhopal gas tragedy, which met for the third time on Saturday, is likely to petition the Supreme Court for a review of earlier judgments on Bhopal, sources told NDTV."We discussed all the pending legal issues. We also discussed the various legal options in the light of the court judgement," said P Chi...
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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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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.
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"Betrayal, Again": Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors On Supreme Court Order
Hours after the Supreme Court turned down the centre's plea for more compensation in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, those who lost their own in the disaster termed the verdict a "betrayal".
-
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Verdict Today On Petition For Additional Funds
Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict today on the Centre's curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from Union Carbide Corporation's successor firms to extend higher compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
-
How A Banned Test Continues To Traumatise Rape Survivors In India
In Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, nearly five hours from Bhopal, Kannubai*, 36, describes how she was raped at knife-point while her husband was away and her children asleep.
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Triple Talaq Verdict: Muslim Personal Law Board AIMPLB To Plan Future Action At Bhopal Meet
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB will chalk out its future course of action with regard to the Supreme Court's verdict on triple talaq in its working committee meeting slated on September 10 in Bhopal, an official of the body said.
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4 Sentenced For Life In RTI Activist Shehla Masood's Murder Case
A special CBI court today pronounced its verdict in the murder case of environmentalist and Right to Information activist Shehla Masood who was shot outside her residence in Bhopal in 2011. The main conspirator Zahida Parvez, along with associates Saba Farooqi, Shaquib and Tabish have been given life sentence while the fifth accused, Irfan, was acq...
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Bhopal tragedy: Keshub Mahindra plans to appeal the verdict
After being one of the eight to be held guilty in the Bhopal Gas case and subsequently senetced to two years in prison, ex-Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra plans to appeal the verdict, sources have revealed. Out on bail immediately after the verdict was announced, sources have told NDTV that Mr Mahindra's legal counsel is prepar...
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Bhopal gas tragedy verdict raises issue of corporate ethics
Post the Bhopal verdict, corporate accountability is now under the scanner like never before. From ordinary citizens to Bollywood, there is widespread outrage that the company responsible for the world's worst industrial disaster got away. Except for India Inc which has stayed largely silent. Not surprising, given the general lack of accoun...
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Flag marches in Ayodhya, Ujjain ahead of Babri verdict
Ahead of the Babri verdict on September 24, efforts are on to hold on to peace in communally sensitive Ujjain and in Ayodhya. Extra security measures have been put in place; the Rapid Action Force (RAF) is holding flag marches in both these places.Madhya Pradesh witnessed one of the worst communal violence post-Babri masjid demolition, that left mo...
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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 ...
-
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...
-
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.
-
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 ...
-
Bhopal panel to ask Supreme Court for review of verdict
The Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted on the Bhopal gas tragedy, which met for the third time on Saturday, is likely to petition the Supreme Court for a review of earlier judgments on Bhopal, sources told NDTV."We discussed all the pending legal issues. We also discussed the various legal options in the light of the court judgement," said P Chi...
-
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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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.
