Gas Leak Tragedy

Nearly 40 years after the gas leak at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory left over 5,000 people dead and severely affected thousands more, the Madhya Pradesh government is set to begin incinerating 345 metric tonnes of the toxic waste from the ruins

At least 3,787 people were killed after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide pesticide factory here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.

The toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 not only killed thousands of people in Bhopal but continues to give nightmares to the survivors 39 years since the tragedy.

Nearly 39 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy that killed thousands and affected many more, a representative of the US-based company that took over Union Carbide in 2001 is set to appear in a Madhya Pradesh court today.

The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.

In a big setback for the centre, the Supreme Court today dismissed its petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.

Successor firms of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot be a ground to now seek a "top-up" of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

An Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP secured a debate in Westminster Hall of the UK Parliament to call for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal last evening.

A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday decided to provide an additional pension of Rs 1,000 per month to widows of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.

The Centre and the state were together funding the pension paid since 2010 to around 5,000 widows of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims. Since December 2019, however, the payments have completely stopped.

An FIR has been registered against LG Polymers in connection with the gas leakage incident in RR Venkatapuram village in Visakhapatnam on Thursday in which 11 people were killed.

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

A court here has asked a senior official in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to appear and explain why it could not serve summons to Dow Chemical in the United States in the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak case.

Nearly 40 years after the gas leak at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory left over 5,000 people dead and severely affected thousands more, the Madhya Pradesh government is set to begin incinerating 345 metric tonnes of the toxic waste from the ruins

At least 3,787 people were killed after toxic gas leaked from the now-defunct Union Carbide pesticide factory here on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.

The toxic gas leak from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory on the chilly night of December 2 not only killed thousands of people in Bhopal but continues to give nightmares to the survivors 39 years since the tragedy.

Nearly 39 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy that killed thousands and affected many more, a representative of the US-based company that took over Union Carbide in 2001 is set to appear in a Madhya Pradesh court today.

The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.

In a big setback for the centre, the Supreme Court today dismissed its petition seeking more compensation from Union Carbide for the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The gas leak that killed over 3,000 people is among the world's worst industrial disasters.

Successor firms of the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot be a ground to now seek a "top-up" of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

An Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP secured a debate in Westminster Hall of the UK Parliament to call for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal last evening.

A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday decided to provide an additional pension of Rs 1,000 per month to widows of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.

The Centre and the state were together funding the pension paid since 2010 to around 5,000 widows of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims. Since December 2019, however, the payments have completely stopped.

An FIR has been registered against LG Polymers in connection with the gas leakage incident in RR Venkatapuram village in Visakhapatnam on Thursday in which 11 people were killed.

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

A court here has asked a senior official in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to appear and explain why it could not serve summons to Dow Chemical in the United States in the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak case.