32 years on, toxic waste still lying in Union Carbide factory

Survivors of 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy on Saturday staged a protest in front of the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the 32nd anniversary of the world’s worst industrial......

Bhopal gas tragedy: Decision on toxic waste soon

Talks are on with a German firm for disposal of toxic waste left at the Union Carbide plant in the aftermath of the 1984 disaster after Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra declined to allow its......

Ex-IAS officer hints at Puri for Rajiv's IPKF fiasco

In his book Arun Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer, makes a dig at Hardeep Singh Puri, former diplomat, Union minister and BJP nominee from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, for Rajiv’s faulty Sri......

Bhopal cleanup in 3 yrs, Rs 100cr memorial: Report

A Rs 1,500 crore package for enhancing compensation for the kin of those who died and those debilitated in the Bhopal gas disaster was finalised on Monday by a Group of Ministers. The report......

Dow chief not a part of Obama's biz delegation

As Air Force One landed in India's financial capital with promises of bonding between the United States and the country in many sectors, one of the key people missing from Barack Obama's 200-member......

Bhopal haunts Dow R&D unit

Dow Chemical Company is once bitten, twice shy. Close on the heels of its US parent's move to deny liability for damages resulting from the Bhopal gas tragedy at a plant run by Union Carbide (a......

Dow halts R&D work at Chakan after govt order

Dow India, a subsidiary of US multinational Dow Chemical Company, has temporarily halted work at its proposed global research and developmentcentre at Chakan near Pune following instructions from......

IIT-ians oppose Dow sponsorship

India's premier technical institute, IIT-Bombay's golden jubilee celebrations -- to be held in New York from July 18 to 20 this year -- have stirred a hornet's nest. The reason is that Dow......