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Bhopal gas tragedy: SC rejects Centre's higher compensation plea

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Centre's curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) successor firms to extend higher compensation to......

Indian-origin MP gets UK parliament to debate 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 Bhopal gas tragedy, which will mark its 38th anniversary......

Clarify stand on Bhopal gas tragedy compensation, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to clarify its stand on whether it wants to go ahead with its curative petition seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional funds from successor firms of the......

Govts failed to deliver justice even after 37 years: Bhopal gas survivors

NGOs working for the rights of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Wednesday alleged that various governments in Madhya Pradesh and at the Centre have failed to bring the culprits of......

This is for Meenal and the Mirror

Saturday will be the last time the Mumbai Mirror will hit newsstands as a daily.Two Saturdays ago, its owners, the Times of India group, shocked the city by deciding to convert the Mirror into a......

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......

US seeks to bail out Dow over Bhopal liability

The Bhopal gas leak continues to cast a long shadow, even 25 years after the accident. Ithas emerged that a senior US government functionary offered to help India garner greater funding from the......

Pranab on how India can achieve 9%-plus growth

Decades of being right in the thick of and down in the weeds of the political hustings -- and of late being the go-to guy for damage control as far as the Congress party is concerned -- has made......

Dow chief to skip Indo-US CEOs' Forum

The chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals Andrew Liveris will not attend the Indo-US CEO Business Forum meeting scheduled to be held in Washington. "He is not attending because of his prior......

Review: Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain is a haunting film

The images of those who suffered in the industrial disaster will stay with you for quite some time, says Prasanna D Zore. Director Ravi Kumar’s Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain was in......

Dow link tarnishes Games' reputation: London Assembly

London politicians called on Olympic officials to rethink their sponsorship contract with Dow Chemical on Wednesday, saying the company's links to the 1984 Bhopal disaster damaged the reputation of......

Olympics: London ready to welcome the world

London is fully prepared to welcome the world at this year's summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday following the 10th and final visit of its inspection......

Olympics organisers willing to meet Bhopal activists

Under tremendous pressure from India to drop Dow Chemicals as London Olympics sponsors, the Games' organising committee chief Sebastian Coe said they are ready to meet the activists protesting......

India hasn't asked athletes to boycott Games: Maken

Clarifying that the government has not asked athletes to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals sponsorship, Sports Minister Ajay Maken said that the matter has been pursued at a......

No talk of Indian boycott of London Olympics: IOC

A boycott of the London Games because of Dow Chemical's sponsorship has not been mentioned by the Indian Olympic Association, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said. The Indian Olympic......

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