Carbide waste disposal: 5 protesters held, prohibitory orders clamped

The Madhya Pradesh police registered five cases against protesters in Pithampur of Dhar district who opposed the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy in......

Union Carbide waste disposal: Protesters set themselves afire

Two persons attempted self-immolation, flaring tensions in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh on Friday as protests against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide......

Cabinet to discuss ministers' Bhopal report today

The Union cabinet will discuss the report of the Group of Ministers on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy on Thursday. The Cabinet will seek approval to send a fresh request to the United States seeking......

Is Nuclear Deal PM Singh's Biggest Achievement?

The India-US nuclear deal was aimed at ending India's nuclear isolation and nuclear apartheid, recalls Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh with then US undersecretary of......

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......