Timpu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Bhopal, Jul 21: Rumours about presence of a live bomb in the arrival lounge of Raja Bhoj airport on Monday, July 21, kept the security agencies at tenterhooks, but later it was found to be part of a mock drill by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Click Here To Read the Full Post
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Bhopal, July 21 (IANS) There are plans to restore the lost glory of a monument here known as the Taj Mahal, which is a grand structure in its own right but has been facing neglect for decades unlike its namesake in Agra. The Taj Mahal here was built by Shah Jahan Begum over 130 years [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Hundreds of tons of waste languish on the grounds of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India, the site of a notorious disaster that killed thousands.
Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Hundreds of tons of waste still languish inside a tin-roofed warehouse in a corner of the old grounds of the Union Carbide pesticide factory here, nearly a quarter-century after a poison gas leak killed thousands and turned this ancient city into a notorious symbol of industrial disaster. The toxic remains have yet to be carted away. No one has examined to what extent, over more than two decades, they...
thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
It is hard to believe that all this time has passed and yet still nothing has been done. Criminality on top of criminality. I have an easy solution law: Any company that commits such gross violations and unaddressed pollutions should be barred from doing business again until the sites are cleaned. If they [...]
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
New York, July 7 (IANS) Hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste still remains on the grounds of the Bhopal pesticide factory, formerly owned by Union Carbide, a quarter-century after the industrial disaster, due to delays by the government in removing it and the current US owner of the factory washing its hands of the mess, [...]
Mischa News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Image details: Twentieth Century Fox Premiere of The Happening - Arrivals served by picapp.com Mischa Barton has accepted a new movie part in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. Mischa Barton will take over the role from Sienna Miller. The Indian movie, set to be released later this year, is directed by Ravi Kumar. The story follows [...]
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Bhopal, July 1 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government Tuesday removed 40 tonnes of chemical residues from the premises of the now defunct Union Carbide pesticide plant, which led to the world’s worst industrial disaster in 1984. These chemical residues, in the form of lime sledge, were lying in the plant premises ever since the gas [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Almost a quarter century later, survivors of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters are pressing India’s authorities to hold a U.S. corporation accountable
Aviation India (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged Union Minister of State for Aviation Prafulla Patel to start Bhopal-Jeddah flight. In his letter, the Chief Minister has said that a large number of Muslim pilgrims go to Jeddah from Madhya Pradesh for performing Haj. Due to lack of requisite arrangements, these pilgrims have to go to Mumbai and then take a flight to Jeddah from there. He suggested...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
New Delhi , June 28 (ANI): Children from Bhopal fighting for the rights of victims of Bhopal gas leak, one of India ’s worst industrial disasters, held a demonstration here on Saturday carrying hearts made of paper. Appealing to the Prime Minister to “have a heart” and do justice to them, the children expressed disappointment over [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Source: [b]ANI[/b] New Delhi, Sat, 28 Jun 2008 Children from Bhopal fighting for the rights of victims of Bhopal gas leak, one of India's worst industrial disasters, held a demonstration here on Saturday carrying hearts made of paper. Appealing to the Prime Minister to "have a heart" and do ...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Two new schools of planning and architecture will come up in Bhopal and Vijayawada at a cost of over Rs.3.48 million, a minister said Thursday. The government Thursday approved the proposal of the projects, which are to be completed by 2012-13, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chavan [...]
TIME: Top World Stories (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Almost a quarter century later, survivors of one of the world's worst industrial disasters are pressing India's authorities to hold a U.S. corporation accountable
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Bhopal, June 24 (ANI): Price rise has hit the dead too in Bhopal as the inflation has made good required for last rites at crematoriums beyond the reach of common man. Things used for cremation like firewood, piece of cloth and other required items has become quite expensive. The customary items used in cremation are carrying price [...]
