The charge is that Dow Chemicals bears responsibility for the horrible Bhopal gas tragedy. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 17, 2012
A day after the International Olympic Council (IOC) turned down the Indian Olympics Association's (IOA) request to drop Dow as a sponsor for the Olympics, Enviroment Minister Jayathi Natarajan on Friday slammed the decision. Jayanthi said, "Someone who is responsible for such a tremendous environmental disaster should not sponsor Olympics." ...
12:10 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: In more trouble for Dow Chemicals (TDCC), activists on Tuesday claimed to have found evidence to show a continuing relationship between the firm and Union Carbide (UCC), the company accused in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The activists claimed that the evidence includes US court documents that prove that Dow traded Union Carbide products in India, thus violating a 1992 court order. Dow has maintained until now that it...
08:52 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Chennai: MDMK leader Vaiko demanded on Monday that India boycott the London Olympics if the organisers did not cancel the sponsorship contract with Dow Chemicals, which has links to Union Carbide - the company responsible for the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984. "To save the honour of the Indian democracy and to respect the sad sentiments of the affected people of Bhopal (gas tragedy), the government should send a strongly-worded...
06:16 PM, Jan 30, 2012
London: Hours after the London Olympics Organising Committee said that Dow Chemicals would remain the official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, the company issued a statement clarifying its position with regard to the Bhopal gas tragedy. Dow has said that it never owned or operated the Bhopal plant, and neither did the company acquired any part or issues related to it. The company further said, "The settlement between the...
06:11 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Meredith Alexander quit, taking a moral stance, in support of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy and said the London Games organisers should scrap the sponsorship deal with Dow Chemicals. ...
07:51 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Bhopal: Demanding immediate release of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims arrested by the police for allegedly indulging in violence here on December 3, the organisations fighting for the rights of the gas victims on Monday alleged that even the old and those not present on the spot had been arrested. "Old and innocent persons and even those who were not present where violent incidents took place on the 27th anniversary...
10:05 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Bhopal: A man resembling the notorious Davinder Singh alias 'Bunty chor' has been arrested in Bhopal, police said on Sunday. He was taken into custody for interrogation on Saturday following a tip-off that a man resembling the infamous thief was roaming in the old city area, Bhopal Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Yogesh Choudhry told PTI. "Though he looks like Bunty, he is claiming that his name is Napolean Jesus....
12:02 AM, Jan 16, 2012
'Gali Gali Chor Hai', starring Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran and Mugdha Godse, is a story that revolves around a common man called 'Bharat' who gets involved in political issues because of a small theft in his house. ...
07:41 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Bhopal: Disregarding vocal protests from the minority communities, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to go ahead with its annual state-wide Surya Namaskar show, hoping to get it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The Madhya Pradesh government believes this year's exercise can edge out Kazakhistan, which holds the Guinness record for holding the largest mass, multi-location, aerobics demonstration. Over 1 crore people, including 50...
09:37 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress will organize a 'jail bharo' agitation all over the state next week to protest against the shortage of fertilizers and power and bad condition of roads. Addressing a press conference in Bhopal, state Congress chief Kantilal Bhuria and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Singh said that the protest would be held on January 9. The duo said 2012 would be observed as 'Madhya Pradesh...
10:19 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Bhopal: A unique village provides a strong support system to the orphans in Bhopal. The SOS village is not just a school but also home attracting women from across India to turn caregivers and help the children realise their dreams. Anudeep, abandoned when she was 3 months old, is one of the 100 differently abled children, living and studying in the SOS village in Bhopal. Her mental faculties are underdeveloped...
09:26 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has written to the 2012 London Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), complaining about sponsor Dow Chemicals lying that there are no pending cases over the Bhopal gas tragedy. In a letter sent to the IOC the IOA demanded that Dow chemicals should be dropped as sponsors for the London Olympics. "A false campaign has been launched by the Dow Chemical's ...
03:17 PM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has written to the 2012 London Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), complaining about sponsor Dow Chemicals lying that there are no pending cases over the Bhopal gas tragedy. In a letter sent to the IOC the IOA demanded that Dow chemicals should be dropped as sponsors for the London Olympics. "A false campaign has been launched by the Dow Chemical's...
03:17 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Dow Chemicals on Monday clarified that it was never branding the 2012 Games with its logo in the first place. ...
08:53 PM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: In what is being seen as a victory of sorts for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the London Olympics will not carry any logo of Dow Chemicals. The company has clarified that it was never branding the 2012 Games with its logo in the first place. It also rejected reports that it had bent under pressure from victims of the Bhopal tragedy saying sponsors are never...
08:10 AM, Dec 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will not the 2012 London Olympics, but will lodge a strong protest over the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy tainted Dow Chemicals sponsoring the sporting event. The decision to not boycott the Olympic Games was taken at the IOA Executive Board meeting on Thursday in New Delhi. The victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have been demanding that India boycott the 2012 Olympic Games...
02:21 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Bhopal gas tragedy victims asked the IOA to boycott the Olympics if Dow Chemicals remains as one of the sponsors. ...
10:58 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Chairman of London's 2012 Olympic Organising Committee Sebastian Coe has spoken out in favour of sponsor Dow Chemicals, despite criticism over the company's involvement in the Bhopal gas tragedy. Coe said he empathised with the victims of the disaster but said the two were entirely different issues. "Dow only became the major shareholders in that company in 2001, some 17 years after the tragedy. So, of course...
08:14 AM, Dec 12, 2011
Bhopal: Parasram Gurjar, a grand old man believed to be 125-year-old and the oldest man in India, died at his native village in Madhya Pradesh, family sources said on Sunday. Gurjar, who was the native of Talkesari village in Hoshangabad district, breathed his last on Saturday afternoon leaving behind his only surviving son, 75-year-old Mohanlal and a family consisting of 14 grand children and three great grand children. His three...
10:12 PM, Dec 11, 2011
