Houston: Union Carbide Company (UCC) and Dow Chemicals Company on Monday said it will oppose in the Supreme Court the curative petition filed by the Indian Government seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. UCC and Dow Chemicals, which owns UCC since 2001, issued separate statements and said the Government's petition will receive "vigorous" opposition and "strong...
09:21 PM, Feb 28, 2011
New Delhi: India has no plans of banning Dow Chemicals from the country while the due process of law will be followed in regard to fixing the firm’s civil and criminal liabilities in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. "There is no proposal to blacklist and ban the entry of Union Carbide, which is now called Dow Chemicals in the country," Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Srikant Kumar Jena...
04:31 PM, Aug 19, 2010
New Delhi: Denying any kind of US pressure, the government said India would not go soft on Dow Chemicals, after a senior US official said pursuing the Bhopal case might hit Indo-US trade relations. The issue was raised as the Bhopal gas leak case came in focus again, with reports of US Deputy National Security Advisor Froman Michael writing to Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, warning him that American ...
11:55 AM, Aug 19, 2010
New Delhi: With India pursuing efforts to make Dow Chemicals pay higher compensation in the Bhopal gas disaster, a senior US official reportedly asked the government not to persist with it so as to avoid any "chilling" in the investment relationship between the two countries. "We are hearing a lot of noise about the Dow Chemical issues. I am not familiar with all the details but I think we want...
09:53 PM, Aug 18, 2010
The Centre will press for extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson from the USA. ...
08:15 PM, Jun 24, 2010
The Centre will press for extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson from the USA. ...
08:15 PM, Jun 24, 2010
Out of 8,000 tonnes of toxins at the factory, only 350 tonnes can be treated at the Pithampur facility, near Indore. ...
08:40 PM, Jun 22, 2010
The Indian delegation is being led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. ...
07:50 AM, Jun 22, 2010
GoM headed by Home Minister P Chidamabaram began discussions on the Bhopal gas tragedy on Sunday. ...
05:49 PM, Jun 18, 2010
The United States government is being accused of protecting its own interests. ...
09:47 AM, Jun 17, 2010
Activists in the US try to build public awareness about the industrial disaster. ...
08:44 AM, Jun 15, 2010
The fresh revelation comes within a week after CNN-IBN exposed how Abhishek Singhvi had counselled the company in 2006. ...
03:55 PM, Jun 12, 2010
Company that acquired Union Carbide Corp, Bhopal gas leak culprit, pressed for its demands. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Company that acquired Union Carbide Corp, Bhopal gas leak culprit, pressed for its demands. ...
08:59 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Abhsihek Manu Singhvi has been appearing in court for Dow Chemicals, the company that took over Union Carbide in US ...
11:43 PM, Jun 10, 2010
Abhsihek Manu Singhvi had advised Dow Chemicals that the Bhopal ghost will not legally haunt them. ...
11:17 PM, Jun 10, 2010
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi gave legal advice to company that bought Union Carbide Corp. ...
03:29 PM, Jun 10, 2010
Its former CEO Warren Anderson has been declared a fugitive and a proclaimed offender by an Indian court. ...
09:39 AM, Jun 08, 2010
The quantum of sentence to the eight convicted is expected to be pronounced later Monday by 5 pm. ...
02:08 PM, Jun 07, 2010
It has been over 25 years since the disaster at the Union Carbide plant which claimed about 15,000 lives. ...
01:39 PM, Jun 07, 2010
