Bhopal: SC upholds charges against 7 accused

Bhopal: SC upholds charges against 7 accused

Delivering a setback to the CBI and Madhya Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the charges against seven people accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. ...
08:58 PM, May 11, 2011

Bhopal: SC refuses CBI's plea to reopen case

Bhopal: SC refuses CBI's plea to reopen case New Delhi: The quest for justice for Bhopal gas tragedy victims has hit yet another dead end. Delivering a setback to the CBI and Madhya Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the charges against seven people accused in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. The apex court has rejected the CBI's curative petition seeking a stay on its 1996 judgment in the case and restoration of stringent charges against...
11:26 AM, May 11, 2011

Court allows CBI to extradite Warren Anderson

Court allows CBI to extradite Warren Anderson New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed the CBI to seek extradition of Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson, an accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy case, from the United States. "Considering the entire facts in its holistic perspective and sentiments of the disaster-hit people, I deem it appropriate and in the interest of justice that he be extradited," Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said. "There is no...
02:37 PM, Mar 23, 2011

Bhopal gas tragedy: CBI seeks Anderson's extradition

Bhopal gas tragedy: CBI seeks Anderson's extradition New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday moved the Tis Hazari courts in Delhi seeking extradition of Union Carbide Corporation Chairman Warren Anderson for his involvement in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy case. Giving his opinion to the CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati on Tuesday said that there is enough proof for Warren Anderson's extradition from the United States. Vahanvati also told the central investigating agency that...
05:24 PM, Mar 22, 2011

Anderson's escape from India will remain a mystery

Anderson's escape from India will remain a mystery New Delhi: The circumstances under which United Carbide chief Warren Anderson suddenly fled the country after he arrived in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy will continue to remain a mystery. MTNL, which could have thrown some light, said it was unable to provide phone call details. The state-owned telephone company expressed its inability to provide records of call details between the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the US...
08:05 PM, Sep 07, 2010

Warren Anderson's escape not an issue: Digvijaya

Warren Anderson's escape not an issue: Digvijaya Bhopal: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday said the way in which former Union Carbide Corporation CEO Warren Anderson left the city after the 1984 gas disaster was not an issue at all. "It does not matter whether Anderson left Bhopal in a plane or train or walked to New Delhi," Singh told reporters in Bhopal. "The bigger issue was the relief and rehabilitation of the gas victims who...
05:57 PM, Aug 13, 2010
Bhopal tragedy: Will the truth ever come out?

Bhopal tragedy: Will the truth ever come out?

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh broke his silence over what exactly transpired after the Bhopal gas leak tragedy and who let former CEO of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, get away after being arrested. The key point from Arjun Singh's speech in the Rajya Sabha was the clean chit for then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. But Bhopal Group for Information and Action President Satinath Sarangi wondered if the guilty ...
11:13 PM, Aug 11, 2010

Arjun Singh blames Rao for Anderson's exit

Arjun Singh blames Rao for Anderson's exit New Delhi: Breaking his silence, Arjun Singh on Wednesday appeared to point fingers at the late PV Narasimha Rao in the exit of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson in the wake of Bhopal gas disaster in 1984, thereby giving a clean chit to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. "The Chief Secretary informed me that there have been persistent calls for granting bail to Mr Anderson from Home Ministry...
07:13 PM, Aug 11, 2010

CBI refuses to reveal 'MEA letter' on Anderson

CBI refuses to reveal 'MEA letter' on Anderson CBI has refused to part with information on a purported MEA letter asking it not to pursue extradition of Anderson. ...
06:05 PM, Jul 13, 2010

Keshub Mahindra gets bail in Bhopal gas leak case

Keshub Mahindra gets bail in Bhopal gas leak case Keshub Mahindra has been given bail on a bond of Rs 7 lakh. ...
09:20 PM, Jul 01, 2010

India to seek Anderson's extradition: Govt

India to seek Anderson's extradition: Govt The 89-year-old former UCC chief was declared an absconder in the Bhopal gas leak case by a Bhopal court. ...
12:30 PM, Jun 29, 2010

PM, Obama discuss terror; skip Anderson

PM, Obama discuss terror; skip Anderson India told the US that Pakistan must take action against terrorism emanating from its soil directed towards it. ...
11:17 AM, Jun 28, 2010

Bhopal retrial not legally tenable: Fali Nariman

Bhopal retrial not legally tenable: Fali Nariman Senior advocate Fali Nariman feels what the Government is saying is not legally tenable. ...
11:02 AM, Jun 27, 2010

'Don't dump toxic waste in our backyard'

'Don't dump toxic waste in our backyard' Villagers in Indore fear that their ground water will get more contaminated just like it did last year. ...
09:06 AM, Jun 27, 2010

Denials, contradictions and Bhopal tragedy

Newsman |  Rajdeep Sardesai

Where were you in December 1984? It's a question raised with unfailing regularity across the news media in the last fortnight as the verdict in ...
12:01 AM, Jun 25, 2010
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