New Delhi: The Human Rights Commission pulled up the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday for the police brutality on protesting Bhopal gas victims. Taking suo motto cognizance of the police lathicharge on the protestors on December 3, the HRC has asked the state government to submit a detailed report on the incident. The gas victims through their protest, were demanding an adequate compensation from Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide. The...
09:26 AM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: India is mounting pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to seek the ouster of Dow Chemicals as sponsors of London 2012 and the Sports Ministry has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in this regard. Dow Chemicals is the company that's believed to be responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy, one of the worst instances of human neglect leading to loss of thousands of lives. Dow...
09:51 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Bhopal: Victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy were lathi charged by the police in Barkheri on Saturday when they carried out a 'Rail Roko' agitation. The gas victims retaliated to the police brutality by burning vehicles and pelting stones at the officials. So far, four trains have been stopped by the gas victims in Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal Bina passenger train was stopped by the Bhopal gas victims at...
12:48 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: Survivours of the Bhopal Gas tragedy are planning to hold a 'Rail Roko' agitation on Saturday, demanding correction in death figures and more compensation from Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide. One of them survivour of the Bhopal Gas tragedy Rashida spoke to CNN-IBN and said, "This is shocking that Union Carbide is saying that the Indian government is itself claimed that the compensation given to the victims is...
06:46 AM, Dec 03, 2011
London: Just a few months ago, Dow Chemical was hailed by the organizers of the London Olympics for saving a visual centerpiece - an artistic wrap around Olympic Stadium. Now, the Olympic sponsor is sparking the kind of controversy that no one wants. Dow's link to the company accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak - the world's worst industrial disaster - has brought a cascade of criticism down upon...
02:01 AM, Dec 03, 2011
CBI arrests Mahipal Maderna in Bhanwari Devi case. Dow Chemical says it wont pay more to Bhopal victims. ...
11:33 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: In what comes as a big blow to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the Dow Chemicals has told the Supreme Court that it will not pay more compensation for Bhopal victims. According to the Dow Chemicals, the settlement in 1989 of $470 million was more than adequate and fair. The company further said that the Union Carbide Corporation had no involvement in the Bhopal plant operations as the...
06:06 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Bhopal: A 12-year old swimming champion from Bhopal, Ira Parihar, has accomplished what most swimmers have not even attempted, despite suffering from Down syndrome. Ira Parihar has been swimming since she was 3-year old. At the age of 8 she crossed the breadth of Bhopal's Historic Upper Lake. This is nothing unusual, except that Parihar has Down Syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with learning disabilities. Now, the 12-year-old can swim...
08:40 AM, Nov 21, 2011
Bhopal: Within hours of a Madhya Pradesh district court ordering registration of a case against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Sushma Swaraj, a sessions court stayed the order to book the two in a case related to allegedly showing disrespect towards the national flag in 2010. The Nasrullaganj court in Sehore district while ordering the registration of case against the two BJP leaders also...
10:16 AM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has joined social networking site Facebook in a bid to get help from people in cracking cases. CBI sources said the idea of going online is first being implemented by its Bhopal unit on experimental basis which will be further followed by all its wings after assessing people's response. The sources said the agency is garnering good response from Internet surfers and getting...
02:25 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Bhopal: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was today anointed the tenth Nawab of Pataudi at a ceremony at his ancestral palace here over a month after his father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi passed away. The 41-year-old actor was made the Nawab at a 'pagdi' ceremony this morning at the Ibrahim Palace here, where heads of 52 villages tied a white turban around his head as mother Sharmila Tagore, sisters Saba...
08:20 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Bhopal: Masood Sultan, father of slain RTI activist Shehla, said on Sunday that things have not moved even an inch since her murder took place on August 16. Masood said that the work of CBI which is investigating the case was hampered by the fact that it had been unable to find an eyewitness to the murder and that nothing much could be done till an eyewitness was found. Speaking...
03:28 PM, Oct 16, 2011
Bhopal: Gangster Iqbal Mirchi, who was arrested in London, owns a sprawling bungalow on the banks of the Upper Lake in the city and its estimated market value is close to Rs 10 crore. The bungalow is known as the "Angrezan Bungalow" is located on plot No. 18 in the Nadir Colony in an area of 10,000 square feet. It has been lying desolate for the last couple of years....
04:20 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Bhopal: From 11th century philosopher king Raja Bhoj to the Nawabs and Begums of the 19th century to waiter Nandkishore Kushwaha of this century, one thing has not changed in Bhopal down the ages -- people's love for penning down their thoughts. After the royal era, not only professional writers but even administrators, professors, doctors, officers of state services and journalists have penned their memoirs or done creative writing in...
01:56 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Bhopal: There are many Indians who are living examples of courage and decency, and who believe in doing constructive work for a better future. Bhagwan Das is one such Indian. He has worked as a railway attendant since 1984 and every time a towel or bedsheet goes missing from the AC section of the train, the cost is deducted from his salary. On September 15, Bhagwan Das got a chance...
08:33 AM, Sep 27, 2011
CNN-IBN has accessed a letter that slain RTI activist Shehla Masood wrote to the CVC alleging misuse of state funds to the tune of crores of rupees by top officials including the Chief Minister. ...
08:55 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for providing information about the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood, who was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal last month. On September 3, a case was registered against unnamed persons by the Bhopal unit of the agency, CBI sources said here. Shehla was shot dead when she was going towards her car outside her...
07:31 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Sandeep Dikshit says the money belongs to a friend who was travelling in the same train with him from Bhopal. ...
09:03 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: A Rs 10 lakh bundle was found in a first-class coupe in the Bhopal Express on Wednesday. The coupe was reserved in the Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit's son Sandeep Dikshit's name. The Congress MP claims the money belongs to his architect friend Jayesh Mathur. Dikshit said Mathur was travelling in a different bogie on the same train. Mathur had come to Dikshit's coupe on Wednesday night and...
01:18 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Group Captain Amit Gupta was suspended on Wednesday from service by the Indian Air Force after he was arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of former officer Anjali Gupta. "The officer, who is currently posted at Nagpur air base, has been suspended under the Air Force Act after he was arrested and taken into judicial custody by the local police authorities in Bhopal," IAF officials said. They...
08:31 PM, Sep 14, 2011
