More than 26 years after a poisonous gas leak killed 10,000 people and maimed over a lakh in Bhopal, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review its judgments in the criminal and civil cases, which allegedly helped the accused get away with light punishment and Union Carbide pay meagre compensation.

The court issued notices to Dow Chemicals, Union Carbide, Eveready Industries India Ltd and McL

Cancer cases in the State capital that saw world's worst industrial disasters have more than tripled among men and more than doubled among women between 1988 and 2007.

A 19-year-long study, conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ACMR), has found that overall, cancer in men in all sites increased by 3.4 times while in women, the increase was 2.5 times.

Significantly, the study t

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of India has decided to hear two curative petitions on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy

The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to hear in open court two curative petitions filed by the CBI and the Centre in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy seeking restoration of the stringent charge of culpable homicide against the accused and enhancement of compensation for the victims.

The petition in which the Centre has sought enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700

The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) has pocketed over Rs 1 crore by allowing pharma companies to conduct clinical trials of drugs on its patients

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the petition filed by the Centre seeking enhancement of compensation from Rs 750 crore to Rs 7,700 crore for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, in which more than 5000 people were killed due to leakage of poisonous gas from Union Carbide factory.

A large number of Bhopal gas tragedy victims today held a demonstration in the national capital demanding adequate compensation, rehabilitation, medical care and punishment to the guilty.

The dharna, organised by Bhopal Gas Pidit Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti (BGPSSS) and CITU, was addressed by CPI(M) Parliamentary Group leader Basudeb Acharia and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat.

The prote

When B R Lall, the IPS officer who had headed the CBI probe into the Bhopal gas leak, alleged that the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) had pressured the agency not to pursue the extradition of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, he drew not only an indignant response but also mockery from Law Minister Veerappa Moily.

Now, Lall has hit back at Moily with invectives, his latest book charging the

Bhopal: Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Babulal Gaur today visited claim courts at old district court in Shahjehanabad locality and talked to the gas claimants about the arrangements for distribution of compensation. In charge Registrar Bharat Bhushan Shrivastava informed that a sum of Rs 39 crore 82 lakh against 5481 cases were distributed as compensation among gas victims.