Following the advice of Attorney General (AG) of India, the Centre has decided against pursuing the case of Bhopal Gas Tragedy compensation in the US courts, observing that it would not be in the interest of the country or victims.

New Delhi: Following attorney general of India

The Human Rights Commission has recommended the State Government to pay Rs one lakh as interim relief to the gas hit woman Madhu Verma

Soon after the Bhopal gas disaster in December 1984, efforts were made to suppress research reports to dilute the magnitude of the incident, claims a doctor who was posted as a child specialist at a state-run hospital here when the tragedy occurred.
In his latest book, '25 years of Gas Tragedy and untold truth', Dr NR Bhandari has said that the real problems of the gas victims were suppressed by

New Delhi: Ahead of US President Barak Obama

Hundreds of women widowed by the Bhopal gas tragedy protested here on Thursday, demanding adequate pension and enhanced compensation.
The members of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha led the rally of the widows and shouted slogans, demanding a raise in pension from the State Government.

"It's been 26 years since the gas tragedy and in these 26 years the condition o

In its curative petition in the apex court, the govt will argue how the actual aftermath of the gas tragedy far exceeds the $470m compensation agreed to in 1989.

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The Supreme Court has issued notices to the respondent Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers and welfare commissioner, Bhopal, in a petition filed earlier in March 2010 by Bhopal NGOs regarding the death and injury claims arising out of the Bhopal gas disaster.

NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh government has asked the Centre to review why compensation paid and other facilities made available to citizens of 36 wards of Bhopal following the gas tragedy should not be extended to the other 20 wards of the state capital.

The state also asked that clean-up of the contaminated site be carried out by the alleged culprit firms but the Centre has not agreed to the

Too Many Cases Pending in India, AG Tells GoM
Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: The attorney general has recommended to the Union government not to pursue the Bhopal gas tragedy case in US courts while several cases remain pending in various Indian courts.
The attorney general gave the advice to a group of ministers (GoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram.
Sources said the government