Expressing concern over ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan in the aftermath of earthquake and tsunami, five organisations -- fighting for rights of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims -- today demanded immediate suspension of the work on Jaitpur plant in Maharashtra.

New Delhi: The CBI is ready with documents to seek extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson from the US for his trial in the Bhopal gas leak case which led to the death of thousands in 1984.

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Effects Of Poison Cloud Pose Threat To Generations
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples of panic spread to distant shores.

Fifty workers and technicians quarantined inside the power station complex were fighting a deadly battle to cool the three functional reactors even as cooling pools w

KOLKATA: A major fire broke out in a private petrochemical company's warehouse containing plastic granules at Haldia town in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Monday.

There was no report of any casualty.

According to District Magistrate Archana, the fire broke out in one corner of the 3,000 sq ft warehouse of South Asian Petrochemicals Limited and spread rapidly due to the inflammabl

Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr Anil Kakodkar, on Sunday said that in the backdrop of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the design of the Jaitapur nuclear power plant (JNPP) being planned in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, should be strengthened.

Speaking to DNA on Sunday, the eminent scientist said that unlike Fukushima, the Jaitapur plant will

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

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

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: A chilling incident of fraud with a victim of the Bhopal gas tragedy has come to light and activists insist that is proof of what they have always maintained