Indira Kannan / New York August 20, 2010, 0:09 IST

The United States moved quickly on Wednesday to deny that it attempted to influence any action the Indian government might seek to take against The Dow Chemical Company over the Bhopal gas disaster in return for US support on a World Bank loan sought by India.

Sonia GandhiSpeaking from Washington, Benjamin Chang, a spokesman for the National

A member of student group hold a placard as she participates in a demonstration to express solidarity with the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors in Bangalore. File photo
AP A member of student group hold a placard as she participates in a demonstration to express solidarity with the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors in Bangalore.

New Delhi: Ahead of the November visit of President Barack Obama, US has stepped up efforts to push India to drop its demand that Dow Chemicals pay Rs 1,500 crore compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

On Wednesday, Times Now, in an exclusive report, said US deputy NSA Michael Froman wrote to Planning Commission deputy chairmanMontek Singh Ahluwalia in an email that the

The Bhopal gas leak continues to cast a long shadow, even 25 years after the accident.

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THE US appears to be piling pressure on the Manmohan Singh government for providing relief to Dow Chemicals.

Jabalpur, Aug 18:
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set October 26 as the date for final hearing after all parties submitted arguments on a public interest litigation for disposal of 350 tonnes toxic waste present for years in the now-closed Union Carbide factory at Bhopal.

Justices Arun Mishra and Sushma Shrivastav, while hearing Bhopal-resident Alok Pratap Singh's plea yesterday, ruled that