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New Delhi: The Union environment and forest ministry team sent to assess the toxic material on-board the controversial ship Platinum II, anchored in Indian waters near Alang for ship-breaking, has confirmed the vessel contains tonnes of toxins.

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A central team on Monday began a probe into allegations that a radioactive contaminated US ship has been anchored at the Alang coast in Gujarat even as NGOs demanded a CBI probe.

NEW DELHI: The Union government has ordered an inquiry into the anchoring of a United States ship, reportedly laden with radioactive substances, off the Alang coast in Gujarat.

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GANDHINAGAR: The ship-breaking yard at Alang, off the Bhavnagar coast in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has found

Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: The controversy over the allegedly contaminated US ship took a new twist on Wednesday with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) giving it a clean chit, but Union environment ministry rejecting it to send its own team to the state for investigation.