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

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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

New Delhi: A recent exchange of emails between Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Michael Froman, accessed by Times Now, would suggest that the United States is trying to pressure India to take back its demand for Rs. 1,500 crore in compensation from Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

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New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah today said a park and solar energy plant should be established in the premises of the now-closed Union Carbide here in memory of the 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster victims.
''Positive indications were received from Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during our related discussion.