The most apt description of Bhopal on the early morning of December 3, 1984 came from one by Dr. Ivor Doney who likened the tragedy to

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed an appeal in the District and Sessions court against the verdict of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy case delivered on June 7 this year.

The appeal was filed by CBI in the court of District and Sessions Judge Subhash Kakde under Crminal Procedure Code Section 377.

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Minister Jayant Malaiya said in the Assembly today that there had been no policy underlined so far by the Housing and Environment Department for disposal of toxic waste of the now-closed plant of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL).

Bhopal: A Commission will be set up to look into all aspects of the Bhopal gas tragedy to ensure that the guilty are punished and victims get adequate compensation, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in the State Assembly on Monday.

Announcing to form a commission for an in-depth probe into Bhopal gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly today, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the government was committed to punish those who were responsible for the world's worst industrial tragedy and provide adequate compensation to the victims.

The government has swung into action with the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers (MCF) having filed an affidavit in the Jabalpur high court demanding that DOW Chemicals bear the cost of remediation in and around the Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) factory in Bhopal.

Anindita Dey / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:22 IST

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has filed an affidavit in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur for entrusting Dow Chemicals, the present owner of Union Carbide, with the entire cost of remediation efforts towards detoxifying the areas around Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) in Bhopal.