A non-government organisation working for victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today felt that the Centre should submit a curative petition to the Supreme Court for ensuring appropriate punishment for the guilty and justice for victims in the criminal case relating to the world's worst industrial disaster.

IN the first official response from the Gov ernment on the Warren Anderson issue Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ha put the onus squarely on former Madhy Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh.

Anxiously aiting outside the court of the chief judicial
magistrate Mohan M Tiwari in Bhopal on 7 June, 36-year
old Raghu Jaidev and many other victims of the Bhopal
catastrophe were crestfallen, some of them,outraged,upon hearing
the outcome of the trial that had dragged on for almost two decades. (Editorial)

Anatomy of a continuing tragedy
by Maj-Gen Pushpendra Singh (retd)

Victims protesting against the Bhopal judgement

The Congress today found itself hemmed in by attacks from within and outside with its leaders blaming the then party governments at the Centre and Madhya Pradesh over the escape of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson after the gas leak in December 1984.

Entire Op Was Hush-Hush, Says Then Aviation Director

New Delhi: The uproar over the Bhopal gas-leak judgment has put the role of several UPA ministers and functionaries, including those in the newly reconstituted group of ministers (GoM), under scrutiny yet again.

Diggy Unwittingly Drags In Rajiv

New Delhi: The dramatic release of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson hours after his arrest has roiled Congress, sparking a factional war which threatens to claim former PM Rajiv Gandhi as its collateral victim.

Political Bureau

New Delhi: Under attack from the Opposition BJP for freeing former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson within hours of his arrest in December 1984 for the Bhopal gas leak disaster, the ruling Congress took a direct hit on Thursday from its own when party general secretary Digvijay Singh said that Anderson was released

Why blame the chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal for his tame ruling, when he was left with little choice after the collective compromise by the government, the CBI and the Supreme Court, asks V Krishna Ananth

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