Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: The reconstituted Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy headed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram has been given a vastly expanded mandate, which includes remediation measures at the site of the 1984 disaster.

CORNERED over its role in the fleeing of Warren Anderson, Congress on Thursday came under heavy shelling from the Opposition. BJP and the Left said the then Congress government at the Centre came under

Arun Bothra and Komal Jain

The judge could only punish the guilty as per the law book. Just because people are angry and the media is getting hysteric he could not invent new sections of the law. In fact maximum punishment for the offence under Section 304B is two years and it has been awarded

United States President Barack Obama says he needs to know whose ass he should kick in the case of the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He wants those responsible to pay for the damage — to the people and the environment. The victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy will tell you that they know who is responsible.

As the role of past and present Congress governments comes under intense scrutiny for effectively helping Warren Anderson and America's Union Carbide get away in the Bhopal gas leak case, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh has said that American pressure could have been a factor in how the disaster was handled.

The inhabitants of the city of Bhopal became victim of the world

BHOPAL NGOs working for the cause of the gas victims here have reacted sharply to the former Chief Justice of India A.H.

Bhopal, June 09
In a sensational claim, the district collector of Bhopal at the time of the gas tragedy claimed Wednesday that the state government had actively helped Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to escape law.

LALIT SHASTR
BHOPAL

P Chidambaram Union home minister P Chidambaram will head a reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to look at relief and rehabilitation measures arising out of the Bhopal gas disaster that killed 15,000 people in one night in 1984.

Earlier, Arjun Singh was heading the panel, as he was the state chief minister when it occurred. He is no longer part of the government.

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