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Born in Bihar, he became one of the greatest writers in English language, but he was not IndianGeorge Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, British India, became a celebrated British writer. His classics, Animal Farm and 1984, r...
On This Day, June 5: D-Day, Operation Blue Star, RFK assassination, AIDS epidemic, Marshall Plan and other key eventsOn This Day, June 5, history witnessed several defining moments across war, politics and social change. The date is associated with the D-D...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Pleas seeking Dow Chemical to be made accused posted to Jan 6The Bhopal court schedules a January 6 hearing on petitions, including the CBI's, urging Dow Chemical to stand trial for the 1984 Bhopal ga...
Delay in hazardous waste disposal abuse of right to health of Bhopal gas tragedy survivors: NHRC chiefAddressing a Human Rights Day event here hosted by the National Human Rights Commission, he said that one outfall of globalisation is the c...
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC to hear Centre's plea for additional Rs 7,844 crore fund to compensate victimsThe bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and S Ravindra Bhat, will hear the curative petition fi...
Why no summons served to Dow Chemical, Court asks MHA in Bhopal Gas Leak caseThe Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA), an NGO working for survivors of the gas leak tragedy, had filed an application in this re...
1984 was a needless tragedy, Sam Pitroda must apologise, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi referred to the 1984 Sikh riots as “a needless tragedy that caused tremendous pain”.
P Chidambaram comes out in support of Rahul Gandhi for anti-Sikh riot commentRahul Gandhi told an audience of UK-based parliamentarians and local leaders that the incident was a "very painful tragedy", but disagreed ...
Memorial of 1984 gas tragedy to come up in BhopalIt would come up on the premises of the defunct Union Carbide factory here from where toxic gas spewed out on the intervening night of Dece...
Parliament remembers victims of Bhopal gas tragedySumitra Mahajan said the catastrophic consequences were so deadly that many children who were born later were afflicted with various ailmen...
Rahul's Faridkot visit is politically motivated: SADShiromani Akali Dal asked Congress Vice President to disclose if he had ever visited the family members of the 1984 riots.
Bhopal gas tragedy: US should extradite Warren Anderson, says NGOIndia should learn from the US government which was sticking to its guns even after giving humiliating treatment to Devyani Khobragade.
- IOC not to drop Dow Chemicals as London Games sponsor
Reaffirming its stand, the International Olympic Committee today rejected calls from the Indian Government to drop Dow Chemical as sponsor ...
- Now, Indian government writes to IOC on Dow sponsorship row
The Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of this year's London Games.
- Dow not responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy: IOC
IOA had urged the IOC and London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to withdraw Dow as Games Sponsors.
- Disappointed for being blamed for Bhopal tragedy: Dow
The statement came in response to yesterday's petition by former Indian Olympians to the International Olympics Committee to scrap a sponso...
- CBI seeks Letter Rogatory to extradite Anderson
The CBI moved a Delhi court to obtain a Letter Rogatory to the US authorities for the extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation chair...
- GoM recommends govt to examine Dow Chemical’s liability in Bhopal tragedy
UNDER intense pressure to counter charges of mishandling the legal battle in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the reconstituted GoM...
Bhopal gas tragedy victims appeal to Obama for actionSeeking justice for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, its survivors have initiated a signature campaign for a memorandum to be sent to US ...
Keshub Mahindra, 7 others convicted in Bhopal gas caseAmongst the 8 is Warren Anderson, ex-chairman of Union Carbide who is absconding. Activists say 25,000 died in the immediate aftermath.