News for 'Bhopal'

War of words escalates over Bhopal encounter

War of words escalates over Bhopal encounter

Rediff.com2 Nov 2016

The mother of Mujeeb Sheikh, one of the slain SIMI activists, alleged that his killing was a conspiracy.

Beighton Cup: Indian Oil beat Hockey Bhopal

Beighton Cup: Indian Oil beat Hockey Bhopal

Rediff.com6 Nov 2012

Defending champions Indian Oil brightened their semi-final hopes with a 5-3 win over Hockey Bhopal in the quarter-final league of the 117th All-India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament at the SAI artificial turf in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Bhopal gas case: HC dismisses Dow's petition

Bhopal gas case: HC dismisses Dow's petition

Rediff.com21 Oct 2012

The Madhya Pradesh high court has dismissed a petition filed by Dow Chemical challenging the trial court order of 2005 issuing show cause notice to it in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak case.

Setback to Cong as party MLA from Kamal Nath's home turf joins BJP

Setback to Cong as party MLA from Kamal Nath's home turf joins BJP

Rediff.com29 Mar 2024

The Congress' strength in the 230-member MP assembly came down to 65 after Shah's exit.

Shooters level gun-tampering allegations against top rifle coach

Shooters level gun-tampering allegations against top rifle coach

Rediff.com28 May 2024

A reputed national coach has been accused of tampering with rifles of some shooters by their parents, a charge that has been vehemently denied by the national federation, which has urged the aggrieved individuals to file a complaint.

Sarabjot shoots gold at Munich World Cup

Sarabjot shoots gold at Munich World Cup

Rediff.com6 Jun 2024

Sarabjot Singh opened India's account at the ISSF World Cup in Munich with a gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event.

Phase II: Touch And Go Seats

Phase II: Touch And Go Seats

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

Election Commission data shows 15.88 crore (158.8 million) voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the second phase on Friday.

WSH: Bhopal edge past Chandigarh in opener

WSH: Bhopal edge past Chandigarh in opener

Rediff.com1 Mar 2012

Bhopal Badshahs beast out Chandigarh Comets 4-3 in the inaugural match of the World Series Hockey at the sector-42 stadium in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

2008 Malegaon blast was caused to create communal rift: NIA

2008 Malegaon blast was caused to create communal rift: NIA

Rediff.com25 Jul 2024

On September 29, 2008, a bomb explosion at 9:35pm opposite Shakil Goods Transport Company situated between Anjuman Chowk and Bhiku Chowk in Malegaon killed six persons and injured 101.

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

Delhi-based Shubham Chakraborty, 32, a management graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, tells us how he fought anxiety and stress due to poor workplace management.

Book on Bhopal tragedy wins award

Book on Bhopal tragedy wins award

Rediff.com3 Dec 2003

The book, Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders, brought the prize to Kim Fortun.

Bhopal gas disaster wrap over London Olympics

Bhopal gas disaster wrap over London Olympics

Rediff.com8 Aug 2011

As the year-long countdown begins for the 2012 London Olympics, organisers have been hit by the first major controversy around the mega sporting event, with activists of Bhopal gas disaster planning protests against Dow Chemical Company, one of the official sponsors.

Author Indra Sinha joins Bhopal protestors

Author Indra Sinha joins Bhopal protestors

Rediff.com12 Jun 2008

For Sinha, who is based in southern France, the connection goes deep. His book is set in the slums of a make-believe Bhopal, and is a searing indictment of corporate buccaneering and apathy to mass suffering. There is more connection with reality: the book ends with a hunger strike to shame the authorities into action

BJP Close To 100 Mark In Rajya Sabha

BJP Close To 100 Mark In Rajya Sabha

Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

The only occasion when the BJP had 100 seats in the Upper House was in 2022.

Karnataka rally to hold Bhopal

Karnataka rally to hold Bhopal

Rediff.com20 Apr 2003

Bhopal went up 2-0 before the hardworking Karnataka team pulled them back.

30 years after Bhopal tragedy, India fails in industrial safety

30 years after Bhopal tragedy, India fails in industrial safety

Rediff.com5 Dec 2014

India has an appalling record on industrial safety.

Cong: Buzz over Kamal Nath joining BJP was created by...

Cong: Buzz over Kamal Nath joining BJP was created by...

Rediff.com20 Feb 2024

Congress general secretary Bhanwar Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said there is no truth in the speculation of senior party leader Kamal Nath joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and claimed such talks were a creation of the media and the saffron party.

Kailash Joshi asks Advani to fight LS polls from Bhopal

Kailash Joshi asks Advani to fight LS polls from Bhopal

Rediff.com12 Mar 2014

In a surprise development, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and sitting Lok Sabha member of Parliament from Bhopal, Kailash Joshi said on Wednesday that he has asked veteran BJP leader L K Advani to contest Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal.

MP firecracker unit blast: 2 still missing, over 100 hospitalised

MP firecracker unit blast: 2 still missing, over 100 hospitalised

Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

Rescue operations continued through the night at the site of the incident which claimed 11 lives and left more than 200 people injured, they said.

Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan in Bhopal

Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan in Bhopal

Rediff.com8 Mar 2011

Reader Balmeet Singh has sent us a photograph.

Modi flags off 5 Vande Bharat trains in poll-bound MP

Modi flags off 5 Vande Bharat trains in poll-bound MP

Rediff.com27 Jun 2023

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others, were present on the occasion.

Mohan Yadav to take oath as Madhya Pradesh CM on Wednesday

Mohan Yadav to take oath as Madhya Pradesh CM on Wednesday

Rediff.com12 Dec 2023

Mohan Yadav will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal on Wednesday morning, and the event will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states among others, a party leader said.

40 Years Later, Can The Wounds Ever Heal?

40 Years Later, Can The Wounds Ever Heal?

Rediff.com30 Oct 2024

As a consequence of prominence given to the brutality during those few days, a very important aspect of that episode got almost glossed over. This was the intervention by a very significant section of people who restored faith in humanity, and conveyed the message that only a small section of Indians, that too politically backed, were consumed by anti-Sikh majoritarianism. The overlooked facet of the events of 1984 was the story of significant sections of the city's populace, public figures and nondescript ones, stepping out hand-in-hand, to first stand with little but bravery in hands, in the way of attackers, and thereafter to provide immediate relief to those who lives were uprooted and who lost family members in the violence, recalls Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.

BJP wave in MP, captures Congress bastion Chhindwara

BJP wave in MP, captures Congress bastion Chhindwara

Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

With all 29 under its belt, the BJP became the first political party to achieve such a feat after 40 years in Madhya Pradesh.

Bhopal gas tragedy's Warren Anderson dies at 92

Bhopal gas tragedy's Warren Anderson dies at 92

Rediff.com31 Oct 2014

Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed over 3,000 lives in one of the world's most lethal industrial accidents, died in Florida, US. He was 92.

Take up Bhopal, Kashmir during talks, Obama told

Take up Bhopal, Kashmir during talks, Obama told

Rediff.com3 Nov 2010

"It is essential that your administration and Government of India cooperate to ensure that those accused of causing Bhopal disaster, including UCC, are made to face trial and that Bhopal survivors are able to obtain redress," Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA said in a letter to the President.

MDMK protesters sneak in Bhopal ahead of Rajapaksa's visit

MDMK protesters sneak in Bhopal ahead of Rajapaksa's visit

Rediff.com21 Sep 2012

Despite heavy police security, a group of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters sneaked into Bhopal through rail and air routes on Tuesday night to protest the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is arriving in the state capital, police said.

Bhopal's AIIMS medicos throw ink on Health Minister Nadda

Bhopal's AIIMS medicos throw ink on Health Minister Nadda

Rediff.com17 Sep 2016

An unidentified person threw ink at Union Health Minister J P Nadda at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, amid protest by students over "poor facilities" at the institute.

Cong list: Ajay Rai from Varanasi; suspense over Amethi, Raebareli continues

Cong list: Ajay Rai from Varanasi; suspense over Amethi, Raebareli continues

Rediff.com24 Mar 2024

The suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the polls from Amethi and Raebareli respectively continued.

NGOs to protest 'meagre' relief for Bhopal victims

NGOs to protest 'meagre' relief for Bhopal victims

Rediff.com23 Jun 2010

Terming the Group of Ministers' relief package to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims as a 'betrayal', some non-governmental organisations working for the disaster-affected on Wednesday said they will hold a protest in New Delhi on Thursday."The relief package has betrayed the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy and we are going to stage a protest tomorrow in New Delhi," Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan convenor Abdul Jabbar said. The Rs 1,500-crore package is 'too little'.

Dow's 'lobbyists' on Bhopal GOM

Dow's 'lobbyists' on Bhopal GOM

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

A 55-page document gathered using the Right To Information Act from the Prime Minister's Office shows how the members of United Progressive Alliance government including some senior ministers have taken a soft stance towards Dow chemicals.

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

NIA officials will interact with Madhya Pradesh police personnel and verify leads available with them to ascertain whether the explosion was a terror attack.

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

Many photographers descended on Bhopal after December 3, 1984, but the work of Raghu Rai and Pablo Bartholomew define, for most people in India and the world, the unspeakable horrors of the 'worst industrial disaster ever'. Their photograph of a lifeless infant, nothing but his face visible against the backdrop of a mass grave, has become the definitive image of the disaster.

Bhopal gas victims seek details of nuke bill

Bhopal gas victims seek details of nuke bill

Rediff.com5 May 2010

Victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, described as one of the world's worst-ever industrial disasters, have filed a Right to Information petition with the prime minister's office in New Delhi.The RTI plea wants to know whether the Central government took into consideration the disaster of gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984 while drafting the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with the United States.

Bhopal: UK expert wants 'global manslaughter law'

Bhopal: UK expert wants 'global manslaughter law'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

Terming the recent judgment in the Bhopal case as a "preposterous travesty", a British expert on corporate social responsibility today called for a global 'corporate manslaughter law' that can hold to account corporations such as Union Carbide.

Bhopal: Why India needs to arrest Keshub Mahindra

Bhopal: Why India needs to arrest Keshub Mahindra

Rediff.com23 Jun 2010

If the Bhopal judgment results in independent directors and CEOs/plant managers waking up to their responsibilities, that can only be a good thing.

RBI says 97.76% of Rs 2000 currency notes returned

RBI says 97.76% of Rs 2000 currency notes returned

Rediff.com2 May 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said 97.76 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 7,961 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public. On May 19, 2023, the RBI announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation.

NADA raids Bhopal SAI Centre

NADA raids Bhopal SAI Centre

Rediff.com16 Jul 2011

Continuing its drive to catch drug cheats following the athletics doping scandal, National Anti-Doping Agency on Saturday conducted its third raid in a week at a Sports Authority of India facility with a surprise early morning swoop down at the Bhopal Centre.

The Railway Men Review: Compelling Watch

The Railway Men Review: Compelling Watch

Rediff.com18 Nov 2023

The Railway Men is a compelling watch; the subject is handled with seriousness and respect without going overboard with the dramatic impact, observes Mayur Sanap.

MP political crisis: Congress MLAs return to Bhopal from Jaipur

MP political crisis: Congress MLAs return to Bhopal from Jaipur

Rediff.com15 Mar 2020

The Congress expressed confidence that it will prove its majority in the House, while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that the ruling dispensation has been reduced to minority as 22 of its MLAs have resigned.