The Pakistani mother of 15-year-old Ramzan on Monday declined India's offer of assistance to her in travelling to the country to identify her son.
In another match in the Bombay Gold Cup, Prabhjot Singh's brace gave IOC a 2-1 win over Karnataka XI.
Anish posted 35 hits out of 40 in the final
In a disturbing reminder of the December 16, 2012, gang-rape in Delhi, a woman was allegedly raped in a moving local bus in Bhopal after she had boarded it late last night, police said on Thursday.
In another upset in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey, Karnataka XI derailed Central Railway.
Even as the 26th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster is being observed in the city on Friday, its victims continue to be plagued with a number of problems that have not been resolved over the years.
The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 changed an entire generation of women in Bhopal to shed their social inhibitions and fight for a righteous cause. Despite opposition from a conservative society.
Mohammed Sulaiman, a supervisor with the Public Works Department in Bhopal, claims his great-grandfather was the real Bourbon descendent and therefore his father Mohammed Affan is the genuine heir to the French throne.
After a deluge of goals on the opening day, Thursday, there was a dearth as Mumbai Marines beat Bhopal Badshahs 1-0 to earn their first points in the World Series Hockey at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Australia's Troy Sutherland gave the home side the match-winner in the 25th minute with a scorching, low hit from the top of the circle that crashed on to the board.
The Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, an autonomous institute under the ministry of environment and forests, invites applications for its various Management Development Programmes
About 20 demonstrators held a peaceful though noisy protest in front of the Indian embassy in Washington, DC, in support of the Bhopal disaster victims and against the injustice the Indian government allegedly was complicit in.
Dubbing as "paltry" the relief announced recently for Bhopal disaster victims, the opposition on Wednesday demanded a substantial increase in it and asked the government to become a party to a petition filed in a US court to extract compensation from American firm Dow Chemicals.
Bhopal and Jharkhand went on a goal-scoring spree in their respective boys and girls' matches in the 35th Junior (under-20) National Hockey Championship, organized by the Pune District Hockey Association, under the auspices of the Indian Hockey Federation, on Wednesday. Sadly, it was teams from Tripura who had to face the wrath in both the matches.
In a setback to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a United States court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims emanating from the world's worst industrial accident.
'Not sorry to any politician. Ever. No one. Any party. FIR kar lo (register an FIR). Case kar lo (register a case). Koi farak nahi padta (it doesn't make any difference) - I am not a pushover - won't be bullied. Don't make an issue where there is none. It might be an election year - but people are smart. Indori people - super smart. I'll come to Indore when I wish, as many times I wish - and am confident of Indori mehmaan nawazi (good hospitality)'
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Thursday night suggested that the government, instead of trying to bring back former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, should ensure action against those who had enabled him to leave India in 1984 after the Bhopal gas leak tragedy.
The Communist Party of India - Marxist on Saturday sought a comprehensive and independent inquiry into all aspects of the Bhopal gas tragedy, saying a Group of Ministers will not be able to probe the 'failure' of state agencies, the judiciary and other authorities in the matter. "There has been connivance between the then governments, both at the central and the state levels. The 26 years of history of Bhopal case shows the failure of the state agencies," said Prakash Karat.
With the June 7 Bhopal judgment, India has been reduced to a Fourth World country. This story of shame can only end if the government appeals against the judgment, gets proper criminal liability restored and seriously pursues the case against all the accused.
The petition, filed by 20 students who had appeared for the medical entrance exam, has also sought a direction to the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others to conduct the test afresh.
If this were a French farce, nobody would have batted an eyelid if the father of the groom and mother of the bride fell in love and wanted to marry. But here, some crude comedy is generated with a dash of melodrama, feels Deepa Gahlot.
Salim-Javed became the first Hindi film writers who could be considered brands, and they are still boldface names, celebrities in their own right, chronicles Dinesh Raheja.
Asked why Nath was not himself putting forth his side, Patwari said that the MP chief minister would speak at the right time. "What I said was on his behalf," he claimed.
With digital adoption fast gaining currency, India is likely to see retail digital payments double to $7 trillion by 2030 from current levels, a study by Kearney and Amazon Pay said. In the report 'How Urban India Pays', Kearney-Amazon Pay said strong adoption of digital payments in online purchases has potentially led to a permanent shift in consumer behaviours, fuelling offline adoption as well.
There is little hope of any justice in the Bhopal gas leak case. If the tragedy and the shock its finale has created awaken us to work on newer laws on corporate responsibility and accountability, it would be a gain, writes Kandaswami Subramanian.
Attacking Congress president Sonia Gandhi over her "silence" on the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi asked her to explain who was the 'Maut ka saudagar' (merchant of death).
This is how films that bring to life man-made industrial disasters should be made, says Prasanna D Zore.
The state government cancelled the exam on March 2, following reports that the paper was leaked.
The move of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has further reduced the possibility of the INDIA bloc alliance working in the MP elections.
Did the Indian government guarantee Dow Chemicals, the parent company of Union Carbide, that it will not be held liable for the Bhopal gas tragedy?
'It's not about where you come from and which family you belong to.' 'It's about what sort of talent you bring to the table.'
An NGO working for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims has alleged that there are no accurate figures available on the death toll of the world's worst industrial disaster even after 30 years and has also raised concern over the toxic waste lying in defunct Union Carbide plant situated near the densely populated old Bhopal area.
Proving wrong his detractors' claim of being sidelined after denial of chief minister's post for fifth time last year, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan won Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha Lok Sabha seat for the sixth time by a record margin of 8.21 lakh votes.
The facility to exchange or deposit Rs 2,000 banknotes will not be available on Monday, April 1, 2024 due to operations associated with the annual closing of accounts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. The facility will resume on Tuesday (April 2, 2024) at the 19 issue offices of the RBI, it added. "The facility of exchange/deposit of Rs 2,000 banknotes will not be available on Monday, April 1, 2024 at the 19 issue offices of the Reserve Bank of India due to operations associated with the annual closing of accounts," it said.
Earlier, after receiving anonymous calls about the unnatural acts in the office, police and mediamen reached there around 9.30 pm and found Patil and Chaukse in suspicious condition in the bathroom following which cameramen snapped their photographs and showed images on some TV channels, police said.
Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy and their families held a rally outside the Union Carbide Factory to mark the 25th anniversary of the world's most deadly industrial disaster.
On April 29 last year, Tankha had recorded his preliminary statement in the court in the criminal defamation case.
A Bhopal court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to arrest former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson and produce him without delay, prompting survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to celebrate on the streets.On the intervening night of Decmber 2 and 3, 1984, Union Carbide Ltd had spewed methyl isocyanate, a lethal toxic gas, killing thousands of people and maiming thousands of others.
Fourteen people were injured when a portion of the women's ward at a hospital in Bhopal collapsed on Friday evening.
These leaders joined the BJP in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state BJP president V D Sharma and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan at the party's state headquarters on Saturday morning.
