Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Anderson's extradition still pending

Representatives of five NGOs working for the welfare of the survivors of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy addressing a press conference in capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India, on Wednesday. (AN photo) | | A A BHOPAL: PERVEZ BARI Last Update 18 April ...

Bhopal, Apr 17 : Five organisations of the Bhopal survivors accused the Government of India of kowtowing to US Government pressure to serve the interests of Union Carbide and Dow Chemical in Bhopal. The five organizations are Bhopal Gas Peedit ...

Bhopal, Apr 2 (IBNS): The (CBI) on Tuesday filed a status report on the extradition of United Carbide chairman Warren Anderson in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here in connection with the 1984 . The CBI report states that they forwarded the ...

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A local court here today rejected an NGOs plea to raise the quantum of punishment given to the convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. The petition to raise the quantum of punishment in the case was filed by the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sanghthan ...

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