Hazira Bi lives in house no.384 in Jai Prakash Colony.

The legal wrangle to fix criminal liability for the Union Carbide gas disaster took a new turn on Friday with a fresh petition being filed in the district court here against the then district collector and superintendent of police on the charge that they had helped former Union Carbide Corporation chief Warren Anderson in leaving Bhopal by a state government aircraft within hours of his arrest on December 7, 1984.

The decision not to press for the extradition of the then chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, Mr Warren Anderson, wanted for trial in the criminal case arising out of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster, was taken at a core group meeting of the government of India in early 1995.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed shock and concern at the judgment pronounced by the Bhopal chief judicial magistrate in the criminal case linked with the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster. He has raised the question whether the sentence of two years is adequate for those responsible for the worst industrial disaster that left in its wake death and destruction.

Over 25 years after the deadly gas leak at the Union Carbide plant here in December 1984, which killed over 20,000 people and critically wounded hundreds of thousands others, Bhopal’s chief judicial m

It was on the midnight of December 2 and 3, 1984. On that dreadful night, death ruled the city of Bhopal. Thousands perished within a few hours.

Renowned forestry and wildlife expert H.S. Panwar asserted here on Saturday that forest conservation and management of protected areas is critical and essential for sustainable development and well-being of people in the forested regions but the forestry sector is handicapped in meeting this mandate.

The Naxalites, who have been using Madhya Pradesh territory as a safe haven in the recent past, are now on a different track and have started targeting development related projects in the state.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Monday issued an arrest warrant against the Madhya Pradesh chief secretary Avani Vaish in connection with a state government order of 2006 which permits filling of posts reserved for the Scheduled Caste category by those belonging to the general category.

On the basis of specific criminal intelligence, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a nationwide drive against large-scale malpractices in public distribution, adulteration of petroleum products, misbranded and adulterated spurious drugs, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.