ASHISH K. SEN WRITING IN OUTLOOK INDIA Senior US officials and intelligence sources point to the “considerable pressure” Washington exerted on the Portuguese government to facilitate Salem’s extradition. “India had made a big deal about Abu Salem, and Washington agreed to help,” a US intelligence source told Outlook. Though it was “long time coming”, the [...]

Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal ki Aawaaz November 21, 2005 PRESS STATEMENT Over 300 residents from the communities next to the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal today marched to the Headquarters of the Indian subsidiary of American multinational Dow Chemical Company at Chembur to issue a ‘firmaan’ (proclamation) against the corporation. The [...]

THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE/TRIBUNE BUSINESS NEWS EDITORIAL Every year, chemical companies, steel mills and various manufacturers are required to tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which pollutants they emit and how much. Public health officials and other researchers use the data, which also is available online at www.epa.gov/tri. But now, the Bush administration wants to weaken [...]

THE MADHYA PRADESH GOVERNMENT’S “WORLD CLASS” CLEAN UP Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz Greenpeace India November 16, 2005 PRESS CONFERENCE At a press conference today leaders of several survivors and support organisations in Bhopal presented photographic evidence [...]

CAMPAIGN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN INDIA Press Release: Delhi, 14th Nov 2005 In a daring demonstration of strength, over 200 participants in the Campaign for Environmental Justice – India (CEJ-I), entered the highly secure Central Government Offices complex in New Delhi and held a dharna at the Paryavaran Bhavan, headquarters of the Ministry of Environment [...]

SUMIR KAUL NEW DELHI, NOV 11 (PTI) The extradition of underworld don Abu Salem, one of India’s most wanted men, from Lisbon crowned three years of painstaking efforts by CBI, overcoming complexities of Indo-Portugal diplomatic ties and differences in legal systems of the two countries. Yoohoo, CBI, tha’s forgot owt. The news of Abu Salem’s [...]

MESSAGE FROM DHARMESH, CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY DESK, CHENNAI On the 21st anniversary of Bhopal we at Chennai are organizing an awareness run in Besant Nagar – a very popular coastal locality in city of Chennai. The theme of the run would revolve around the relevance of the Bhopal Gas Disaster to our lives today. The theme [...]