Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, ...

The 60-year-old lives in Tarapur in the industrial town of Pithampur, known for its automobile and pharmaceutical factories.

The disaster on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, was the result of poisonous gases leaking from the plant, which ...

Rachna Dhingra, convener of Bhopal Gas Information and Action (BGIA), echoed these concerns, stressing that the UCC plant structure must be maintained until the court cases are resolved.

Forty years ago, on the night of Sunday 2 December of 1984, people in the city of Bhopal and surrounding communities were ...

Even as 337 MT of hazardous waste from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant in Bhopal has been moved to Pithampur, ...

It is now a few days past the protests and life in the densely-populated town has resumed its regular pace, with markets open ...

The toxic waste was transported under heavy security for disposal at a plant in Pithampur, 143 miles away, Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department director Swatantra Kumar Singh said.

Gas tragedy relief department director Swatantra Kumar Singh assured that the incineration of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant at Pithampur would not harm land and soil in nearby villages.

A memorial for the Bhopal gas tragedy at the Union Carbide site remains stalled due to court orders, pending site cleanup.