Dhar, Feb 9 : Various social outfits organised a torch rally on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district to oppose the planned disposal of Union Carbide waste, connected to the Bhopal gas tragedy, in the industrial town of Pithampur. The protesters demonstrated in Sagore town, adjoining Pithampur, where the 337 metric tonnes of waste has been brought for incineration, said …
Several outfits opposed to the disposal of waste connected to the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district held a torch rally on Sunday. On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, killing at least 5,479 persons and leaving thousands with serious …
Kolkata, May 3: Angry protestors in Kolkata yesterday burnt effigies of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, while torch rallies were held as a mark of respect to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died after a brutal assault in a Pakistan jail. In central Kolkata, Congress workers held a rally outside the Tea Board office, demanding the perpetrators of the barbaric …
