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Warren Anderson’s getaway: Pilot’s account
Over 25 years ago, as Bhopal was only just waking up to the enormity of the gas leak from the Union Carbide plant, Warren Anderson, the CEO of the US-based company, flew in and flew out with all the ceremony accorded to a visiting dignitary.

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Phoolan Devi was a cheerful woman: British writer
The unlikely friendship between Roy Moxham, a British writer, and India's 'bandit queen', Phoolan Devi, is the subject of a new book that claims to be the only account of the former MP's life after her release from jail in 1994.

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Digvijaya on Bhopal: US pressure may have been a factor
As the role of past and present Congress governments comes under intense scrutiny for effectively helping Warren Anderson and America's Union Carbide get away in the Bhopal gas leak case, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh has said that American pressure could have been a factor in how the disaster was handled.

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Bhopal gas leak: Medical data suppressed
Since the day they were hit by the deadly Methyl Isocynate (MIC) gas, the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have been suffering with various health problems. Rayeesa Bi has had breathing problems. She has lost her eyesight and is bed-ridden; 14-year-old Suraj was born with congenital deformities, so was Kartikey and Khushi living in the same neighbourhood. Their parents are all gas victims.

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Indira Gandhi used Army to crush Maoists: Ex-General
At a time when there are divisions within the government on whether or not to use the Army against the Maoists, a key former General in the Eastern Command told NDTV that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had indeed sent in the Army to crush the original Naxal uprising in West Bengal in the late 60s.

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Army to help strengthen state police against Maoists: G K Pillai
As the Cabinet Committee on Security meets today on the Home Ministry's proposal for greater assistance from the Army in tackling the Maoists, Home Secretary G K Pillai told NDTV his ministry wants state police to play a key role with assistance from central paramilitary forces.

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Meet the football crazy Kolkata couple
Pensioners tend to put most of their savings into buying things for themselves - for eating well or maybe even investing but that's not the case with Kolkata's Chatterjees. Seventy seven-year-old Pannalal and his 68-year-old wife Chaitali live frugally through the year to save up for one special event every four years - the FIFA World Cup!

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Will the Cabinet send in the Army to tackle Naxals
A crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the Prime Minister, will decide on an updated anti-Naxal policy today. It is expected to deliberate upon whether the Army should be brought in. While this will be a political call, the Army has reservations and is wary of getting embroiled in Naxal areas. But it is willing to help through training and in advisory roles.

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Did Arjun Singh arrange Anderson's exit?
Perhaps the biggest fallout of this week's verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy has been the refocusing of attention on Warren Anderson, and the fact that he has not been tried for his role as the senior-most executive of the company that caused the world's biggest industrial disaster.

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Bhopal gas verdict: Questions over political culpability
Why did Arjun Singh, the Chief Minister defy all warnings and evidence that a disaster was imminent and assured the Assembly that he had personally inspected the Carbide plant and there was no problem just months before the gas leak.






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