Benazir Palace Bhopal - tormented and neglected
Region: India
The recent controversy about the (sub) leasing away of the Benazir Palace grounds in Bhopal to Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) for the shooting of Prakash Jha’s next film “Satyagraha” revealed the ap... more
Views: 719Why None came to his rescue?
Region: IndiaFormer Railways batsman and well known first-class cricketer Raja Ali passed away under tragic circumstances. He suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his hometown Bhopal on Sunday night. The 36-year-old left-hand ... more
Views: 846Bhopal - with tigers in its peripheries
Region: India
Regardless of the tons of toxic wastes littered in the Union Carbide factory site, the Madhya Pradesh government has been pursuing with the Centre a proposal for awarding the status of Global Environment City on Bhopal. Th... more
Views: 778Dow denies succour to Bhopal despite new-found enveronmentalism
Region: India
Before the commencement of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the gas-affected people of Union Carbide, Bhopal and their several organisations mounted a protracted campaign against the Dow’s sponsorship of i... more
Views: 1331Threatened Ramsar site of Bhopal
Region: India
One can be reasonably sure that on the 2nd of February next the ministers concerned of the government of the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh will mouth some platitudes about conservation of the Upper Lake and its... more
Views: 891Dow had no role in Bhopal tragedy
Region: India
The row over Dow chemical sponsorship of the London Olympics 2012 has, of late, assumed larger proportions. While the Indian government asked the Indian Olympic Association to lodge a protest with the London Organi... more
Views: 1466Once again - the Kerwa tiger
Region: India
Very encouraging reports have been appearing in the newspapers about the forests around the Kerwa and Kaliasot dams close to Bhopal, a town of more than 1.8 million people. The camera traps installed to monitor the... more
Views: 1201Bhopal's iconic lake on way to disaster
Region: India
Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, could have been such a beautiful city. It was endowed with everything a place could aspire for – green hills and valleys, several lakes and a few sma... more
Views: 1297School for Ideal wives
Region: IndiaBHOPAL, India - None of India's immensely popular soap operas are complete without a good and angry family feud. Television serials like Kutumb focus on traditional Indian family relationships within the sometimes conflict... more
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