India Ink: With 'Chronicles,' Pablo Bartholomew Revisits Mumbai's Past

7 February 2012, 12:17 am

A photojournalist unearths his own archives to reveal a lost Bombay.... Read More »

Luxury car makers target India's small-town boom

4 February 2012, 10:34 pm

Bhopal, Feb 5 (IANS) Car manufacturers are setting their eyes on smaller Indian cities and towns as markets boom for their products, particularly sale of luxury vehicles.... Read More »

Boycott Olympics if Dow stays, says Chouhan

29 January 2012, 5:13 am

Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday demanded that India should boycott the London Olympics if Dow Chemicals remains a sponsor.... Read More »

Games watchdog member quits over Dow deal

26 January 2012, 2:28 pm

LONDON (Reuters) - A member of the body overseeing the environmental and ethical impact of the London Olympics said she quit her post on live television to give victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in India a voice in their fight against U.S. firm Dow Chemical. Dow was chosen by Games organisers ... Read More »

Olympic commissioner steps down from post, stands up for Bhopal

26 January 2012, 11:02 am

A commissioner with the sustainability watchdog group for the London 2012 Olympic Games has stepped down from her post due to the sponsorship by a company associated with the 1984 Bhopal plant disaster in India.... Read More »

Volunteer quits committee over Dow's role

26 January 2012, 6:01 am

A volunteer on the 2012 Olympics' sustainability commission says she is resigning over the Dow Chemical Co.'s sponsorship of the games. Campaigner Meredith Alexander said Wednesday she was quitting the watchdog body to protest Dow's links to the deadly 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide pl... Read More »

Bhopal tragedy: Olympics ethics chief won't defend Dow, quits

26 January 2012, 3:43 am

Meredith Alexander quits to protest Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the London games.... Read More »

Volunteer quits Olympic committee over Dow's role

26 January 2012, 2:01 am

A volunteer on the 2012 Olympics' sustainability commission says she is resigning over the Dow Chemical Co.'s sponsorship of the games. Campaigner Meredith Alexander said Wednesday she was quitting the watchdog body to protest Dow's links to the deadly 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide pl... Read More »

Bhopal tragedy still haunts India

24 January 2012, 11:55 pm

DELHI - More than a quarter of a century after the world's worst industrial disaster - the Bhopal gas tragedy - unfolded in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on December 2-3, 1984, its ghosts continue to haunt the Indian government.... Read More »

Indian official swears off shoelaces

23 January 2012, 2:28 pm

BHOPAL, India, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- An Indian official accused of having a tribal boy tie his shoelaces said he will no longer wear shoes requiring laces.... Read More »