The Bhopal gas tragedy, touted as the world's worst industrial disaster, had claimed the lives of several thousand people after a deadly gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
The apex court noted that a division bench headed by the Gujarat High Court Chief Justice has already taken a suo motu note of the incident and has passed three orders, it will not hear the petitions as of now.
Kantilal Amrutiya, the BJP candidate from the Morbi constituency, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy recalled his early days working with PM Modi as RSS worker for saving people's lives, as he affirmed confidence in Bharatiya Janata Party
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that though Gujarat has been developing for many years, the BJP has created a story that all development in Gujarat has taken place during Narendra Modi's rule and to claim that Gujarat is Modi shows a person's arrogance.
At least 135 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on October 30, plunging people into the Machchhu River.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a ticket to Kantilal Amrutiya, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy, for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.
The bridge collapse in Morbi has brought shame to the fair name of Gujarat and the most shocking part was that no one from the govt apologized for the tragedy, Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
Gujarat High Court, which reopened post-Diwali vacation, on Monday took Suo moto of the Morbi mishap, and issued notices to officials including the Home department, asking to file a report of the incident after seven days. "We expect strict action from the state government," HC ordered.
The Gujarat Assembly elections are all set to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, the results of which will be declared on December 8, which will coincide with that of the Himachal Pradesh polling outcome.