Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Keshub, 7 others convicted
* Get two-year imprisonment
* All convicts get bail immediately
Bhopal, June 7
Nearly 26 years after the world's worst industrial disaster left more than 15,000 dead in the Bhopal gas tragedy, former Union Carbide India Chairman Keshub Mahindra and seven others were today convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment in a judgement that came under attack from civil rights activists and parties.

Victims haven’t got justice: Moily Nation page: New NHRC chief silent on weak IPC sections Editorial: Too little too late The then Chairman of Union Carbide India Limited Keshub Mahindra comes out of the Bhopal District Court after getting bail on Monday. — PTI

Bhopal Verdict
It’s travesty of justice: Survivors
New Delhi, June 7
A quarter of a century after the world’s worst industrial disaster that killed and maimed thousands in Bhopal, relatives of victims and survivors of the tragedy are flabbergasted, outraged, and not without a reason. Is it truly a fair verdict, they are questioning, saying the disaster has been treated as a traffic accident.

Union Carbide: Indian court has no jurisdiction
New York, June 7
US-based Union Carbide today maintained it was not subject to the jurisdiction of the Bhopal court that gave its verdict in the 1984 gas disaster case, insisting that none of its officials were involved in operation of the plant.

We made painstaking efforts: CBI

Ready for talks with all those against violence: Manmohan
Srinagar, June 7
Asserting that the government wanted to take forward the dialogue process initiated through Round Table conferences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the government was ready to hold talks with all those who were against violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Last Word
Mamata Banerjee
Rebel without a pause
While many continue to treat her as some kind of a joke, Mamata Banerjee is having the last laugh. She has just led her party to a stunning victory in the municipal elections by sweeping Kolkata and the adjoining Bidhannagar municipal boards. While elections were held for as many as 81 municipal bodies, the two largest municipal corporations, both held by the Left Front, were the real big prizes at stake.

Yuvraj, Yusuf axed, Tendulkar rested New Delhi, June 7 Sachin Tendulkar was today rested while a struggling Yuvraj Singh was dropped from India’s 15-member squad for this month’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. Tendulkar had sought a break to spend time with his children, while Yuvraj’s ouster was on the cards after a series of disappointing performances in recent times.