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At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state
At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,
Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,
Body of 1 miner recovered from coal mine in Assam
The body of one of the nine miners trapped in a 'rat hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered on Wednesday by a diving team from the Indian Army.
Three miners feared dead in India's Assam state, six others trapped
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.
Rescuers search for workers trapped in flooded coal mine in India’s Assam state
At least nine workers remained trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.
Body of one of 9 trapped workers recovered from coal mine in Assam
The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday on the third day of the rescue operations, officials said
Will never do mining work: Assam mine tragedy survivor
While the 39-year-old survived, his roommate Sanjit Sarkar (24) from West Bengal was not as lucky. Sarkar is one of at least ...
‘I felt a body with my right hand’: In depths of darkness, divers have little luck rescuing men trapped in Assam rat hole mine
Nine men were trapped on Monday after the mine was suddenly flooded. Since then, the rescue operation has seen a series of ...
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Assam mining tragedy: Rescue ops on for 4th day, CIL brings heavy-duty pump from Maharashtra
The search operations resumed early in the morning after the dewatering exercise all night and the Remotely Operated Vehicle ...
Stubborn water level affects Assam coal mine rescue operations
The unchanged level of murky water has affected the operations to rescue at least eight miners trapped inside a rat-hole coal ...
Gogoi flays Assam CM’s wealth surge, calls for GST reforms
Speaking at a press conference in Jorhat, he highlighted state's poor standing in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranked ...
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Assam mining tragedy: Oppn blames govt for ‘utter negligence’, demands judicial probe
The opposition on Thursday slammed the Assam government over the mining tragedy, saying the incident happened due to “utter negligence” of the administration and demanded a judicial probe for strict ...
India rescuers race to save men stuck in flooded rat-hole mine
Rescuers in India are racing against time to bring out miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the north-eastern state ...
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New pangolin species discovered in Arunachal
The new species, the Indo-Burmese pangolin, scientifically called Manis indoburmanica, is a distinct phylogenetic species of ...
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Assam Police’s online road safety drive reaches 154 mn views
Assam Police’s special digital awareness drive, ‘DJ Lockup’, targeting drunken driving, reached a staggering 154 million views, resulting in a 55 per cent drop in accidents in Guwahati compared to ...
Survivor recounts harrowing escape from deadly mine collapse in India
A survivor of a coal mine disaster in India has shared a harrowing account of the moments after the tunnel was suddenly ...