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6 die in illegal coal mine in Meghalaya
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], January 22 (ANI): At least six people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, said Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui on Friday adding that the incident has happened "when mining was taking place illegally."
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Meghalaya coal mine: Process of cleaning 10 shafts completed
Updated : 7 years ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Efforts to find the miners trapped in a Meghalaya mine Since December 13, 2018 made little progress, as the process of cleaning the 10 shafts got completed on Sunday.
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2nd body recovered from Meghalaya mine
Updated : 7 years ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): One more unidentified body has been recovered from the ill-fated mine here where 13 miners were trapped since December 13 last year.
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SC to hear PIL on rescue efforts for trapped miners in Meghalaya tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a PIL seeking continuation of the efforts to rescue 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the past almost two months.
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SC asks Centre, Meghalaya govt to continue efforts to rescue trapped miner
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and Meghalaya government to continue their efforts to rescue miners who have been trapped for more than a month in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
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Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: 1 body recovered
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): One body was recovered from the mine at Ksan near Lytein River in East Jaintia Hills where 15 miners have been trapped since December 13 last year.
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Operation to evacuate trapped miners not abandoned: Centre to SC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Centre and the Meghalaya government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the operation to evacuate the miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year, has not been abandoned.
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Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: 3 families invited to view ROV captured video
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya), [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Families of three miners who were trapped in a mine at Ksan near Lyteiñ River in East Jaintia Hills were invited on Thursday to view the video captured by the underwater vehicle, after the Navy divers spotted skeletons during t
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Meghalaya: Search for miners to continue till govt asks us to step back, s
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Operation to trace and evacuate miners trapped in a 370-feet deep illegal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills will continue till the government asks the Navy to step back, Indian Navy spokesperson Capt D K Sharma said on Thursday.
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Navy divers spot skeletons inside Meghalaya mine through ROVs: Sources
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): As operation continues to trace the miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the divers of Indian Navy on Thursday spotted skeletons inside the mine through their remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROVs), said s
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Navy divers detect one of 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hole coal m
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy on Thursday detected the body of one miner out of 15 who are trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for over a month now.
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One month on Meghalaya mine collapse, search continues to find 15 trapped
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The fate of the 15 miners, stuck in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for over a month, is still unclear. Joint-rescue efforts have been reinforced with the inclusion of additional high-power pumps, Remotely Opera
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