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Meghalaya Miners Rescue: Navy divers return without any trace of trapped m
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy who went inside the inundated mine in the search of the 15 trapped miners in East Jaintia Hills returned disappointed on Sunday after diving upto 70 feet deep.
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Navy divers search for trapped miners in Meghalaya
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Navy divers have gone inside the inundated coal mines at East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya to rescue 15 miners who are trapped inside since December 13. A 15-member diving team of the Navy from Vishakhapatnam arrived at Meghalaya on Saturday.
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Hopes of evacuating trapped miners raised as more resources are being depl
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Khliehriat (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Hopes of evacuating 15 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine for over two weeks were raised on Friday with the impending arrival a diving team of the Navy along with specialised equipment, including high-pressure pumps.
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Meghalaya: Navy deploying divers to assist mine rescue ops
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Indian Navy is deploying a 15-member diving team from Visakhapatnam to assist in the rescue operations for the missing miners in Meghalaya.
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Meghalaya miners' rescue: Air Force airlifts NDRF team to Guwahati
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The Air Force on Friday airlifted a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team along with equipment from Bhubaneswar to Guwahati for the rescue operation being undertaken by the Meghalaya government to free the miners trapped in a coal mine.
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Odisha Fire Services to assist rescue operation in Meghalaya mining traged
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): An Indian Air Force transport carrier 'C-130J Super Hercules' with 20 Odisha Fire Services personnel onboard have left for Shillong from Bhubaneswar on Friday morning to rescue the trapped miners in Meghalaya.
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Congress MP's faux pas, moves adjournment motion on miners trapped in 'Miz
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 27 (ANI): A Congress MP in a major embarrassment on Thursday goofed up between Meghalaya and Mizoram while moving an adjournment motion in Parliament over miners trapped in a north-eastern state.
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Two weeks on, 13 miners continue to be trapped in coal mine
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Even two weeks after 13 miners got trapped in a coal mine here, the attempts by the rescuers to reach them have yielded no success yet.
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Rahul slams PM for failing to rescue miners trapped in Meghalaya
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 26 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Modi for failing to rescue around 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal mine in Kasan village of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
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Meghalaya: No trace of 13 trapped miners, says NDRF
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Tuesday informed that it had not been able to locate 13 miners who were trapped while working in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
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Meghalaya: 6 days on, 13 workers remain trapped in flooded coal mine
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India] Dec 18 (ANI): Rescuers were unable to reach the 13 miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on the sixth day as heavy rains made the operation difficult, police said.
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Difficult, complicated situation, says Meghalaya CM on rescue of 13 miners
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangama on Monday threw light on complications being faced by rescue teams to evacuate 13 trapped miners. He also highlighted that the high water level is making the operation difficult.
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