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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,
3 feared dead after coal mine floods in India’s Assam state
Three miners are feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India ’s northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, as rescue teams worked through the night to try to reach the nine men trapped inside.
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,
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 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.
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
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 ...
Assam STF arrests 21 terrorists, including ISIS India chief, in major counter-terrorism operation
The Assam STF has made significant strides in combating crime and extremism, arresting 21 terrorists, seizing large ...
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Support PM’s vision of ‘One Nation, One Election’: Shivraj to people of Assam
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday appealed to the people of Assam to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘One Nation, One Election’ in order to serve the ...
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 ...
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Margherita locals block Assam-Arunachal road
Dibrugarh: Residents of Margherita town in Tinsukia district blockaded the Assam-Arunachal border road to draw attention to ...