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Meghalaya One Step Away From Scientific Coal Mining: Chief Minister Sangma
Meghalaya is one step away from carrying out scientific mining after the Ministry of Coal approved the geological reports sent by four miners from the state, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Tuesday, ahead of the crucial assembly polls.
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Rescue Operation For Trapped Miners In Meghalaya Called Off Due To Rain
Rescuers from the Indian Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Fire Services have left for their respective places of posting.
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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After 17 Days Of Search, One Miner's Body Recovered From Meghalaya Mine
Rescue teams today recovered the body of one out of the at least five miners who were trapped in a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on May 30.
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5 Trapped for 14 Days in Meghalaya Mine, Navy Joins Rescue Efforts
The Navy, which was able to pull out three bodies from a flooded mine in Meghalaya using a sophisticated machine in 2019, on Sunday joined operations to rescue five miners trapped for 14 days in another such illegal coal mine in the state.
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5 Feared Trapped In Meghalaya Mine For 12 Days, Navy Called For Help
The Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation for trapped miners inside an illegal coal mine hasn't made any headway so far.
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5 Still Trapped In Meghalaya Mine As Rise In Water Level Hits Rescue Work
The water level inside a coal mine where five miners remain trapped in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has risen by about 1 metre from the previously recorded depth due to heavy rainfall, impacting rescue efforts, an official said Friday.
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4 Days On, Miners Still Trapped In 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has ordered for a magisterial inquiry into the mining accident where at least five labourers are trapped for the last four days inside an illegal coal mine that was flooded after a dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaint
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Rescue Personnel Using Hooks, Ropes In Bid To Reach Miners Trapped in Meghalaya
With hooks, ropes, and a crane, rescuers today tried to reach out to five miners trapped for the last three days inside an illegal coal mine that was flooded after a dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills District.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.
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9 Trapped Meghalaya Miners' Families Agree To Stop Ongoing Search Ops
Families of nine of the 16 miners trapped inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December, have given consent to the district adminitration to stop the ongoing search operations which entered its 130th day on Sunday, officials said.
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On Trapped Miners, Meghalaya Government To Move Top Court To Stop Rescue
Around four months after 16 people were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said the state government will appeal to the Supreme Court to stop the operations to retrieve the bodies.
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Top Court Asks Meghalaya Miners' Families If They Want Bodies To Be Recovered
The Supreme Court has sought to know from the relatives of miners, who were trapped in an illegal mine in Meghalaya three months ago, whether they want to recover the bodies which might have been "decomposed" by now.
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After Meghalaya, Four Miners Dead In Illegal Mine In Nagaland
Four miners were killed inside an illegal coal mine in Nagaland on Sunday. The mine is in a remote village close to the border with Assam. The incident comes over two months after at least 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.
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Meghalaya One Step Away From Scientific Coal Mining: Chief Minister Sangma
Meghalaya is one step away from carrying out scientific mining after the Ministry of Coal approved the geological reports sent by four miners from the state, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Tuesday, ahead of the crucial assembly polls.
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Rescue Operation For Trapped Miners In Meghalaya Called Off Due To Rain
Rescuers from the Indian Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Fire Services have left for their respective places of posting.
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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After 17 Days Of Search, One Miner's Body Recovered From Meghalaya Mine
Rescue teams today recovered the body of one out of the at least five miners who were trapped in a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on May 30.
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5 Trapped for 14 Days in Meghalaya Mine, Navy Joins Rescue Efforts
The Navy, which was able to pull out three bodies from a flooded mine in Meghalaya using a sophisticated machine in 2019, on Sunday joined operations to rescue five miners trapped for 14 days in another such illegal coal mine in the state.
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5 Feared Trapped In Meghalaya Mine For 12 Days, Navy Called For Help
The Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation for trapped miners inside an illegal coal mine hasn't made any headway so far.
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5 Still Trapped In Meghalaya Mine As Rise In Water Level Hits Rescue Work
The water level inside a coal mine where five miners remain trapped in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has risen by about 1 metre from the previously recorded depth due to heavy rainfall, impacting rescue efforts, an official said Friday.
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4 Days On, Miners Still Trapped In 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has ordered for a magisterial inquiry into the mining accident where at least five labourers are trapped for the last four days inside an illegal coal mine that was flooded after a dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaint
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Rescue Personnel Using Hooks, Ropes In Bid To Reach Miners Trapped in Meghalaya
With hooks, ropes, and a crane, rescuers today tried to reach out to five miners trapped for the last three days inside an illegal coal mine that was flooded after a dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills District.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.
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9 Trapped Meghalaya Miners' Families Agree To Stop Ongoing Search Ops
Families of nine of the 16 miners trapped inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December, have given consent to the district adminitration to stop the ongoing search operations which entered its 130th day on Sunday, officials said.
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On Trapped Miners, Meghalaya Government To Move Top Court To Stop Rescue
Around four months after 16 people were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said the state government will appeal to the Supreme Court to stop the operations to retrieve the bodies.
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Top Court Asks Meghalaya Miners' Families If They Want Bodies To Be Recovered
The Supreme Court has sought to know from the relatives of miners, who were trapped in an illegal mine in Meghalaya three months ago, whether they want to recover the bodies which might have been "decomposed" by now.
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After Meghalaya, Four Miners Dead In Illegal Mine In Nagaland
Four miners were killed inside an illegal coal mine in Nagaland on Sunday. The mine is in a remote village close to the border with Assam. The incident comes over two months after at least 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.
