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Search For 13 Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks In Russia Called Off
Russian emergency workers on Monday ended a rescue operation at a mine in the country's Far East where 13 workers have been trapped for two weeks, state media reported.
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12 Killed After Coal Mine Collapses In Pakistan
The bodies of ten more miners were pulled from a collapsed coal pit in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death count to 12 after the rescue bid ended.
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House Demolished, Tunnel Rescue Hero's Daughter Misses Class 10 Exam: Family
A teenage daughter of rat-hole mining expert Wakeel Hasan, who was involved in rescuing 41 labourers in Uttarakhand last year, missed her exam on Thursday due to the chaos caused by the demolition of their house, her family members claimed.
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Jharkhand Boy, 12, Falls Into 60-Foot Mine Pit, Rescued After Hours, Dies
A 12-year-old boy died in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday after he fell into a 60-foot-deep hole, and remained stuck there for at least five hours before being brought out, police said.
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"Advised Rat-Hole Mining After...": Tunnelling Expert Details Rescue Op
The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.
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"They Hoisted Us Onto Their Shoulders": Rescuers On Meeting Tunnel Workers
Feroze Qureshi and Monu Kumar, experts in the rat-hole mining technique, were the first to meet the 41 labourers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after they cleared the last bit of the rubble inside the structure.
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Tunnel Rescue Official Was Told Rat-Hole Mining Is Illegal. Watch His Response
Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.
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The Crucial Role Of Outlawed Rat-Hole Mining In Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue
A mining practice banned for being unsafe has come to the aid of the 41 workers trapped inside an Uttarakhand tunnel after high-tech, imported machines broke down during the long-drawn operation
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Trapped Tunnel Workers Just 3 Metres Away As Rescuers Dig Through Rubble
A team of "rat-hole miners" began manual drilling operations yesterday to reach the 41 workers trapped within the debris of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi as rescue ops entered Day 17.
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4 Gujarat Men Chained, Forced To Dig For Coal, Mine Owner, Aide Arrested: Police
Two labourers, chained by coal mine operators in Gujarat's Surendranagar, were rescued in the early hours of Monday and two men have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said. Surendranagar is 120 km away from Ahmedabad.
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
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Video Shows Miners 'Pop Out' Of Collapsed Gold Mine, All Rescued
News agency Reuters reported that all nine men came out within two minutes and are well.
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China Confirms 53 "Missing Or Dead" In Coal Mine Collapse In February: Report
The collapse of a coal mine in northern China last month left a total of 53 people "missing or dead", a top official has said, as search and rescue work appeared to come to an end.
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10 Workers Killed In Coal Mine Blast In Indonesia
Ten workers were killed in Indonesia after an explosion in a coal mine caused a collapse, a rescue agency official said today.
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Rescued Jharkhand Child Labourer Becomes Voice Of India At Labour Meet
From working in a mica mine in Jharkhand's Giridih district as a child labour to representing India in a global event by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at Durban - the journey has been long for Badku Marandi.
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Search For 13 Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks In Russia Called Off
Russian emergency workers on Monday ended a rescue operation at a mine in the country's Far East where 13 workers have been trapped for two weeks, state media reported.
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12 Killed After Coal Mine Collapses In Pakistan
The bodies of ten more miners were pulled from a collapsed coal pit in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death count to 12 after the rescue bid ended.
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House Demolished, Tunnel Rescue Hero's Daughter Misses Class 10 Exam: Family
A teenage daughter of rat-hole mining expert Wakeel Hasan, who was involved in rescuing 41 labourers in Uttarakhand last year, missed her exam on Thursday due to the chaos caused by the demolition of their house, her family members claimed.
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Jharkhand Boy, 12, Falls Into 60-Foot Mine Pit, Rescued After Hours, Dies
A 12-year-old boy died in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday after he fell into a 60-foot-deep hole, and remained stuck there for at least five hours before being brought out, police said.
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"Advised Rat-Hole Mining After...": Tunnelling Expert Details Rescue Op
The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.
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"They Hoisted Us Onto Their Shoulders": Rescuers On Meeting Tunnel Workers
Feroze Qureshi and Monu Kumar, experts in the rat-hole mining technique, were the first to meet the 41 labourers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after they cleared the last bit of the rubble inside the structure.
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Tunnel Rescue Official Was Told Rat-Hole Mining Is Illegal. Watch His Response
Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.
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The Crucial Role Of Outlawed Rat-Hole Mining In Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue
A mining practice banned for being unsafe has come to the aid of the 41 workers trapped inside an Uttarakhand tunnel after high-tech, imported machines broke down during the long-drawn operation
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Trapped Tunnel Workers Just 3 Metres Away As Rescuers Dig Through Rubble
A team of "rat-hole miners" began manual drilling operations yesterday to reach the 41 workers trapped within the debris of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi as rescue ops entered Day 17.
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4 Gujarat Men Chained, Forced To Dig For Coal, Mine Owner, Aide Arrested: Police
Two labourers, chained by coal mine operators in Gujarat's Surendranagar, were rescued in the early hours of Monday and two men have been arrested in connection with the case, the police said. Surendranagar is 120 km away from Ahmedabad.
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
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Video Shows Miners 'Pop Out' Of Collapsed Gold Mine, All Rescued
News agency Reuters reported that all nine men came out within two minutes and are well.
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China Confirms 53 "Missing Or Dead" In Coal Mine Collapse In February: Report
The collapse of a coal mine in northern China last month left a total of 53 people "missing or dead", a top official has said, as search and rescue work appeared to come to an end.
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10 Workers Killed In Coal Mine Blast In Indonesia
Ten workers were killed in Indonesia after an explosion in a coal mine caused a collapse, a rescue agency official said today.
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Rescued Jharkhand Child Labourer Becomes Voice Of India At Labour Meet
From working in a mica mine in Jharkhand's Giridih district as a child labour to representing India in a global event by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at Durban - the journey has been long for Badku Marandi.
