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First body pulled out of Meghalaya mine, 42 days after workers got...

It took six men - 2 from the NDRF, 3 navy men and one civil hospital staffer - to pull out the body from the flooded...

24 Jan 2019 10:34 AM GMT

A team of 11 Navy divers with their equipments deployed to conduct rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

Meghalaya: Families of stuck miners lose hope, wait for bodies

Water filled the shaft halfway up, and despite the use of pumps, it remains too deep for divers to operate.

12 Jan 2019 8:09 PM GMT

Multiple teams, from the NDRF, Navy and firefighters, are on the ground, trying to make reach the miners. (Photo: AFP)

2 killed in another Meghalaya mine collapse; rescue stumbles at older...

'It is suspected that boulders hit them when they tried to extract coal,' police said.

7 Jan 2019 3:33 AM GMT

A team of 11 Navy divers with their equipments deployed to conduct rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

Is Illegal coal mining a political necessity?

The BJP accused the then Congress-led coalition government for "not doing enough" to combat the ban.

4 Jan 2019 11:19 PM GMT

Navy personnel conduct a rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Pumps idle, little progress in Meghalaya miners' rescue

Only 3 out of 13 high-powered pumps that were brought to site could be installed and used so far,' said operation...

4 Jan 2019 12:15 PM GMT

The rat-hole mine, located on top of a hillock fully covered with trees in East Jaintia Hills district, had got flooded when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it, trapping the miners. (Photo: ANI)

Meghalaya mine disaster: Navy, NDRF divers to go down to measure...

The exercise is to find out if abandoned mine is connected with 370-foot-deep mine in which 15 miners are trapped.

2 Jan 2019 11:51 AM GMT

The rat-hole mine, located on top of a hillock fully covered with trees in East Jaintia Hills district, had got flooded when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it, trapping the miners. (Photo: ANI)

SC agrees to hear plea seeking urgent steps for rescue of trapped...

15 miners are still trapped inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya since December 13.

2 Jan 2019 7:45 AM GMT

A team of 11 Navy divers with their equipments deployed to conduct rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

Second body recovered retrieved from Meghalaya coal mine

The first body was found on January 26.

28 Feb 2019 5:02 AM GMT

East Jaintia Hills: Visuals of operations underway to rescue the trapped miners. (Photo: ANI)

Navy team leader enters Meghalaya mine to ascertain water level as...

The Navy wanted to measure water level as their divers can operate up to 100 feet in a closed container-type situation,...

30 Dec 2018 12:12 PM GMT

Navy personnel conduct a rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Meghalaya rescue ops to resume with use of sophisticated equipment

15 miners have been trapped in mine in East Jaintia Hills district since Dec 13, after water from nearby Lytein river...

30 Dec 2018 9:24 AM GMT

Rescuers work at the site of a coal mine that collapsed in Ksan, Meghalaya, on December 14, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Disaster response is shocking

The National Disaster Response Force has done singularly little to save the trapped men.

27 Dec 2018 6:30 PM GMT

The delegation requested Indian High Commissioner to the UK to convey their concerns to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. (Photo: File)

Cong MP moves adjournment motion on miners trapped in 'Mizoram'...

Around 15 miners have been trapped in an illegal coal mine at Kasan village of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district...

27 Dec 2018 10:54 AM GMT