4 days on, no headway in search for trapped miners in Meghalaya; NDRF joins efforts"A 24-member team from NDRF has arrived at the accident site in Umpleng. The NDRF joined the teams of SDRF and the state's Fire Service who...
03 Jun, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
21 miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident: Official mediaA part of the mine flooded leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the mine locate...
11 Apr, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
14 miners killed in coal mine blast in ChinaThe accident happened at around 1:30 am (local time) at the Guanglong Coal Mine in Anlong County, Guizhou province, when 23 workers were wo...
17 Dec, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
9 coal miners injured, 4 feared trapped in Odisha mine mishapThe coal miners were working at the mine of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) when the accident happened around 11.30pm on Tuesday.
24 Jul, 2019, 12.42 PM IST
Meghalaya government to move Supreme Court on stopping operations to retrieve bodies from flooded mineOn January 28, the Supreme Court had asked the Centre and the Meghalaya government to continue their multi-agency operations to rescue the ...
03 Apr, 2019, 06.01 PM IST
When rat hole mining offers the only job opportunityThe six-party-led state government is in favour of an exemption for Meghalaya from the federal laws on mining.
04 Jan, 2019, 11.26 PM IST
Efforts to drain out water on; no trace of trapped miners yetA multi-agency team comprising personnel from the Odisha Fire Service, National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Navy among others is...
03 Jan, 2019, 10.18 AM IST
Supreme Court to hear petition on Meghalaya miners rescue todayThe miners have been trapped for the last 16 days in a socalled rat hole mine, the type of which dot the terrain despite a top court-impose...
03 Jan, 2019, 09.11 AM IST
Rescue units continue to drain mine shaftThe Odisha Fire Service will continue de-watering operations, the district administration said in its bulletin. Coal India has also sent hi...
02 Jan, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
Miners trapped in coal mine struggle while PM poses on Bogibeel Bridge: Rahul GandhiAsking Modi to "please save the miners", Gandhi alleged the government was not organising high-pressure pumps needed for rescue operations.
26 Dec, 2018, 09.37 PM IST
- 13 feared trapped in flooded coal mine in Meghalaya
Chief minister, Conard Sangma said that team from NDRF and district administration are carrying out the rescue operation. “This is unfortun...
14 Dec, 2018, 11.41 PM IST
36 killed in 2 coal mine accidents in ChinaSeventeen workers were killed in northeast China's Liaoning Province yesterday when fire broke out in the afternoon at the Xingli coal mine...
18 Dec, 2015, 03.24 PM IST
- China coal mine accident: 19 killed, four trapped underground
At least 19 miners were killed and four others remained trapped underground after a gas outburst hit a coal mine in Southwest China's Guizh...
25 Nov, 2012, 07.24 PM IST
200 miners stuck in West Bengal coal mines rescuedTwo hundred miners trapped in West Bengal coal mines have been evacuated, while efforts are going on to rescue 65 others stuck in Jharkhand...
31 Jul, 2012, 10.28 PM IST
- 45 trapped workers rescued from China coal mine;toll reaches 8
Chinese rescuers today pulled out alive 45 people trapped under a heap of rocks for the past two days in a coal mine in central China, wher...
05 Nov, 2011, 11.20 AM IST
- 11 killed, 96 trapped in China coal mine blast
At least 11 miners were killed and 96 trapped in a coal mine following a gas explosion in northern China on Sunday.
22 Feb, 2009, 09.03 AM IST
- Explosion in coal mine in eastern Ukraine traps 37 miners
A powerful explosion tore through a mine in eastern Ukraine early on Sunday, trapping at least 37 miners who had been making repairs to imp...
08 Jun, 2008, 11.13 PM IST