Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: Navel divers spot one body
Guwahati, Jan 17 (IBNS): More than a month after 15 miners got trapped inside a 370-feet deep flooded coal mine at Ksan area in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, the Indian Navy divers on Thursday finally managed to find out a body inside the mine.
Meghalaya govt colluded with illegal miners: Report
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): A citizens' report prepared by 22 activists says the Meghalaya government "actively colluded in helping coal miners" illegally extract coal and transport it in “blatant violation of both the National Green Tribunal and Supreme Court orders”, The Indian Express said.
Supreme Court dissatisfied with Meghalaya govt's action to rescue trapped miners
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the Meghalaya government's so far action taken to rescue 15 people trapped in an illegal coal mine in the state, media reports said.
Supreme Court to hear PIL on Meghalaya miners' rescue
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IBNS): The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a petition seeking urgent steps to rescue 15 miners trapped inside a mine in Meghalaya, reports said.
Meghalaya coal mine incident : Navy divers, NDRF teams continue rescue ops without breakthrough
Guwahati, Dec 31 (IBNS) : A breakthrough continued to elude the rescuers engaged in a massive search operation for the 15 miners, trapped inside a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district even on the 19th day on Monday.
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS) : Indian navy divers and 21 fire fighters of Odisha Fire Services on Saturday joined the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped since December 13 inside a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district .
Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: IAF airlifts NDRF team with high-powered pumps in Guwahati
Guwahati, Dec 28 (IBNS) : After huge criticism over the centre and the Meghalaya government’s inability to rescue 15 miners, who were trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the past 15 days, measures are now being taken to rescue the trapped miners.
IAF flies rescue team, high-powered pumps for evacuation of Meghalaya miners
Shillong, Dec 28 (IBNS) : The Indian Air Force has deployed its heavy-lift transport plane to airlift NDRF rescuers from Bhubaneswar to Guwahati on Friday as well as carry equipment to the rat-hole mine in Meghalaya where 15 men have been trapped since December 13, media reports said.
Meghalaya : 15 miners trapped inside coal pit, rescue operations suspended
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IBNS): 15 miners are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district since Dec 13 and their fate continues to remain unknown as rescuers continue their fight to locate them.
Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi over issue of trapped miners
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of rescuing trapped 15 miners in Meghalaya and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader is busy posing in front of the cameras while inaugurating the Bogibeel Bridge on Tuesday.
Meghalaya : 13 labourers feared dead in illegal coal mine flood
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IBNS) : At least 13 labourers are feared dead after getting trapped inside a flooded illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
Meghalaya: 13 labourers feared dead after flooding in illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IBNS): In spite of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on unscientific and unsafe coal mining in Meghalaya, at least 13 labourers are feared dead after they were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
Friendly volleyball match between BSF and BGB held in Meghalaya
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IBNS) : A friendly volleyball match was played between the Border Security Force (BSF) 26 battalion and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) 35 battalion in Meghalaya’s Kalachar borderhaat on Sunday.
Security forces destroy cultivated hemp in Meghalaya along Indo-Bangladesh border
Tura (Meghalaya), Oct 28 (IBNS): Security forces have destroyed huge quantity of cultivated hemp in Meghalaya’s South West Garo Hills district.
Meghalaya police recover huge cache of arms-ammunition, explosives in East Garo Hills district
Shillong, Oct 25 (IBNS): Meghalaya police recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives in the north eastern state on Wednesday.