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Man 'Dies' In Meghalaya Mine Explosion, Returns Home After His Last Rites
A mine worker who was among the 31 declared dead in the devastating explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya has returned home alive, days after his last rites were performed.
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18 Labourers Killed, 1 Injured After Blast In Illegal Meghalaya Coal Mine
Eighteen labourers died and one was injured after an explosion trapped them deep inside a suspected illegal coal mine at a village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said.
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9 Killed In Arch Collapse At Tamil Nadu Power Plant, PM Announces Compensation
Nine migrant workers from Assam were killed when an under-construction coal handling enclosure collapsed at the Ennore supercritical power station on the outskirts of Chennai.
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KTR Sidelines Sister Kavitha For Key Appointment Amid Reports Of Rift
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao has appointed former minister Koppula Eashwar as the party's in-charge for the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS), the influential coal miners' union.
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44 Days On, Bodies Of Remaining 5 Workers Recovered From Assam Mine
Five more bodies of workers who were trapped inside an illegal 'rat-hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district have been recovered, 44 days after the structure was flooded, trapping nine.
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Iron Structure Collapses In Odisha Cement Plant, Several Workers Trapped
Some workers were suspected to have been trapped under the debris after a coal hopper, a big iron structure, collapsed inside a cement factory at Rajgangpur in Odisha's Sundargarh district on Thursday, police said.
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Judicial Enquiry Ordered Into Assam Mine Accident, Special Probe Team Set Up
The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial enquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident, in which nine workers were trapped with bodies of four victims recovered so far.
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Bodies Of 3 More Workers Retrieved From Assam Mine, Ops On To Rescue 5
Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.
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Flooded Assam Coal Mine Is "Illegal", Says Chief Minister Himanta Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that a person has been arrested after nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Dima Hasao district, which "appears to be illegal".
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Invisible Burden: Jharkhand's Cycle Coal Workers And Weight of Survival
For coal mine workers in Jharkhand, each election offers a measure of hope to improve their miserable social and economic fortunes but each, ultimately, dissolves into nothingness, each day filled with long hours of toil buried underground.
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Man 'Dies' In Meghalaya Mine Explosion, Returns Home After His Last Rites
A mine worker who was among the 31 declared dead in the devastating explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya has returned home alive, days after his last rites were performed.
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18 Labourers Killed, 1 Injured After Blast In Illegal Meghalaya Coal Mine
Eighteen labourers died and one was injured after an explosion trapped them deep inside a suspected illegal coal mine at a village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said.
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9 Killed In Arch Collapse At Tamil Nadu Power Plant, PM Announces Compensation
Nine migrant workers from Assam were killed when an under-construction coal handling enclosure collapsed at the Ennore supercritical power station on the outskirts of Chennai.
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KTR Sidelines Sister Kavitha For Key Appointment Amid Reports Of Rift
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao has appointed former minister Koppula Eashwar as the party's in-charge for the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS), the influential coal miners' union.
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44 Days On, Bodies Of Remaining 5 Workers Recovered From Assam Mine
Five more bodies of workers who were trapped inside an illegal 'rat-hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district have been recovered, 44 days after the structure was flooded, trapping nine.
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Iron Structure Collapses In Odisha Cement Plant, Several Workers Trapped
Some workers were suspected to have been trapped under the debris after a coal hopper, a big iron structure, collapsed inside a cement factory at Rajgangpur in Odisha's Sundargarh district on Thursday, police said.
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Judicial Enquiry Ordered Into Assam Mine Accident, Special Probe Team Set Up
The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial enquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident, in which nine workers were trapped with bodies of four victims recovered so far.
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Bodies Of 3 More Workers Retrieved From Assam Mine, Ops On To Rescue 5
Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.
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Flooded Assam Coal Mine Is "Illegal", Says Chief Minister Himanta Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that a person has been arrested after nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Dima Hasao district, which "appears to be illegal".
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Invisible Burden: Jharkhand's Cycle Coal Workers And Weight of Survival
For coal mine workers in Jharkhand, each election offers a measure of hope to improve their miserable social and economic fortunes but each, ultimately, dissolves into nothingness, each day filled with long hours of toil buried underground.
