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Top Court Asks Meghalaya Miners' Families If They Want Bodies To Be Recovered
The Supreme Court has sought to know from the relatives of miners, who were trapped in an illegal mine in Meghalaya three months ago, whether they want to recover the bodies which might have been "decomposed" by now.
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Miner Whose Body Was Retrieved From "Rat Hole" Mine Identified By Family
The body of a miner that was retrieved from the illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Thursday, has been identified by his relatives. 15 miners had disappeared into the mine on December 13 last year.
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Not Abandoning Operation To Rescue Meghalaya Miners: Centre To Top Court
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is not abandoning the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped for more than a month inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine filled with water in a remote part of Meghalaya.
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Month On, Hope Fades For 15 Men Trapped In Meghalaya Mine. Rescue Ops On
It is exactly a month since 15 miners have been trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district. Hope fades as not a single miner has yet been rescued. Sources in the Meghalaya government have told NDTV that the rescue operations "may be called off" as there is no indication about the state of the 15 men. Rescue personnel...
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Stop Illegal Mining Or Face Contempt Of Court: Green Court To Meghalaya
A three-member committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Meghalaya government to either stop illegal coal mining in the state or face contempt of court.
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Holding Cable, He Avoided Falling Into Meghalaya Mine Where 15 Are Stuck
Saheb Ali felt an icy wind, saw a wall of water hurtling towards him and desperately held on to an electric cable to avoid becoming one of the 15 men trapped for more than two weeks in the 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.
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Meghalaya Mine Rescue Operations Hindered As Pumps Develop Technical Snag
Operations to rescue miners trapped in a flooded quarry in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district were hindered after high-powered pumps developed technical snags today, officials said.
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Meghalaya Miners' Rescue Operation: What Has Happened So Far
Water from Lytein river and an abandoned mine gushed in and flooded the coal mine trapping 15 miners on December 13.
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Indonesian Miner Trapped For A Week Rescued
A miner trapped for a week underground in Indonesia after a tunnel collapsed has been rescued and is recovering in hospital, Australia's Newcrest Mining said today .
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17 Trapped Miners Rescued After Elevator Mishap
All 17 miners were freed today from an underground salt mine in upstate New York, 10 hours after becoming trapped in a malfunctioning elevator, officials said.
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Little Hope for Eight Trapped Honduran Miners
Rescuers said there was little hope that eight miners trapped underground in an illegal Honduran gold mine would be found alive, as a group of local miners prepared a last-ditch attempt to save their colleagues.
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Honduras in Third Day of Search for Trapped Miners
Three miners were rescued after spending more than two days trapped following a collapse at a small, wildcat gold mine in southern Honduras while eight others remain missing.
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Robot breakdown delays rescue of trapped New Zealand miners
The bid to rescue 29 New Zealand coal miners trapped underground by a massive gas explosion for nearly five days hit new problems on Tuesday as a mechanical robot broke down inside a tunnel and hard rock layers slowed progress on gas testing.Police superintendent Gary Knowles said the army robot broke down after it was affected by water, "and can n...
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Chile miners to play football game: President
Chile's 33 rescued miners are to play a football game later this month against officials who helped extract them to safety, President Sebastian Pinera said today after visiting the men in hospital. "The winners will get La Moneda (the presidential palace), and the losers will have to go back into the mine,"...
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As Chile celebrates, mine's future in question
Chileans reveled on Thursday in the stunning glory and jubilation of a record-setting mine rescue. As the celebration fades, however, several key questions await resolution.Officials at the copper and gold mine whose collapse trapped the 33 men for more than two months still have to answer why it was allowed to operate at all.Attention will also fo...
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Top Court Asks Meghalaya Miners' Families If They Want Bodies To Be Recovered
The Supreme Court has sought to know from the relatives of miners, who were trapped in an illegal mine in Meghalaya three months ago, whether they want to recover the bodies which might have been "decomposed" by now.
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Miner Whose Body Was Retrieved From "Rat Hole" Mine Identified By Family
The body of a miner that was retrieved from the illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Thursday, has been identified by his relatives. 15 miners had disappeared into the mine on December 13 last year.
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Not Abandoning Operation To Rescue Meghalaya Miners: Centre To Top Court
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is not abandoning the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped for more than a month inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine filled with water in a remote part of Meghalaya.
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Month On, Hope Fades For 15 Men Trapped In Meghalaya Mine. Rescue Ops On
It is exactly a month since 15 miners have been trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district. Hope fades as not a single miner has yet been rescued. Sources in the Meghalaya government have told NDTV that the rescue operations "may be called off" as there is no indication about the state of the 15 men. Rescue personnel...
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Stop Illegal Mining Or Face Contempt Of Court: Green Court To Meghalaya
A three-member committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Meghalaya government to either stop illegal coal mining in the state or face contempt of court.
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Holding Cable, He Avoided Falling Into Meghalaya Mine Where 15 Are Stuck
Saheb Ali felt an icy wind, saw a wall of water hurtling towards him and desperately held on to an electric cable to avoid becoming one of the 15 men trapped for more than two weeks in the 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.
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Meghalaya Mine Rescue Operations Hindered As Pumps Develop Technical Snag
Operations to rescue miners trapped in a flooded quarry in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district were hindered after high-powered pumps developed technical snags today, officials said.
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Meghalaya Miners' Rescue Operation: What Has Happened So Far
Water from Lytein river and an abandoned mine gushed in and flooded the coal mine trapping 15 miners on December 13.
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Indonesian Miner Trapped For A Week Rescued
A miner trapped for a week underground in Indonesia after a tunnel collapsed has been rescued and is recovering in hospital, Australia's Newcrest Mining said today .
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17 Trapped Miners Rescued After Elevator Mishap
All 17 miners were freed today from an underground salt mine in upstate New York, 10 hours after becoming trapped in a malfunctioning elevator, officials said.
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Little Hope for Eight Trapped Honduran Miners
Rescuers said there was little hope that eight miners trapped underground in an illegal Honduran gold mine would be found alive, as a group of local miners prepared a last-ditch attempt to save their colleagues.
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Honduras in Third Day of Search for Trapped Miners
Three miners were rescued after spending more than two days trapped following a collapse at a small, wildcat gold mine in southern Honduras while eight others remain missing.
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Robot breakdown delays rescue of trapped New Zealand miners
The bid to rescue 29 New Zealand coal miners trapped underground by a massive gas explosion for nearly five days hit new problems on Tuesday as a mechanical robot broke down inside a tunnel and hard rock layers slowed progress on gas testing.Police superintendent Gary Knowles said the army robot broke down after it was affected by water, "and can n...
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Chile miners to play football game: President
Chile's 33 rescued miners are to play a football game later this month against officials who helped extract them to safety, President Sebastian Pinera said today after visiting the men in hospital. "The winners will get La Moneda (the presidential palace), and the losers will have to go back into the mine,"...
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As Chile celebrates, mine's future in question
Chileans reveled on Thursday in the stunning glory and jubilation of a record-setting mine rescue. As the celebration fades, however, several key questions await resolution.Officials at the copper and gold mine whose collapse trapped the 33 men for more than two months still have to answer why it was allowed to operate at all.Attention will also fo...
