Army personnel have been engaged to rescue the nine labourers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, officials said on Tuesday (January 7, 2025). A relief task force with specialists such as divers and sappers, equipped with essential tools, reached the site in Umrangso to rescue the miners, a defence spokesperson said. […]
GUWAHATI Deep divers from the Navy on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) joined the operations to rescue nine miners trapped in a water-filled coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao, a hill district. One person, Punish Nunisa, was arrested in connection with the incident. Also read: Assam coal mine mishap LIVE updates The miners were trapped around […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed a gathering of South Korean CEOs and business leaders at the Advantage Assam roadshow in Seoul on Monday, urging them to invest in the state. Sarma highlighted Assam’s strategic location and the supportive policies under the Government of India’s Act East Policy, which aims to accelerate industrial growth […]
GUWAHATI A fire at an installation of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in eastern Assam’s Jorhat district claimed the life of an engineer on Tuesday (January 7, 2025). District officials said the fire broke out at the ONGC’s group gathering station (GGS) at Barhola around noon, grievously injuring Rahul Dutta, an engineer with […]
In a crackdown on illegal border infiltration, Assam Police detained four Bangladeshi nationals near the international border. The individuals—Md. Habil, Md. Jakariya, Md. Naim, and Md. Aliul SK—were intercepted while attempting to cross into India. They were subsequently pushed back to Bangladesh. Authorities have reiterated their commitment to enforcing strict border security and a zero-tolerance […]
Watch: Rescuers recover a body of a trapped miner in Assam Army divers on Wednesday retrieved the body of a Nepali miner, one of the nine miners who have been trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district for more than 48 hours. Despite efforts by multiple rescue agencies, divers, and a […]
Guwahati has reported its first confirmed case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), with a 75-year-old woman being treated at Apollo Hospitals. The patient is currently stable and recovering without requiring additional respiratory support. Meanwhile, her 80-year-old husband, who is experiencing similar symptoms, is receiving intermittent oxygen support. His sample is being tested for the virus. Earlier, […]
The Indian Navy team is fully equipped and carrying specialised equipment such as deep diving gears and underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for search and rescue operations in Assam’s Umrangso. One dead body was recovered and eight miners continue to be trapped in the inundated coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso, in Dima Hasao. The […]
Guwahati, January 21, 2025: Northeast, with nearly 16% growth in direct selling, is poised to fly higher as all eight sister states registered a leap jump in sales, adding ₹ 255 crore from the previous year to cross ₹1854 crore in the year 2022-23, the Indian Direct Selling Association disclosed here in the 2nd Northeast […]
The residents of a Nagaland village allegedly detained a dozen Assam police personnel after they “inadvertently” crossed the inter-State border in pursuit of a car lifter on Tuesday (January 8, 2024) night. The incident happened at Yajang village in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district. Shwetank Mishra, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of eastern Assam’s Jorhat district, told […]
