Rescue operations by multiple state and central agencies continued for the fourth day on Thursday (January 9, 2025) to locate trapped miners inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam, officials said. The search operations resumed early in the morning after the dewatering exercise all night and the Remotely Operated Vehicle […]
The unchanged level of murky water has affected the operations to rescue at least eight miners trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since the morning of January 6. Rescue workers from multiple agencies retrieved the body of one miner, identified as Ganga Bahadur Sresth from Nepal’s Udayapur district, on Wednesday […]
The water level at the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district receded by seven metres on Friday (January 10, 2025), brightening hopes of locating eight miners trapped inside since the morning of January 6. The body of one miner, a resident of Nepal, was retrieved on January 8. During the day, the […]
Rescue workers retrieved bodies bodies of miners from a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district by Saturday (January 11, 2025) afternoon. Four bodies have been recovered so far since January 8, two days after nine miners were trapped on January 6, 2025. “Officials at the site of the mine in the Kalamati […]
A man who made derogatory comments on Assam’s history and traditions on social media has tendered an apology on Saturday (January 11, 2025) claiming that his his intention was not to hurt anyone. The police have already filed a case against Abhishek Kar for a video on a YouTube channel for his derogatory comments and […]
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday (January 11, 2025) said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a SIT probe into the mining tragedy in Assam, which left four labourers in a coal quarry dead. He also alleged that “illegal mining continues unchecked” due to “weak law enforcement and local complicity” in the […]
The water level in the flooded rat-hole mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam remained unchanged, affecting the operations on Sunday to rescue the remaining five miners trapped beneath since January 6. Between January 8 and January 11, divers of the Navy, the Army, and the National Disaster Response Force retrieved four bodies of miners, […]
There were several cakes and baskets of fruits spread out and people gathered around, both public and forest department officials, at 8.30 a.m. on a bright sunny Saturday (January 11, 2025) morning. Next to them were scores of elephants lined up in a row. The gathering was to celebrate the first birthday of Pori, a […]
The Centre’s wildlife panel has approved a proposal to carry out oil and gas exploration in the eco-sensitive zone of the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam’s Jorhat district. The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, approved the proposal by Vedanta Group’s Cairn Oil and […]
The Indian Navy team on Monday (January 13, 2024) moved out of the site of the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam where five miners have remained trapped since January 6. The bodies of four miners, including a Nepal resident, have been retrieved so far. District officials said the almost unchanged […]
