Search For "east jaintia hills"
Member of banned outfit HNLC surrenders before BSF
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A member of banned militant outfit Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) on Thursday surrendered before Border Security Force (BSF) in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
Read More
6 die in illegal coal mine in Meghalaya
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], January 22 (ANI): At least six people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, said Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui on Friday adding that the incident has happened "when mining was taking place illegally."
Read More
Meghalaya coal mine: Process of cleaning 10 shafts completed
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Efforts to find the miners trapped in a Meghalaya mine Since December 13, 2018 made little progress, as the process of cleaning the 10 shafts got completed on Sunday.
Read More
2nd body recovered from Meghalaya mine
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): One more unidentified body has been recovered from the ill-fated mine here where 13 miners were trapped since December 13 last year.
Read More
SC to hear PIL on rescue efforts for trapped miners in Meghalaya t
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a PIL seeking continuation of the efforts to rescue 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the past almost two months.
Read More
SC asks Centre, Meghalaya govt to continue efforts to rescue trapp
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and Meghalaya government to continue their efforts to rescue miners who have been trapped for more than a month in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
Read More
Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: 1 body recovered
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): One body was recovered from the mine at Ksan near Lytein River in East Jaintia Hills where 15 miners have been trapped since December 13 last year.
Read More
Operation to evacuate trapped miners not abandoned: Centre to SC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Centre and the Meghalaya government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the operation to evacuate the miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year, has not been abandoned.
Read More
Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: 3 families invited to view ROV captur
Updated : 3 years ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya), [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Families of three miners who were trapped in a mine at Ksan near Lyteiñ River in East Jaintia Hills were invited on Thursday to view the video captured by the underwater vehicle, after the Navy divers spotted skeletons during t
Read More
Meghalaya: Search for miners to continue till govt asks us to step
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Operation to trace and evacuate miners trapped in a 370-feet deep illegal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills will continue till the government asks the Navy to step back, Indian Navy spokesperson Capt D K Sharma said on Thursday.
Read More
Navy divers spot skeletons inside Meghalaya mine through ROVs: Sou
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): As operation continues to trace the miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the divers of Indian Navy on Thursday spotted skeletons inside the mine through their remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROVs), said s
Read More
Navy divers detect one of 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hol
Updated : 3 years ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy on Thursday detected the body of one miner out of 15 who are trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for over a month now.
Read More