14-member rescue team from Chennai, Hyderabad to reach Meghalaya mine disaster site

A 14-member rescue team from Chennai and Hyderabad have reached Guwahati and are headed to the disaster site where 15 miners are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills. The teams from Planys Technology, Chennai and National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad can play a crucial role in the rescue operations. The team […]

Coal miners hold rally in East Jaintia Hills; rescue efforts continue on Day 27

Coal mine owners, coal dealers and transporters in East Jaintia Hills held a rally in the district to protest against the failure of the current and previous state governments to lift the ban on coal mining in Meghalaya. Hundreds of coal dealers and transporters from the area attended the rally. All business activities had been […]

Meghalaya: Two more workers killed in fresh coal mine tragedy; illegal mining continues unabated

Two workers died after a rat-hole coal mine caved in at Soo kilo area while they were trying to illegally extract coal at Mooknor, Jalyiah village in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district. As per sources, at least three miners have died in the incident. While bodies of two miners have been recovered, one of the […]

SC directs Centre, Meghalaya govt to take strict action against mine owners

The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre and the Meghalaya government to take action against the mine owners of the disaster hit site. The apex court has also asked the Centre and the Meghalaya government to file a status report before it by January 7 on steps and progress of the rescue operation of 15 […]

Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: NDMA team to join rescue operations

As time is running out for the 15 trapped miners in the tragedy hit coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, a team of National Disaster Management Authority is on its way to the incident site to join the rescue operations. Indian Air Force’s C-130 aircraft, carrying the NDMA team, with equipment landed in Guwahati […]

Rahul Gandhi lashes out at PM Modi over delay in rescuing 15 trapped miners in Meghalaya

The Meghalaya coal mine tragedy has taken a big political turn with Congress president Rahul Gandhi taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of not doing enough to rescue the 15 trapped miners in East Jaintia Hills. In a direct attack on the Prime Minister, Gandhi tweeted, “15 miners have been struggling […]

Prime accused in activist Agnes Kharshiing assault case Nidamon Chullet surrenders

In a big breakthrough into the assault on social activists Agnes Kharshiing and her colleague Amita Sangma, one of the prime accused in the case Nidamon Chullet surrendered before East Jaintia Hills police. Chullet who has been absconding since the brutal attack on Agnes Kharshiing is a prominent NPP leader from East Jaintia Hills district. […]

Yet another coal mine tragedy in Meghalaya; 13 feared dead

As many as 13 coal labourers, most of them minors, are feared dead in an illegal rat-hole mine at Lomtharee village under Saipung police station in East Jaintia Hills. Its been over 24 hours, since the labourers were trapped in the rat-hole mine. Rescue efforts by NDRF and state police personnel failed to yield results […]