A 12-member special rescue team of Coal India reaches the site of the coal mine of 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district to help in the search and rescue operations to locate and rescue 8 other workers who are trapped in the inundated rat-hole mine.

Dewatering continues in Assam's abandoned coal mine to aid rescue efforts for trapped miners. Chief Minister clarifies mine's legal status.

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GUWAHATI: Water levels have receded at the ill-fated rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where eight miners have been trapped since Monday follow

Rescuers in India are racing against time to bring out miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the north-eastern state of Assam. Three of the nine men inside were feared dead, Reuters reported, after the state government said rescue teams had spotted some bodies they have been unable to reach.

A survivor of a coal mine disaster in India has shared a harrowing account of the moments after the tunnel was suddenly engulfed by water. Ravi Rai was working in the mine in the north-eastern state of Assam on Monday morning when water entered the pit.

The Assam cabinet on Friday approved the classification of oil palms as a cash crop, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The cabinet also approved guidelines for the declaration of industrial estates for the promotion and development of wood-based industries,

Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday underscored the importance of healthcare initiatives, particularly for the economically weaker sections, while inaugurating a dialysis unit at the Red Cross Hospital here.

Leader trapped in Assam's flooded coal mine arrested; dewatering of 340ft-shaft continues with ONGC and Coal India machines. Congress protests illegal

Dewatering continued for the second consecutive day on Friday in a flooded coal mine in Assam, where eight workers have been trapped since Monday.

An Assam Police team mistakenly crossed into Nagaland guided by Google Maps and got detained by locals who mistook them for criminals. The officers were released after a night in captivity. Previous incidents have also reported accidents due to Google Maps errors.