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Topic: Meghalaya

For Navy divers, it’s a difficult & dangerous search for survivors in Meghalaya coal mine

Ritika Jain -
A Navy diver, who is a part of the rescue operation in Meghalaya's rat-hole coal mine, tells ThePrint about the problems being faced by the team.

These are the 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hole coal mine

ThePrint Team -
The district police have released the list of names of the 15 Meghalaya coal miners trapped in a rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills. 

Meghalaya miners remain trapped as high water level forces Navy to halt rescue ops

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Indian Navy divers who went inside the 370-foot-deep pit found some wooden structures and coal lying at the bottom. 

Good news from cricket, sad news of Mrinal Sen’s death dominate headlines

Shailaja Bajpai -
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Indian Navy divers to join operation at Meghalaya flooded mine

D Banjop Mukhim -
A 15-member diving team will reach the site in East Jaintia Hills district Saturday morning.

Missing officials & missing pumps delay rescue of Meghalaya miners

Moushumi Das Gupta -
NDRF official says water inside mine is over 70 feet and divers can’t do much unless level comes down. State human rights commission orders inquiry. 

Indians prayed for Thai cave rescue, but why no outrage for Meghalaya’s trapped miners?

ThePrint Team -
Rescue workers have been trying to reach the coal miners trapped in east Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya since 13 December. The rescue team has...

No one is bothered because we are poor, say families of trapped Meghalaya miners

Moushumi Das Gupta -
It has been over a week since waters from a river flooded an illegal Meghalaya mine, trapping at least 15 people inside.

15 feared dead in coal mine: Come to Meghalaya to see just how ineffective NGT ban can be

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Coal mining is said to be a big revenue generator for Meghalaya, where the collapse of an illegal mine this month left 15 people feared dead.

13 trapped in Meghalaya coal mine feared dead as rescue efforts over 5 days remain futile

PTI -
5 days on, Meghalaya's effort to trace trapped miners fails to yield results 13 miners are reportedly trapped in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
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Defence

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

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National Interest

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