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Families Seek Miracle At Indian Mine Where 15 Trapped For Nearly...

2020-07-06T16:30:59Z

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GUWAHATI, India, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Indian rescue workers were trying to reach 15 coal miners trapped underground for 13 days on Wednesday as families prayed for their safe return, but chances of survival looked slim after floodwaters rushed through the illegal "rat-hole" pit. The 15 went to work at the mine in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on December 13 and have been underground ever since. "Only God's grace and some miracle can help them to be alive," Kyrmen Shylla, Meghalaya´s disaster management minister, told Reuters by telephone from capital Shillong. The rescue operations was suspended on Sunday following flash floods from a nearby river, officials said. A team of about 100 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) experts have been camping at the mine site but their operations have been hampered by lack of sophisticated equipment, S.K. Shastri, NDRF commandant leading the operations, said. The mine is an old, illegal so-called rat-hole mine, common in Meghalaya but dangerous as the coal is pulled out from narrow, horizontal seams. Workers, [http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya] including children, descend hundreds of feet on bamboo ladders to dig out the coal, often leading to accidents at such mines. (Reporting by Zarir Hussain; Editing by Manoj Kumar and Nick Macfie)

Landmine Kills Poll Candidate In Troubled District Of Indian State

2020-07-06T14:09:43Z

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GUWAHATI, India, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A landmine explosion killed four people, including an election candidate, in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya in an area where four militant groups are seeking independence, police said on Monday. The attack happened on Sunday night in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, about 250 km (150 miles) from the state capital, Shillong. The candidate for the Nationalist Congress Party from the Williamnagar assembly constituency, Jonathone Sangma, was killed along with his driver and two police. "The vehicle in which Sangma was travelling bore the maximum impact of the explosion. Everyone in the car died on the spot," said Ringrang Momin, a senior state police officer. Police officials said there were four active militant groups in the area demanding secession from India for tens of thousands of Garo tribals living in the state bordering Bangladesh. "This is the handiwork of the militant groups... We have yet to identify the outfit involved in the landmine explosion," Momin said. Elections for the 60-member house in Meghalaya state are scheduled for Feb. 27. (Reporting by Zarir Hussain in Guwahati and Rupam Jain in New Delhi; Editing by Malini Menon and [http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com] Nick Macfie)

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2020-07-06T14:09:40Z

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NEW DELHI, [http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com] July 27 (Reuters) - Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, considered the father of the country's missile programme, died on Monday in hospital at the age of 83, a doctor said. My blog post - [http://vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com/blog/a-list-of-natural-bridge-of-meghalaya vacationtravel.mystrikingly.com]