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HC annoyed over failure of state to control illegal mining
Shillong, Feb 9: The High Court of Meghalaya has expressed anguish over the state’s failure to deal with the illegal…
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Judicial inquiry commission to probe mining incident
Shillong, Feb 9: The state government has decided to institute a judicial inquiry commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act…
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Police recover 63 detonators; 3 held
Shillong. Feb 8: Police arrested three persons and recovered one case of 63 detonators in Umpleng Bazar on Sunday. …
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‘Numbers unaccounted as relatives took away injured victims’
Mynsngat,Thangsko, EJH, Feb 8: Soon after the dynamite blasts in coal mines here on February 5, some injured miners were…
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Beyond biblical column of fire and smoke from mines
Mynsngat,Thangsko, EJH, Feb 8: It was not like the figurative biblical pillar/column of clouds during the day and fire at…
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Katakey’s 35th report wanted complete ban on illegal coal mining
Shillong, Feb 7: The single-member court-appointed committee, Justice (retired) BP Katakey, had on January 27 this year wanted action against…
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Two more bodies found; mine death toll at 27
Mynsyngat-Thangsko (EJH), Feb 7: Two more bodies were recovered from the coal mines at Mynsyngat-Thangsko in East Jaintia Hills on…
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Relatives identify 17 bodies of coal miners
Khliehriat/Shillong: The relatives have identified 17 bodies of coal miners in East Jaintia Hills out of the 25 recovered, police…
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EJH mine blast toll at 25; two mine owners arrested
Khliehriat, Feb 6: The death toll in the mine blasts incident in the Mynsyngat-Thangsko area in East Jaintia Hills increased…
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Blast took place in third mine affecting two others
Khliehriat, Feb 6:The dynamite blast took place in the third mine, affecting the workers in the first and the second…
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