East Jaintia Hills
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Headlines
Court may opt for coal probe by a central agency
Shillong, Feb 9: The High Court of Meghalaya may entrust a central/ or independent agency to probe the illegal mining…
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Letters
Another preventable coal mine tragedy
Editor, The deadly coal mine explosion in East Jaintia Hills — which has claimed at least 27 lives — is…
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State
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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State
‘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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State
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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State
DC orders seizure of machines, complete ban on illegal mining in Thangsko area
Khliehriat,Feb 7: The East Jaintia Hills district administration has imposed a ban on illegal mining and ordered seizure of machines…
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Headlines
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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State
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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State
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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State
TUR condemns govt role in illegal mining
Shillong, Feb 6: The Thma U Rangli-Juki (TUR) has condemned the state government’s long-standing role in enabling illegal coal mining in…
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