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  Meghalaya: Six dead in illegal coal mine disaster

  India | January 23, 2021 11:19 IST

  A mechanical structure collapsed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, killing six miners, an official said on Friday. 

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  CBI conducts raids in Bengal in illegal coal trade case

  India | January 13, 2021 12:43 IST

  The raids were conducted from Monday morning in Kolkata's Lake Town area, Garia, Konnagar's Kanaipur in Hoogly district, and North 24-Parganas in connection with the illegal trading of coal.

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  Meghalaya mining mishap: 18 high-powered pumps being moved to site by Coal India, others

  India | December 28, 2018 19:37 IST

  The illegal rat-hole coal mine got flooded when water from nearby Lytein river gushed into it on December 13, trapping the 15 diggers.

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  Water recedes in flooded Meghalaya mine, CM says time running out to rescue trapped miners

  India | December 21, 2018 17:50 IST

  The water level in a flooded mine in Meghalaya receded a few inches on Friday, holding out a sliver of hope for the survival of the more than dozen men who have been trapped inside the illegal coal pit since December 13 without any food and water, police said.

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  Should I shoot my officers for doing wrong, asks Jayanti Natarajan

  Politics | September 13, 2012 11:54 IST

  Panaji, Sep 13: Grilled over the role of officials from her ministry in the Rs.35,000 crore illegal mining scam in Goa, an exasperated Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan asked whether she should "shoot" them