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  Pakistan: 12 killed after coal mine collapses in Balochistan's Harnai district, 8 rescued

  World | March 21, 2024 6:42 IST

  There were 20 miners reported in the coal mine when it caved in following a methane gas explosion. An extensive rescue operation was green-lit by Balochistan CM Sarfaraz Bugti after which the bodies were recovered and surviving miners rescued.

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  Myanmar: Landslide at jade mine kills 33, over a dozen still missing as torrential rain continues

  World | August 16, 2023 22:40 IST

  According to the officials who were engaged in the rescue operations, a landslide occurred near Kachin's Hpakant township as the region has been receiving torrential rainfall.

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  Chhattisgarh: Seven dead as part of limestone mine collapses in Bastar village; rescue operation on

  India | December 02, 2022 16:29 IST

  Chhattisgarh: The victims were extracting limestone when a part of it caved in.

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  Jharkhand: 6 buried alive as roof of mine collapses

  India | January 22, 2021 12:20 IST

  At least six people were buried alive in Jharkhand's Koderma district when the roof of a mica mine caved in, a senior police officer said on Friday.

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  Pakistan marble mine collapse kills 22; dozens battling for life

  World | September 09, 2020 8:52 IST

  At least 22 people have been killed and dozens were battling for their lives after six units of the famed marble mines in Pakistan's Ziarat Ghar mountain collapsed, causing large boulders to fall on them, according to media reports on Tuesday.

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  Madhya Pradesh: Six killed in limestone quarry collapse

  India | June 13, 2020 19:17 IST

  At least five people have died in a mine collapse in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol. According to news agency ANI, a mound of soil collapsed at the quarry in Beohari. Three others are injured in the incident.

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  Nine labourers killed as mine collapses in Pakistan

  World | February 22, 2020 23:30 IST

  At least nine labourers were killed and eight others injured when a marble mine collapsed due to landsliding in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Official of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Informed.

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  Meghalaya mine collapse: Facing hurdles in rescuing trapped miners, Centre tells SC

  India | January 04, 2019 18:03 IST

  The government told a bench comprising Justice A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer that the illegal mine was located near a river and seepage of water from the river was hindering the rescue operation.

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  Meghalaya mine collapse: No way trapped miners will come out alive, says survivor who managed to escape

  India | December 30, 2018 9:07 IST

  Sahib Ali, hailing from Assam's Chirang district, is one of the five men who narrowly escaped the flooding coal mine a fortnight ago.  

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  Navy divers get into rescue action at Meghalaya mine disaster site

  India | December 29, 2018 20:53 IST

  The 15-member team, equipped with specialised diving equipment including a re-compression chamber and remotely operated vehicles capable of searching underwater, went straightway to the mine site in the remote Lumthari village in East Jaintia Hills district.

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  Meghalaya mine collapse: 16 days on, 3 helmets found; no sign of 15 miners yet | 10 points

  India | December 29, 2018 14:47 IST

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

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  Jharkhand: Death toll climbs to 17 in Lalmatia colliery mishap, rescue operations underway

  India | January 01, 2017 15:16 IST

  The death toll climbed to 17 in the coal mine collapse at Lalmatia open cast coal mine in Jharkhand's Godda even as rescue operations were today underway at the mishap site.