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]4 feared trapped after abandoned coal mine collapses in Jharkhand's Bokaro
Rescue teams of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) as well as NDRF teams from Ranchi were sent to the spot.
Published on Nov 30, 2021 02:33 PM IST
ANI | , Bokaro
Special divers could be only hope for 2 Jharkhand miners trapped for 2 days
The two miners have been missing since water flooded part of the coal mine in Jharkhand’s Mugma colliery area early Tuesday morning.
Published on Dec 09, 2020 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dhanbad | Subhash Mishra
Post of PSPCL director generation lying vacant since May
In June, the recruitment for the post was stalled despite the fact that 23 engineers and power sector experts applied for it
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 06:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Chandigarh | Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Tribals in 3 states against Centre’s decision to auction coal mines, say it would displace them
The central government had, on June 18, approved auction of 41 coal mines for commercial usage to private players. Jharkhand government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s decision.
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 01:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi/Bhuvaneshwar/Raipur | Gautam Mazumdar/Debabrata Mohanty/Ritesh Mishra | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Coal auctions may open up pristine forests for mining
The government was until 2015 considering declaring dense forests with hydrological value, and those near or overlapping streams and rivers as inviolate and hence no mining zones.
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 05:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
PM Modi launches auction of coal mines. Full speech here
The prime minister had held meeting with the chief ministers for two days where he discussed the Covid-19 situation in the country. He said India will turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity
Published on Jun 18, 2020 02:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi
Telangana mine blast kills 4 workers, injures 3 others
The four were identified as Rajesh, Arjaiah, Rakesh and Praveen, who were in their 30s and were contractual workers.
Published on Jun 03, 2020 02:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
This tale of crime and corruption will make your blood run cold
Raktanchal, the new crime thriller streaming on MX Player, will transport you to the dark world of eastern UP’s thekedari and its gang wars.
Updated on Jun 02, 2020 01:51 PM IST
Promotional Feature, HT Brand Studio
Review: A Dominant Character; JBS Haldane by Samanth Subramanian
Samanth Subramanian’s biography of pioneering geneticist JBS Haldane sheds light on a fascinating twentieth century personality
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 07:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshan Kishore
Delay in making Jharkhand coal mine operational costing power corp ₹300 cr annually
Even five years after the Union ministry reallocated the Pachwara coal mine in Jharkhand to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), it has failed to make it operational, causing a loss of ₹300 crore annually. The mine, which was reallocated to the PSPCL in April 2015, has been shut since March 31, 2015, as the corporation has failed to select a new operator.
Updated on Jan 04, 2020 10:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patiala | Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Railway freight earnings down by ₹3,901 crore in Q2: RTI
The RTI application filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, an activist based in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch, revealed that in the first quarter (April-June) of financial year 2019-20, the railways earned a revenue of ₹13,398.92 crore from passenger fare.
Published on Oct 27, 2019 04:15 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
Bodies of 3 men recovered from abandoned mine in Bengal
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was called in after police and a rescue team of Eastern Coalfields Ltd failed to go down the hole that was just about four feet wide. The NDRF team started work on Thursday morning.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 02:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
Hopes fade for 3 men trapped in abandoned coal mine in Bengal as poisonous gas foils rescue bid
Officials said there has been no contact with the three men trapped in the abandoned coal mine since Sunday.
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | HT Correspondent
Rescuers struggle to reach 3 trapped inside illegal coal mine in Bengal’s Kulti
Personnel of the mine rescue team of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) who are at Kulti area of West Bengal’s West Burdwan district, have not been able to contact the men 19 hours after they were trapped.
Published on Oct 14, 2019 01:01 PM IST
Midnapore(West Bengal) | HT Correspondent
Three trapped in coal mine in Bengal’s Kulti, rescue operation underway
According to locals, the incident occurred on Sunday late at night when four people tried to dig the mine illegally, of which three got trapped in it.
Updated on Oct 14, 2019 07:33 AM IST
Asansol (West Bengal) | Asian News International
Mines near rivers polluting water, affecting flow, in Chhattisgarh
Coal mines have a heavy water demand, using millions of litres each day to wash off impurities – the effluents are invariably diverted back downstream.
Updated on Oct 09, 2019 03:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
In Harish Salve’s diagnosis of economic slowdown, a Supreme Court connection
The Supreme Court had in 2012 cancelled 122 spectrum and licences granted to eight companies in February 2012, saying the whole process was “illegal”. Salve had appeared for some of the 11 telecom companies in the case.
Updated on Sep 17, 2019 04:42 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Mumbai firm loses ₹12 lakh to cyber attack
The complainant in the case is 80-year-old Firoz Doctor, a partner in the company, which has been importing firefighting systems from a Germany-based firm for the past nine years.
Updated on Jun 02, 2019 05:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Vijay Kumar Yadav
Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘Centre allocated most of mines to BJP-ruled states... we feel cheated’, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
In an interview, CM Bhupesh Baghel spoke on the alleged corruption charges against former CM Raman Singh, the rise of Left-wing extremism and the state’s poor mining revenue
Updated on Mar 26, 2019 09:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, | Chetan Chauhan and Ritesh Mishra
Second body retrieved from Meghalaya coal mine; 5 spotted so far
The body has been dispatched to Civil Hospital Khliehriat for a post mortem examination and other formalities, Kumar said. He added this was the fifth body to be spotted.
Updated on Feb 27, 2019 04:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong | David Laitphlang
Meghalaya mining disaster: One more body spotted by navy vehicle
A day after decomposed body parts of an unknown person were detected by Indian Navy divers using an underwater remotely operated vehicle, another body was detected today by the UROV at the flooded coal mine in Meghalaya.
Published on Feb 26, 2019 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong | David Laitphlang
Supreme Court seeks details from Meghalaya on illegal mines operating there
Meghalaya has nearly 640 million tonnes of coal reserves. Large-scale illegal and indiscriminate mining of the coal by private landowners and the local community started nearly three decades ago.
Published on Feb 08, 2019 11:14 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Another coal mine disaster: 3 dead, one missing in state-owned mine in Bengal
At least three villagers died on Thursday when a portion of a coal mine collapsed in Barjora area of West Bengal’s Bankura district, about 178 km from Kolkata.
Published on Jan 31, 2019 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
Supreme Court asks govt to continue rescue operations for trapped Meghalaya miners
A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri asked the governments to keep looking for the miners, days after Indian navy’s divers detected the body of a second miner.
Updated on Jan 28, 2019 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong | HT Correspondent
First body pulled out of Meghalaya mine, 42 days after 15 workers got stuck
The retrieved body has been handed over to the civil administration and has been sent to the civil hospital Khliehriat for post-mortem.
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 05:08 PM IST
Guwahati | Sadiq Naqvi
Will try to pull out Meghalaya miner’s body today: State official
The corpse of one of the missing miners was spotted by the navy’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in one of the shafts on January 16.
Published on Jan 22, 2019 10:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong/Guwahati | David Laitphlang and Sadiq Naqvi
Trapped Meghalaya miners may be dead, Supreme Court informed
The Meghalaya government on Monday indicated to the Supreme Court that the workers trapped in an illegal coal mine in the state for more than a month may have died.
Updated on Jan 21, 2019 11:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Bhadra Sinha
Navy abandons efforts to pull out decomposed body of Meghalaya miner
The Navy divers had spotted the decomposed body of a trapped miner on Wednesday, using an unmanned, remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) at a depth of around 160 feet inside the mine’s main shaft.
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 11:56 PM IST
Shillong | Sadiq Navi
Meghalaya miners: Want a decent burial, say families as bodies pulled out of mine ‘fall apart’
The body has been detected 32 days after the miners got trapped inside the mine on December 13 as water gushed in.
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 10:00 AM IST
Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service
Body spotted in Meghalaya mine, retrieval unclear
The Navy’s underwater remotely operated vehicle on Wednesday spotted a body during the search for 15 workers trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13. However, there is no clarity as to how long it will take to retrieve the body, which could be in a decomposed state.
Published on Jan 17, 2019 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Sadiq Naqvi
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