-The Hindu The perils of the system of rat-hole mining that thousands in Meghalaya routinely engage in were in stark focus over the past week. After a fruitless search that yielded no survivors or bodies in a flooded coal pit in the South Garo Hills, a rescue team of the National Disaster and Rescue Force has called off its operations. This means the 15 miners who were believed trapped underground are...
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Panchayat's instructions advisory, not Talibani diktat: All India Jat Arakshan Samiti-Ashish Tripathi
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: After Bhartiya Kisan Union(BKU), the All India Jat Arakshan Samiti(AIJAS) has also supported the diktat of the panchayat at the Asra village in Baghpat. The diktat puts restrictions on the movement of girls and women. A meeting was held in the village and it was decided that a Mahapanchayat will be held on July 21 in which khap panchayats from other parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan...
More »Death due to doctor's negligence is an Accident says National Consumer Forum
-PTI According to NCDRC ruling, the insured died during an operation by the treating doctors and the injury to the insured was an Accident, therefore the insurance company is liable to pay Accidental death benefits to the heirs New Delhi: Death of a patient due to rash or negligent act of a doctor is an Accident, making the victim entitled to the Accidental death benefits from his or her insurer, the country's...
More »Ten coal miners feared dead in Meghalaya
-The Times of India SHILLONG: At least 10 workers were feared dead in a coalpit in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district because of unscientific mining. Last Friday, 25 miners got trapped in a 100-m deep coal mine at Nengkhol village in the district when they Accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine, which was full of acidic water. While 15 of them managed to come out of the pit, the rest...
More »NDRF teams rush to Garo hills mines-Andrew W Lyngdoh
-The Telegraph Shillong: Two teams of National Disaster Response Force personnel were rushed to Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district today to help rescue possible survivors among the 15 labourers trapped inside a coal mine since last week. The Guwahati-based personnel reached Nengkol in the Rongsa Awe area of Nangalbibra region — from where it is 10km to the coal mines — late this evening. Baghmara, the district headquarters, is around 480km from...
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