Three people are believed to have died after nine men became trapped in a coal mine in India’s north-eastern Assam state.

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At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in northeast India, with at least three feared dead.

Three workers have been confirmed dead in the Assam coal mine disaster, while rescue operations continue to free the others ...

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Rescue teams in India’s northeastern state of Assam are racing against time to save nine miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in the hilly Dima Hasao district. Three of the miners are feared dead, ...

The term “rat hole” refers to the narrow pits dug into the ground, barely wide enough for a single person to descend and extract coal.

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Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s north-eastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, as rescue teams worked through the night to try to ...