Four persons, including a teenage girl, were killed on Thursday when a mica mine caved in at Domchach in Koderma district of Jharkhand, about 160 km from Ranchi.
Those killed were allegedly indulging in illegal mining when the incident occurred. Police said that seven persons went to extract mica from the abandoned mine.
A pall of gloom hung over this small New Zealand town on Thursday as the government promised an independent inquiry to try to answer what caused the country's worst mining disaster in nearly 70 years.
Flags flew at half mast under grey skies in Greymouth on the rugged west coast of the South Island in memory of the 29 miners trapped nearly a week ago, who police said would not have survived a s
POLICE say all 29 workers missing in a New Zealand coal mine are dead after a second explosion Wednesday that no one could have survived.
Explosive and poisonous gases had prevented rescuers from entering the mine to search for the missing men since an initial explosion on Friday at the Pike River Mine.
- Metal sheets beaten into a capsule to save 64 miners trapped 380ft underground for 4 days
Mahabir Colliery (Ranigunj), Oct. 18: A coal pit accident leaves 64 miners trapped hundreds of feet underground and inches from a watery grave, and a poor nation swings into action.
Six holes are drilled and walkie-talkie sets lowered along with food and water.
In a country where mining tragedies are common, there was jubilation on October 13 at a rescue operation that lifted 33 miners to safety after a lengthy ordeal in Chile.
