Narayan Lakshman

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At least 152 workers were trapped when a vast coal mine in northern China flooded on Sunday, state media reported, in the latest incident in the country's hazardous mining industry.

A total of 261 miners were working in the pit in Shanxi province at the time, and just over 100 managed to escape, the official Xinhua news agency said.

New Delhi The fire in BARC, which killed two nuclear scientists, was caused by low intensity explosive energy released from accidental mixing of small quantities of reactive chemicals, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.

The Andhra Pradesh Government today announced a six-member high powered committee to inquire into the granite mishap at Chimakurthi in Prakasham district of the State which resulted in the death of about 14 workmen.

Safety measures

KOCHI: Over 800 participants from the mining fraternity of Kerala and Tamil Nadu will attend the valedictory function of the Mines Safety Week Celebration-2009, to be held at IMA Hall in Kochi on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Environmentalists here have accused the asbestos industry of having launched a

PAWAN BALI

Around 29 people have died in mining operations of Coal India Limited (CIL) in the last six months, exposing how the workers' lives are at risk while working for the PSU.