The ‘sardar’ of workers of the coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where eight miners remained trapped, was arrested, even as a dewatering exercise continued in the quarry to facilitate the resumption of rescue operations,

The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday on the third day of the rescue operations, officials said.

Rescue operations for the miners who were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao in Umrangso district entered day 2 on Jan 07. Teams from the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, Assam Rifles, NDRF,