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Landmines recovered in Kupwara district

Police recovered three landmines which were found dumped in an empty water tank by militants at Jamm...

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Explosives, landmines seized from Maoist-hit area

Explosives, landmines, detonators, other material needed to make landmines and Maoist posters were...

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Philippine village searched after deadly landslide

A landslide killed at least 22 people when it slammed into a remote Philippine gold-mining village.

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Powerful landmines found in WB

Eight `directional` landmines were found in West Midnapore`s Maoist-hit Jhargram forest on Monday,...

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Munda seeks rehabilitation of tribal mines workers

Social activist Tulasi Munda urged the Odisha govt and the Shah Commission to find ways to provide l...

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‘India keen to acquire uranium mines in Australia’

Australia exports uranium to China, Japan, Taiwan and the United States. However, it had declined s...

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Joint forces detect landmines in West Bengal

Joint forces in West Bengal on Thursday detected three landmines, suspected to have been planted b...

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CBI team visits Reddy mines in Bellary district

A CBI team on Friday visited two mining companies in Ramghad area in Sandur taluk in connection wi...

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Goa plans to revive 60 mines in sanctuary

The Congress-led Goa government has given a controversial lease of life to more than 60 non-operatio...

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Syria: 8 killed as mines laid near Lebanon

On the diplomatic front, Syrian Foreign Minister held talks with China`s special envoy for the Middl...

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Telangana: Coal production resumes, schools reopen

Singareni officials said about 22,000 workers reported for duty against the workforce of 40,000 for ...

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Goa: Shah Commission to analyse mines data

Goa is the largest exporter of iron ore in the country with around 54 million metric ton of ore bein...

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Shah Commission seeks details of closed Goa mines

Justice Shah Commission, probing the illegal mining activity in Goa, has sought details of the mines...

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Sounds heard from Chinese mine where 22 missing

Twenty-six miners were trapped on August 23 when workers broke through into an adjacent flooded pit.

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`Over 82K illegal mining cases detected in 2010`

Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said that in 2010, the highest number of illegal mining cases were repor...

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17 landmines recovered in Jharkhand

Security forces recovered 17 landmines from a forest in Jharkhand`s Giridih district during a search...

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Govt agencies foxed by mines ban

The Mines Department, on the other hand, says that they are not the authority to implement the ban ...

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Goa`s illegally operated mines asked to shut down

Nineteen out of the 100 odd operational mines in Goa have been ordered to be shut down by the state`...

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Seoul officials under fire as storm toll hits 59

South Korean city planners and developers were blamed for allegedly causing "man-made" disasters tha...

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Orissa: Security personnel find three landmines

Security personnel found three landmines and as many claymore mines during anti-Naxalite combing ope...

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Security personnel find three landmines

Security personnel found three landmines and as many claymore mines during anti-Naxalite combing ope...

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Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal

Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suin...

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UN declares Nepal free of land mines

Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal flipped a switch to trigger the last land mine, which had been laid t...

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`Illegal mining has its root in corruption`

The major causes of illegal mining are poor detection and enforcement procedures, poor investigation...

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Two powerful landmines recovered in Orissa

Two powerful landmines were recovered by police in Maoist-infested Koraput district of Orissa on T...

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Gaddafi forces sow landmines in east Libya

The use of landmines brings a dangerous new dimension to the Libyan conflict.

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Nineteen mines located near Goa`s biggest reservoir: Kamat

As many as 19 mines are located within half a kilometre of the Selaulim major reservoir, which accou...

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Miners, exporters must register with Mines bureau: Official

To combat illegal mining, the govt has now made it compulsory for miners and exporters to officially...

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‘New Mines bill to be placed before GoM again’

The proposed new mines legislation that envisages 26 percent profit sharing by miners with project-a...

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Massive fire along LoC, 35 mines explode, none hurt

Over 35 mines exploded as a major fire broke out in the forest area along the Line of Control in J...

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Landmines found in Orissa

Three landmines and 25 detonators planted by the Maoists were on Monday unearthed by the police in...

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Orissa allows six iron ore mines to resume operations

Orissa on Monday allowed six iron ore mines to resume operations after their operators submitted doc...

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Threat of live landmines looms over border dwellers in Jammu

With two more live landmines being detected and defused in R S Pura sector of Jammu district, the ...

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Receding flood water raises threat of unexploded mines in SL

The receding flood waters in eastern Sri Lanka are posing a new threat of unexploded mines planted...

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Mines Act to be amended for welfare of miners

In an effort to improve working conditions of people employed in mining activities, the government p...

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J`khand asked to seek alternatives to abandoned opencast mines

The Coal Ministry has advised the Jharkhand government to see if abandoned opencast mines could be...

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Jharkhand orders probe into frequent gas leak at mines

Jharkhand on Tuesday ordered a probe into frequent gas leakages at some mines of Bharat Coking Limit...

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Coal seam burning inside NZ mine where 29 men died

Coal inside the tragedy-hit New Zealand mine has caught fire and could burn for weeks.

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Glowing trees could double up as streetlights

Bioluminescent plants will be useful for people who are not hooked up to the power grid.

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Poisonous gas leaks in Dhanbad coal mines, workers rescued

Over 190 miners were rescued safely after a poisonous gas leaked in the underground coal mines of Dh...

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Have re-look at the allotment of iron mines: SC to K`taka govt

The Supreme Court today asked the Karnataka government to decide afresh the matter for allotment o...

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Compensation to locals even if mines unprofitable

The Mines Ministry is planning to make it mandatory for companies to compensate people for their l...

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Two anti-tank mines defused in J&K

Two anti-tank mines were Tuesday found along the Indo-Pak border in Samba district of Jammu and Kash...

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GoM on new mines bill to meet again on July 30

A 10-member panel headed by Pranab Mukherjee is expected to meet again at the end of this month to...

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Indian Mines Minister to visit Canada next week

Close on the heels of India and Canada signing an MoU in mining last week, India`s mines minister Bi...

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An Oxymoron in the Heart of Hills

It was a visit to an area that reveals interesting details on how progress and pitfalls exist side b...

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Four landmines recovered in Jharkhand

The CRPF has recovered landmines from a railway track on outskirts of Ranchi.

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Chinese region plans to extinguish 1960s fire at coal mines

Smouldering started in 1960s after exposure of coal-bearing strata in air.

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Diana `was killed over plan to expose UK’s arms dealers`

Princess Diana sought ban on land mines just months before her death in 1997.

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Govt may rope in army experts to remove IEDs in Naxal-hit area

Government may rope in army experts to detect and remove IEDs and mines planted by Naxals.

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