This is the second body rescued by teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army and Assam Rifles. The deceased miner, whose body was recovered at 7:36 AM has been identified as Lt. Lijen Magar, (27) a resident of Kalamati village in the district.

Rescue operations in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have led to the recovery of another body from the flooded coal quarry, bringing the total number of bodies recovered to two.

Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.

A body was recovered on Saturday morning by rescue teams from the rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area, in Dima Hasao district of Assam, an official said.

Guwahati: The body of another worker, who was trapped inside a coal mine in Assam 's Dima Hasao district, was recovered on Saturday from the quarry during rescue operations, an official said Two bodies have so far been recovered with the first one brought out from the quarry on Wednesday, he said.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.