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Changing labour pattern in Rajasthan's stone industry
This article is authored by Ekata Bakshi, Anwesha Konar, and Eshita Trivedi.
Published on Jun 07, 2024 04:31 PM IST
Mizoram: 14 killed as stone quarry collapses due to heavy rainfall
The incident happened around 6am in an area between Melthum and Hlimen on the southern outskirts of the Aizawl town
Updated on May 28, 2024 12:44 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Tamil Nadu: 4 dead, several injured after explosion at quarry in Kariapatti
The Virudhunagar Fire and Rescue Department said that rescue operation is underway.
Updated on May 01, 2024 01:03 PM IST
At least 8 workers dead, four still missing after Mizoram stone quarry collapses
Hnahthial superintendent of police (SP) Vineet Kumar said the collapse occurred at around 3pm on Monday when labourers were collecting stones in the quarry in Maudarh village - about 43 minutes from Hnahthial town.
Updated on Nov 15, 2022 08:31 AM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Utpal Parashar, New Delhi
Year after tragedy, Goa govt pledges to seal open cast stone quarries
The decision comes after a meeting of a special committee set up by the National Green Tribunal, tasked with finding a solution to the recurring problem of open stone quarries posing a threat to wandering children as well as wildlife which get trapped.
Updated on Sep 29, 2020 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
Three daily labourers in Odisha killed in stone quarry mishap
The deceased have been identified as Bhakta Parida, Namita Naik and Pankaja Dash. While Bhakta was a resident of Bikrampur village in Khollikote area, Namita and Pankaja were staying in Tanganapani village at the outskirts of Berhampur city.
Published on Apr 29, 2020 05:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | HT Correspondent
Death toll rises to 5 in stone quarry mishap in Sonbhadra as rescue ops end
A 40-member team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recovered five bodies from the quarry in a rescue operation which lasted over 38 hours.
Updated on Mar 01, 2020 02:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | HT Correspondent
One body recovered from stone quarry in UP’s Sonbhadra, 3 feared trapped
Eyewitness said that stone breaking and drilling was underway in the quarry on Friday when three big rocks suddenly fell from the top of an adjoining mine, trapping eight he labourers and triggering panic.
Published on Feb 29, 2020 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | HT Correspondent
Female elephant killed, another hurt as speeding truck hits them in Odisha’s Dhenkanal
The accident occurred when three elephants were crossing the National Highway 55 at Jeevankhol Ashram under the Sadar forest range of Dhenkanal early this morning.
Updated on Jan 30, 2020 07:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Their Saubhagya? No power connection but they’re getting bills
The village, which has no electricity since Independence, was surveyed for Narendra Modi government’s much touted Saubhagya Yojna last year.
Published on May 06, 2019 12:15 AM IST
Prayagraj | Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui
‘Blast Fishing’: Palghar man killed as gelatin stick bursts in hand
‘Dynamite or blast fishing’ refers to the practice of dropping explosives in water bodies to stun or kill fish
Published on Mar 04, 2019 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ram Parmar, Mumbai
Bengal cops seize huge quantity of explosives, Bangladeshi terror link suspected
West Bengal police seized 11,000 gelatin sticks, 50,000 detonators and a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate from the Jharkhand border, which some officers suspect was meant for the banned Bangladeshi outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.
Published on May 29, 2018 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Startup Saturday: Where passion delivers zero residue veggies
Nilesh Palresha and Siddharth Khinvsara, with entrepreneurial wings on the back on an agricultural project, have big ambitions for theri venture, Earth Foods.
Updated on May 19, 2018 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Namita Shibad
5 killed in stone quarry blast in Jharkhand’s Dumka district
The blast took place at a stone quarry unit in Jharkhand’s Dumka district.
Published on May 10, 2018 03:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey