The body of one of the miners was retrieved at 7.36 am on Saturday during a joint operation by the Army and the National Disaster Response Force. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Lijen Magar, a resident of Umrangso. The second body retrieved later is yet to be identified.

Rescue workers discover another dead body of a labourer body trapped inside the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao.

Nine workers were trapped inside the mine in Umrangso, a remote industrial town near the Assam-Meghalaya border, on Monday when it was flooded by a sudden gush of water.

Four miners have died in the Umrangso coal mine tragedy in Assam, with five still missing. Rescue operations are ongoing to locate the missing miners.

At least nine workers have been feared trapped since Monday due to flooding at the Assam Coal Quarry, located in the Umrangso area of the district

Leader trapped in Assam's flooded coal mine arrested; dewatering of 340ft-shaft continues with ONGC and Coal India machines. Congress protests illegal coal syndicate, accusing CM Sarma's government of failure,

Dewatering efforts continued for the second consecutive day on Friday at the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, where eight miners have been trapped since January 6. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed that the operations were aimed at facilitating the resumption of rescue efforts.