STORY: When machines failed to free the 41 trapped workers in a collapsed tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state, officials enlisted the help from miners of a banned practice known as "rat-hole" mining.

A mining technique that has been prohibited in India over safety concerns has proven instrumental in rescuing the 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas. The technique dubbed ...

New Delhi — For 16 days, authorities in India have tried several approaches to rescuing 41 construction workers trapped in a partially collapsed highway tunnel in the Himalayas, but on Monday, the ...

SILKYARA, India (Reuters) - When heavy machinery broke down trying to break through the debris trapping 41 workers in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, authorities called in a group of people whose ...