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Indian rescuers trying to reach a group of miners trapped in a remote and illegal “rat-hole” coal mine struggle to pump out water from the 370-foot-deep pit, further dimming their chances of survival more than three weeks into their ordeal.

Trial of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, accused of trespassing into India, begins at a Shillong court with the recording of the statement of one of the two witnesses.

A court in Meghalaya frames charges against Salahuddin Ahmed for trespassing into Indian territory, a charge the BNP leader denied. Salahuddin, who went missing in Dhaka in March and was found in Shillong two months later, maintains that he was taken there forcibly.

A Shillong court in the Meghalaya state of India fix July 22 for hearing on charge framing against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.

BNP leader Salahuddin's wife Hasina Ahmed has returned Bangladesh to collect necessary documents and papers relating to her husband’s disappearance, BNP insiders say.

A Shillong court India grantes conditional bail to BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.

Shillong police press charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespassing.

A Shillong court in the Indian state of Meghalaya rejected bail to BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespassing.

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's elder brother expresses concern that his brother will not remain “safe” if he returns to Bangladesh.

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed submits a petition to a Meghalaya lower court seeking his bail in a case filed against him for trespassing India.

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is shifted to North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Neigrihms) hospital from Shillong Civil Hospital in Meghalaya for better treatment.

State Minister for Home Asaduzzman Khan says government will take necessary steps to bring Salahuddin Ahmed back home when India decides to hand him over.

Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, has an emotional reunion with her husband at a Shillong hospital.

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is physically ill, what is keeping Meghalaya police from producing him at court for breaching foreigners’ act.

BNP’s assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony visits Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital in the Meghalaya state of India.

Border Security Force guarding 440 kilometers of Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya is red faced as to how the top opposition politician from Bangladesh, Salahuddin Ahmed, managed to sneak in to India.

BNP Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Latif Jony reaches Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, to meet with Salahuddin Ahmed.

Meghalaya cops say the arrested Bangladeshi political leader Salahuddin Ahmed will be pushed back if court orders for so.