Search and rescue operations continue for eight miners trapped in an Assam quarry, with only one body recovered so far.

Rescuers race against time to find eight coal miners trapped in Assam after the coal mine they were working in was inundated with sudden gush of water.

Indian authorities have summoned the army to help rescue at least nine workers who are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the country's northeastern Assam state.

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.