According to data accessed by The Indian Express, 173 such illegal mines have been dismantled in land leased by Coal India Limited and on revenue, while another 61 mines have been have been dismantled ...

The Assam government is closing rat-hole coal mines after a tragedy in Dima Hasao trapped nine miners, with four bodies recovered and five still missing.

An all-out drive has been launched to seal all rat-holes and seize equipment from the mine sites, as per the DGP's orders. Earlier on Saturday, police arrested Rono Bhadra Hasnu, Dildar Hussain, and ...

Authorities in Assam's Dima Hasao district seal rat-hole mines and seize equipment following a tragic flooding incident.

This intensified action follows the tragic incident in Umrangso’s Tin Kilo area, where a rat-hole coal mine collapse on ...

At least nine labourers were feared to be trapped inside an abandoned mine in Umrangso’s 3-Kilo area and four bodies have ...

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to each of the victims, including those whose bodies have ...

The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial enquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident, in which nine workers were trapped with bodies ...

MORIGAON/GUWAHATI, 16 Jan: The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial inquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident, in which nine workers ...

Guwahati: Assam govt will soon frame a standard operating procedure (SOP) regarding an effective blanket ban on rat-hole mining in the state, the stat.

GUWAHATI: Bogged down by growing charges of opposition Congress of patronising illegal coal mining in the state, Assam chief ...

The Assam government has decided to institute a judicial inquiry commission, headed by former Judge of Gauhati High Court, ...