The police and local authorities in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have initiated a drive to seal all the rat holes and seize all mining equipment at the mine sites. The drive is in connection with ...

A regional party in poll-bound Meghalaya has indicated that bringing the State under the purview of Article 371 could help resume rat-hole coal mining, which has been banned since April 2014.

"Three miners were caught red-handed extracting coal from these dangerous rat-hole mines and were immediately detained," SP Abhijit Gurav said. With the state cabinet deciding to permanently shut ...

The Assam government has started a massive crackdown against illegal rat-hole mines in the state. Thirteen illegal rat-hole mines were sealed and three miners working inside them were arrested on ...

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has initiated a drive to shut down all rat-hole coal mines following a tragic incident on January 6 at a 300-ft-deep mine in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district.

Guwahati: State govt submitted a preliminary response to the suo moto petition taken by Gauhati high court over the rat-hole coal mine disaster in Assam's Dima Hasao, regarding the steps taken to ...

A tragedy in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has turned the spotlight once again on the illegal practice of rat-hole mining, which thrives in the region despite a ban by the ...

Over 13 illegal rat-hole mines were sealed and excavators were seized from Bittu Pahar of Namdang colliery under Assam's Margherita Co-District, on January 18. Four individuals were also arrested ...

The rat-holes were found in the Margherita area of Tinsukia, where illegal miners were using an abandoned Coal India office Silchar: At least 13 illegal coal mines were sealed and four people ...

Guwahati: After Margherita the Asaam Police launched crackdown operation at Umrangso in Dima Hasao district in Assam against illegal rat hole mining on Saturday night. The number of arrests in the ...

Assam authorities seal 90 illegal mines in Margherita, arrest four. This action follows a cabinet decision to halt rat-hole mining. Cristiano Ronaldo insulted with ‘Lionel Messi’ chants once ...