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

Tragic coal mine accident in Assam prompts crackdown on illegal mining operations, activists demand action from government.

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.

At least four workers died after a coal mine was flooded with water in the industrial town of Umrangso in Dima Hasao on ...

The Assam government is carrying out an operation to close rat-hole coal mines in the state, following the tragedy in the Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday. At least nine labourers were ...

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has initiated a drive to shut down all rat-hole coal mines following a tragic incident on ...

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 ...

The rat-holes were found in the Margherita area of Tinsukia, where illegal miners were using an abandoned Coal India office ...

In a decisive move to combat illegal coal mining, Assam Director General of Police (DGP) GP Singh has issued a strict ...

Assam: Woman detected with HMPV infection in Guwahati, second case this season A 10-month-old child was the first one to be detected with HMPV infection in the state this season ...

The coal industry continues to be one of the world’s largest suppliers of energy. In the United States alone, about half a billion short tons of coal are converted to energy every year.