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 ...

Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi has called for the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the tragic coal mine collapse in Dima Hasao, Assam.

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 ...

Dima Hasao (Assam) [India], January 12 (ANI): The joint search and rescue operations are underway at the rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao to locate 5 other trapped ...

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.

Rat-hole mining below 5 hectares is strictly prohibited by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). However, there is no clarity on ...

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 ...

Guwahati: The tragic road accident at Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao district serves as a crucial reminder for parents to ...

Guwahati: A school bus carrying approximately 20 students overturned at Umrangso in the hill district of Dima Hasao on ...

The report submitted in 2021 by the one-man judicial commission, led by Justice Brojendra Prasad Katakey, which was investigating allegations of illegal mining in Assam's Digboi forest division ...

Arrest made in connection with trapped miners in Assam coal mine; rescue operations continue with grim outlook.

The joint search and rescue operations are underway at the rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao to locate 5 other trapped workers. The rescue teams of the Indian army ...