The Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Kirti Vardhan Singh, admitted in Lok Sabha that rat-hole mining is illegal.

Guwahati: Assam govt has taken several steps, including drone surveillance, imposition of restrictions under relevant laws, ...

The Gauhati High Court has issued notices to the Assam government and its various departments over rampant rat-hole coal mining and asked them to furnish what steps they have taken to stop the ...

The Gauhati High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rampant illegal rat-hole mining in Assam's Karbi Anglong district ...

This came as part of a suo motu public interest litigation prompted by the recent deaths of miners in Dima Hasao district.

The court asked all the respondents to file the latest status report regarding action taken by the state government to stop ...

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 ...

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

Guwahati: A seven-day deadline was issued to all stakeholders, including the mining department, Coal India, forest department and district administrat.

The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur when a joint ... A coal mine in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district was flooded on January 6 when water had gushed in ...