Following a tragedy in Dima Hasao, the Assam government is intensifying efforts to close illegal rat-hole coal mines. Despite a 2014 ban by the National Green Tribunal, these dangerous mining ...

The Assam government has launched a judicial enquiry and SIT probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident where nine workers ...

Assam Minister Kaushik Rai distributes ex-gratia cheques to Umrangso coal mine tragedy victims' families. State forms SIT and ...

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

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 ...

Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah alleged that CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is behind the coal syndicate in the State.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said 220 illegal coal mines have been detected in the Umrangso region, ...

Miners desperate for money risk working at rat-hole mines, which are still in operation in the North East despite curbs and a ban in Meghalaya.

On January 8, the rescue teams recovered the first body identified as Ganga Bahadur Shret from the inundated rat-hole coal ...

A worker died after falling from a building at a Dalmia Cement Factory construction site at Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao ...

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

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