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

The Assam government has launched an extensive operation to shut down illegal rat-hole coal mines across the state following a tragic incident in Dima Hasao district.

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 ...

Guwahati: 1991 batch IPS and Director General of Police (DGP) of Assam, Gyanendra Pratap Singh has been appointed as the ...

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 ...

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

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

Assam Mines and Minerals Minister Kaushik Rai on Saturday distributed Rs 10 Lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of the four ...

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

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

At least nine labourers were feared to be trapped inside an abandoned mine in Umrangso’s 3-Kilo area and four bodies have ...

A Class-3 student was killed and several others injured after a school bus overturned in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on ...