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

Suspected seepage of fresh water from underground streams is slowing down the dewatering process, officials said on Thursday.

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

The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial enquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the ...

GUWAHATI: Bogged down by growing charges of opposition Congress of patronising illegal coal mining in the state, Assam chief ...

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that the mine, abandoned 12 years ago, was under the Assam Mineral Development Corporation until three years ago. “It was not an illegal mine.

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Dewatering continued in the coal quarry in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, with the authorities failing to trace the five workers who are still trapped inside for 10 days, officials said on Wednesday.

The Assam government on Thursday announced a judicial enquiry and a police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the Umrangso coal mine incident, in which nine workers were trapped with bodies ...

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has detected 220 rat-hole coal mines in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district even as the ...

The rescue of five trapped miners in Assam's Dima Hasao remains uncertain as Navy divers exit the site after nine days.

This intensified action follows the tragic incident in Umrangso’s Tin Kilo area, where a rat-hole coal mine collapse on ...