A rescue operation for eight people trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Telangana state of India entered the fourth day as the teams faced challenges posed by slush and seeping water. A team of ...

At least 263 illegal rat-hole coal mines have been detected in the central part of Assam under the jurisdiction of two autonomous councils, the state government said on March 5. The government also ...

In a historic first for Meghalaya, Sunday witnessed the first time that a train carrying a consignment of coal, left the state’s shores through the Mendipathar Railway Station in the district of North ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and politicians. A tragedy in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and politicians.

The army has been mobilized to rescue at least nine workers who are trapped inside an Indian coal mine, officials said Tuesday. At least three people are believed to have died in the mine. The mine is ...

Indian Navy personnel come out of a coal mine during a rescue operation in Ksan, in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya, India, where no headway has been made to retrieve the bodies of 15 illegal ...