The Assam government has set up a One-Man Inquiry Commission to investigate the Umrangso Mines tragedy, led by Justice Anima ...

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

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

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 closing rat-hole coal mines after a tragedy in Dima Hasao trapped nine miners, with four bodies recovered and five still missing.

While maintaining that no active rat-hole coal mine was found at Umrangso, Singh said directions had been issued to seal all the abandoned rat-hole mines there.

The rat hole mine where the miners got trapped ... “The coal found in the Jaintia Hills/Umrangso belt is tertiary coal with a thin seam of two metres, which is not of the best quality.

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 manager of the coal mine, and Phunesh Nunisa had also been apprehended. The illegal coal mining operation in Umrangso, which resulted in a mishap on January 6, left at least nine laborers ...

It comes close on the heels of a tragic incident at an illegal rat-hole mine in Umrangso in Dima Hasao, where many coal miners tragically lost their lives. Eleven people have been arrested so far ...