High Court committee finds ongoing illegal coal mining in Meghalaya, recommends drone surveillance and increased monitoring ...

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

Regional party in Meghalaya seeks Article 371 for coal mining, citing Nagaland as an example; elections on February 21.

Guwahati: State govt submitted a preliminary response to the suo moto petition taken by Gauhati high court over the rat-hole ...

Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing ...

The Meghalaya government, led by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, has signed agreements facilitating the start of scientific ...

Guwahati: Assam govt has taken several steps, including drone surveillance, imposition of restrictions under relevant laws, ...

The Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Kirti Vardhan Singh, admitted in Lok Sabha that rat-hole mining is illegal.

Leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Mukul Sangma has launched a scathing attack on the Meghalaya Democratic ...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that the central government has signed agreements with three miners ...

The Gauhati High Court has issued notices to the Assam government and its various departments over rampant rat-hole coal mining and asked them to furnish what steps they have taken to stop the ...

The Gauhati High Court has issued notices to the Assam government to address illegal rat-hole coal mining. This follows the ...