Banned rat-hole mining in East Jaintia Hills, where a blast killed 31, is a low-investment, high-profit model. A 10-year ban ...

Thirty killed in Feb. 5 blast at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, reviving concerns over unsafe, unregulated mining.

Shillong: Meghalaya Police has constituted an SIT to probe the dynamite explosion in an illegal coal mine that claimed 31 lives in East Jaintia Hills .

A mine worker who was among the 31 declared dead in the devastating explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East ...

Meghalaya police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the illegal coal mine explosion which led to the death of 30 mine workers in East Jaintia Hills district, officials said on ...

Authorities are urged to strictly enforce a ban on illegal coal mining in the northeast Indian Christian-majority state ...

R.S. Chauhan, a former Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand and Telangana high courts, will head the judicial probe the February 5 illegal coal mine blast that claimed the lives of 31 mine workers in ...

NGT issues notice to Meghalaya officials regarding miners' deaths in an illegal coal mine explosion, raising environmental compliance concerns.

Meghalaya has a history of tragic incidents caused by illegal "rat-hole" mining, yet the state appears to have failed to learn from these events.

This incident highlights violations of NGT orders and environmental laws. The tribunal has summoned the Meghalaya chief secretary and other officials to respond by May 19.

Shillong: Coal-rich Meghalaya is moving “steadily” toward regulated coal extraction, governor Chandrashekhar H Vijayashankar said on Monday, while noting that thousands of families have been affected ...

Meghalaya coal mine blast death toll rises to 30 as two injured miners die in Assam hospital; inquiry ordered.