The state is transitioning to scientific mining after a ban on rat-hole operations. Three applicants have started scientific mining. Twenty more applications are in advanced stages of clearance.

The blast, believed to have been triggered by dynamite inside the unauthorised pit in the remote Thangsku area of Mynsngat village, had initially been described as one of the most severe mining ...

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

A coal mine worker earlier listed among the 31 victims of the deadly explosion in an illegal rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, has returned home ...

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

In a remarkable turn of events amid the devastation of a dynamite explosion at Mynsngat-Thangsko in East Jaintia Hills, authorities have confirmed that Shyambabu Singha, a 44-year-old miner from ...

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 .

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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