The blast took place inside an unauthorised mine in the Mynsyngat-Thangskai area, under the jurisdiction of the Umpleng police outpost.

A powerful blast has rocked an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district. At least 18 labourers have died and s...

Tragedy struck Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. An explosion at a coal mine claimed the lives of sixteen labourers. Sev...

A monitoring committee will oversee the Rs 5,940-crore revised Jharia Master Plan, addressing coalfield fires and rehabilitating affected f...

A government panel has cautioned that unscientific mining in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district is destabilizing slopes, endangering villages...

The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 5,940.47 crore revised Jharia Master Plan to combat the century-long coal mine fires in Jharkhand. The ...

A group of skilled miners from Uttar Pradesh joined the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkash...

Rescuers in Uttarakhand are employing the controversial rat-hole mining technique to extract 41 trapped labourers after modern machinery fa...

"A 24-member team from NDRF has arrived at the accident site in Umpleng. The NDRF joined the teams of SDRF and the state's Fire Service who...

The year not only saw slapping of hefty fines on public authorities, but big corporate houses too were penalised for damaging ecology.

Dr Das identified the plants, clarified the scientific process behind the treatment while expressing his surprise at the knowledge of the h...

National Green Tribunal today directed the Environment Ministry and Uttarakhand government to ensure that no "illegal and unscientific" san...

Fishing in the river had provided the villagers their primarily means of income, farming being an alternative source, from time immemorial.

As the NGT bans rat hole mining in Meghalaya in a first attempt to stop the unregulated mining rampant in the state, opposition to its ruli...

Meghalaya cabinet gave nod to the mining policy even as it ruled out doing away with rat-hole mining, which is facing opposition.

The Ministry of Mines has also suggested facilitating venture capital investment and listing of early stage exploration companies.

Experts have called for proper conservation and judicious utilization of mineral resources for sustainable development.