Gauhati High Court has asked the Sarbanda Sonowal-led Assam government to file an affidavit by August 3 about the inquiry it had ordered into allegations of illegal mining since 2003 at Dehing-Patkai ...

Non-BJP parties on Tuesday decided to stage a statewide dharna in Jharkhand on July 23 to protest against the Centre’s recent decisions like opening up the coal sector to private players, which ...

Coal industry unions on Thursday started a three-day strike to protest the government’s decision to allow commercial coal mining. Spread across all the subsidiaries of the public sector miner, ...

Ahead of the three-day nationwide strike against commercial mining called from July 2-4, Dhanbad was Monday witness to supporters and opponents of the issue, holding meetings around the city to expres...

Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued notices to Coal India Ltd and the Assam government to respond by July 14 on the protection of the Dehing Patkai biodiversity hotspot from alleged illegal mining, ...

The Assam government on Saturday said no approval has been given for mining at Dehing Patkai forest under Tinsukia-Dibrugarh districts but accepted illegal mining taking between 2003 and 2019 at the s...

AASU secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Friday said that the government should ensure complete safety of the state’s biodiversity and stop all kinds of illegal activities, including coal mining.“Illega...

Assam environment and forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Wednesday visited Saleki amid growing protests against coal mining there and directed the department officials to prepare a report on the a...

KMSS leader and anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi, while being produced at the forensic laboratory in Kahilipara here for voice sampling, asked the people of Assam to unite and protest against the governm...

A young mines supervisor, working on contract, was killed late on Friday around 10pm as the coal mines of the Chasnala colliery of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) caved in.The body of Maht...