The region’s terrain made mechanised extraction difficult, leading to a proliferation of rat-hole mines. This hazardous method involves digging narrow tunnels that are barely large enough for a ...

A regional party in poll-bound Meghalaya has indicated that bringing the State under the purview of Article 371 could help resume rat-hole coal mining, which has been banned since April 2014.

On the morning of January 6, when Babul Chandra Das from Tezpur, saw the news on TV, about an accident in a rat-hole mine near Umrangso in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, he became anxious.

Guwahati: State govt submitted a preliminary response to the suo moto petition taken by Gauhati high court over the rat-hole coal mine disaster in Assam's Dima Hasao, regarding the steps taken to ...

Vaqeel Hasan, the leader of the team of rat-hole miners, discovered that his team had been awarded medals by the President of India through the newspaper on Republic Day. The 12-member team was ...

Fred Couples, should you be playing Pebble Beach, offers a tip. Hole seven, the short par-3 set alongside the Pacific Ocean, is the real deal, he said. A gem. If given the chance, Couples would ...

New York is facing its rat problem head-on. New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 ...

When my sister called me Sunday afternoon and told me her family went to go see a famous rat hole 10 minutes away from her apartment in Chicago, I thought she was joking. However, a quick TikTok ...

New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented ...