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  • Meghalaya: Toll in blast at illegal coal mine rises to 30 as three more succumb to injuries

    Meghalaya: Toll in blast at illegal coal mine rises to 30 as three more succumb to injuries

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 10, 2026 · 11:11 am
  • Meghalaya: Toll in blast at illegal coal mine rises to 27

    Meghalaya: Toll in blast at illegal coal mine rises to 27

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 07, 2026 · 11:54 am
  • Gauhati HC seeks report on steps taken to curb illegal rat-hole mining in Assam

    Gauhati HC seeks report on steps taken to curb illegal rat-hole mining in Assam

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 29, 2025 · 02:34 pm
  • Why illegal rat-hole mines flourish in Assam and exact a huge human cost

    Why illegal rat-hole mines flourish in Assam and exact a huge human cost

    Nabarun Guha
    · Jan 23, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • 3 bodies recovered from flooded Assam coal mine, 5 workers still trapped

    3 bodies recovered from flooded Assam coal mine, 5 workers still trapped

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    · Jan 11, 2025 · 09:00 pm
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    Water recedes at Assam coal mine where miners are trapped

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    Behind deaths in a Nagaland rat-hole mine, drought, desperation of Assam villagers

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