GUWAHATI A regional political party in Assam has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take decisive action against political leaders and government officials responsible for illegal rat-hole mining, resulting in the loss of lives and environmental degradation in blatant violation of repeated directions by the Supreme Court. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the […]
Tourists and locals rejoice as Assam ranks 4th on The New York Times ’52 Places to Visit in 2025′ list | Video Credit: PTI Assam has been ranked 4th on The New York Times list of “52 Places to Visit in 2025,” praised for its vibrant heritage, stunning natural beauty, and warm hospitality, securing its […]
An oral question from the Supreme Court to the Union government continues to remain unanswered even as rescue workers recover bodies of workers who died trapped in a flooded rat-hole coal mine at Dima Hasao district in Assam. On January 11, 2019, nearly six years ago, the top court had asked whether rat-hole mines could […]
Navy divers have been withdrawn from rescue operations at a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district with the hope of survival of five trapped labourers appearing to be slim even as dewatering exercise entered the ninth day on Tuesday (January 14, 2025), officials said. Dewatering of the quarry, which is 340 feet deep, continued […]
The Centre has agreed in principle to executive, legislative, and financial autonomy for the Frontier Nagaland Territory (FNT), an administrative area proposed to be carved out of six eastern districts of Nagaland, the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) has said. The ENPO, an apex organisation representing seven Naga tribes, has been spearheading the demand for […]
Persistently high levels of water affected the ninth day of operation on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) to find the five miners trapped in the water-filled rat-hole mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since January 6. The personnel of multiple agencies, including the Indian Navy, Army, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) retrieved the bodies […]
GUWAHATI The World Economic Forum (WEF) has designated an eastern Assam plant of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) as an advanced fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) end-to-end (E2E) value chain ‘Lighthouse’. The factory in Tinsukia district’s Doom Dooma has become Uniliver’s third in South Asia to receive the honour for adopting 4IR technologies, including artificial intelligence, automation, […]
The Assam government has detected 220 rat-hole coal mines in the Dima Hasao district’s Umrangso area, including the ill-fated one where nine miners were trapped on January 6. The State government has also ordered a judicial probe into the mishap that has claimed the lives of four of the missing miners, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa […]
Lok Sabha member Dilip Saikia has become the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit president a little more than a year ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Mr. Saikia, 51, filed his nomination on Thursday (January 16, 2025) evening in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, observers Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Sambit Patra, […]
Rajib Barman, 39, had heard that the job of a rat-hole miner was hazardous, but he chose to do it because he had a debt of ₹60,000 to pay off. A resident of Sitlabazar village in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district, Barman decided to work at the Kalamati mine in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao […]
