Looking out at your lawn and seeing a bunch of holes, hills or tunnels can be jarring. Where did they come from? How could a critter move so fast? It looked fine yesterday! Maybe you race to ...

The space beneath decking is perfect for rats – it’s sheltered, hard to reach and food scraps can fall between the planks. Sweep up any fallen food after alfresco meals. Block access if possible or ...

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.

Dibrugarh: The Tinsukia district administration and Assam Police on Tuesday destroyed at least 12 more illegal rat-hole mines in the district. The joint operation was carried out by a team of district ...

Water flooded a rat-hole mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier this month, trapping several miners inside. The abandoned coal mine was illegally operated without safety protocols. Attempts ...

Dibrugarh: A joint operation by authorities led to the sealing of 13 illegal rat-hole mines and the seizure of excavators at Bittu Pahar of Namdang colliery in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on ...

The police and local authorities in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have initiated a drive to seal all the rat holes and seize all mining equipment at the mine sites. The drive is in connection with ...

"Three miners were caught red-handed extracting coal from these dangerous rat-hole mines and were immediately detained," SP Abhijit Gurav said. With the state cabinet deciding to permanently shut ...

A body was recovered and eight other people are still trapped after water gushed into a 340-foot deep 'rat-hole' mine in Assam and flooded it on Monday.

The rat-holes were found in the Margherita area of Tinsukia, where illegal miners were using an abandoned Coal India office Silchar: At least 13 illegal coal mines were sealed and four people ...

"We have successfully demolished one dozen rat-hole mines today, and this is just the beginning. Our teams will continue these efforts until every single illegal mine in the area is destroyed and ...