Illegal Miners Killed

Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years

Four miners were killed inside an illegal coal mine in Nagaland on Sunday. The mine is in a remote village close to the border with Assam. The incident comes over two months after at least 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.

At least two miners were killed when an illegal coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, police officials said on Sunday. The incident comes amid a tottering rescue attempt in the same district, where for the last 25 days authorities have been unable to reach a group of miners trapped in a different "rat-hole" coal mine.

Mozambique police said on Thursday at least a dozen people were trapped underground after an illegal mine collapsed in the northern district of Memba, killing five miners.

The death of Narendra Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was crushed to death while he was trying to stop a tractor allegedly loaded with illegally-mined minerals in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Thursday, is a "clear case of murder," a senior police official said in Gwalior today. The officer's father had earlier alleged...

A police officer has been suspended following the death of five women involved in illegal coal mining, an official said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into an illegally operated coal mine Thursday to search for 23 Chinese miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others, in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week.

Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years

Four miners were killed inside an illegal coal mine in Nagaland on Sunday. The mine is in a remote village close to the border with Assam. The incident comes over two months after at least 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.

At least two miners were killed when an illegal coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, police officials said on Sunday. The incident comes amid a tottering rescue attempt in the same district, where for the last 25 days authorities have been unable to reach a group of miners trapped in a different "rat-hole" coal mine.

Mozambique police said on Thursday at least a dozen people were trapped underground after an illegal mine collapsed in the northern district of Memba, killing five miners.

The death of Narendra Kumar Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was crushed to death while he was trying to stop a tractor allegedly loaded with illegally-mined minerals in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Thursday, is a "clear case of murder," a senior police official said in Gwalior today. The officer's father had earlier alleged...

A police officer has been suspended following the death of five women involved in illegal coal mining, an official said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into an illegally operated coal mine Thursday to search for 23 Chinese miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others, in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week.