The Indian government has officially notified the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2025, to make it much easier to start coal mining operations. This new rule changes the law to allow the boards of coal companies to approve the opening of a mine, a seam, or even a section of a seam. By ma
As the assembly elections in Jharkhand approach, the residents of Jharia in the Dhanbad district highlight the problems faced by them due to the coal mining operations which have continued since the 19th century.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 26 (ANI): Coal mining operations at North Eastern Coalfields (NEC), a unit of Coal India Limited (CIL), resumed on Saturday soon after Union Minister Pralhad Joshi along with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the unit at Tikak Colliery of NE