After a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya killed 18 people and injured at least one, on Thursday, Chief ...

Fatal Incident at Illegal Coal Mine Shillong, Feb 5: A devastating dynamite explosion at an unauthorized coal mining site in ...

Fire was a perennial danger for new mining communities in the Tri-State District as mining camps made the transition from tent cities to frame buildings. I have written of devastating fires that hit ...