After a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya killed 18 people and injured at least one, on Thursday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that very strict action would be taken ...

The suspect behind the June 25 dynamite explosion at the Rivers State-owned Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt was on the police "Wanted List" before the incident. NAN reports that a dynamite ...

Shillong: In a major man-made disaster, at least 16 labourers were killed in a dynamite explosion in an “illegal” coal mine in the remote Thangsku area of East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. Many ...

Fatal Incident at Illegal Coal Mine Shillong, Feb 5: A devastating dynamite explosion at an unauthorized coal mining site in the Mynsyngat–Thangsko region of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district ...

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 ...