The Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Mr. Ravishankar Prasad, on Sunday called upon the State Governments to change their mindsets and expedite the implementation of reforms process in the

The companies in the Samtse Phuentsholing mining and industrial belt (Bhutan) have fulfilled and complied with all environmental terms and conditions, according to the national environment commission

Angry residents of villages around the mining sites in Khanak in Bhiwani district held a protest meeting at Kanwari village near Hissar in protest against the illegal collection of royalty by certain

Several organisations, working towards wildlife conversion, have sought Congress President Sonia Gandhi's intervention and urged her to restrain Congress MPs from Karnataka from "pressurising" Chief

The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to corner the Congress on the issue of exploitation of miners and illegal mining in Shivpuri district of Guna Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh which

At least 27 Chinese coal miners were killed this week in two separate accidents blamed on natural gas leaks, the government safety agency said on

Alarmed at the growing incidence of subsidence resulting from rampant illegal mining, Ministers, MPs and MLAs from the Burdwan district of West Bengal have planned to stage a dharna in front of Union

Several environmental activists have decided to launch a campaign seeking a moratorium on granting of leases and prospective licences in the Andhra Pradesh state for mining in greenfield

New Delhi's latest decision to permit coal and lignite mining by State government companies or their subsidiaries appears to be intended to facilitate a new tier for the development of the sector.

State government undertakings can now engage in mining of coal and lignite reserves either through open cast or underground methods. The Centre has liberalised its coal policy and under the new