Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...

Some 1,000 people have been sent to detention centres in India's north-eastern state of Assam after being declared illegal citizens. BBC Hindi's Nitin Srivastava reports on what life has been like ...

"From January 25 next year, the construction work for a permanent building of the Assam assembly will begin. In the next three years, Dibrugarh will become an important city in India," Sarma added.

Four workers were arrested. An excavator and other equipment were seized (AFP/ Representative photo) The joint operation by Coal India Limited (CIL) and the Assam government to seal illegal rat ...