Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rat hole mining to be employed to remove debris through manual drilling

Nov 27, 2023

In an effort to step up the rescue operations in Uttarkashi, a rat hole mining technique will be used through manual drilling to remove...

"Will bring them out soon": Workers assert confidence as manual drilling makes swift progress

Nov 28, 2023

The workers involved in rat-hole mining inside the Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 trapped labourers asserted confidence that the drilling work will be completed...

Assam: 6th Schedule Protection Committee demands Justice Hazarika Commission's report on Umrangso mine tragedy to be made public

Jul 12, 2025

Months after the Umrangso rat-hole mining tragedy, which killed nine workers in Assam's Dima Hasao district, the Sixth Schedule Protection Committee of the hill...

Assam: Death toll rises to 4 as 2 more bodies recovered from Umrangso coal mine

Jan 11, 2025

Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday from a rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area, in Dima Hasao district of Assam by...

Research team finds effect of odour on helpfulness in rats

Nov 26, 2020

Washington [US], November 26 : Researchers at the Universities of Gottingen, Bern, and St Andrews have now shown that a rat just has to...

Police lodges case against man for killing rat in UP's Badaun

Nov 28, 2022

Police have registered a case against a man allegedly for killing a rat in Badaun.