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People living in the coal belt in West Bengal say their demands are unheard as India elects its government.

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Ranjit Mondal, whose son has been missing since the June 2 accident, boarded the train to go to Bhubaneswar to look for his son again

The proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine in Birbhum has run into opposition because of the impact it will have on the environment.

The proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine in West Bengal’s Birbhum could be the world’s second-largest coal mine but the local indigenous and lower caste population is protesting the mine for the impact it will have on the environment and on their rights over land.

Families say they did not get adequate compensation and jobs in lieu of land given for the Sarisatolli coal mine in Asansol.

Families say they did not get adequate compensation and jobs in lieu of land given for the Sarisatolli coal mine in West Bengal’s Asansol region owned by Integrated Coal Mining Limited (ICML) of the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Body of second trapped miner recovered at night Basia Maji’s family gets Rs 15 lakh compensation, job for wife The body of the second trapped miner, Basia Maji, was recovered from Khudia colliery on Wednesday night confirming apprehensions that there would be no other survivor in the December 8 tragedy when the Eastern Coalfields (ECL) mine was flooded due to bore hole breach. The special rescue t...

Body of trapped miner found, search on for the other ECL promises Rs 15 lakh and job for next of kin as compensation The body of one of two minters trapped in an underground coal mine at Mugma was recovered late on Tuesday night after eight days of rescue efforts launched after a bore hole burst led to flooding. Eastern Coalfields ECL senior manager (safety) of Mugma area Ajay Kumar Sharma said, “W...