The rat capital of the World, Chicago has sheltered ‘the’ widely-acclaimed rat hole for a few years. This rat's print left on the concrete of a sidewalk has quickly become a hit. Many have ...

The Assam government has started a massive crackdown against illegal rat-hole mines in the state. Thirteen illegal rat-hole mines were sealed and three miners working inside them were arrested on ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The infamous “Chicago Rat Hole” — which once served as a place of urban wonderment and, for one couple, matrimony — has officially been removed. City crews were captured ...

A tragedy in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has turned the spotlight once again on the illegal practice of rat-hole mining, which thrives in the region despite a ban by the ...

Guwahati: Gauhati high court has taken suo moto cognisance of the rat-hole coal mine disaster at Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao district, which occurred on Jan 6, trapping nine miners. The court ...

Over 13 illegal rat-hole mines were sealed and excavators were seized from Bittu Pahar of Namdang colliery under Assam's Margherita Co-District, on January 18. Four individuals were also arrested ...