Grenade blast kills 12-year-old boy in Assam
The Hindu
The incident happened less than 24 hours after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed to the ULFA-Independent to come forward for talks
A grenade blast in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district killed a 12-year-old boy on Tuesday morning. The incident in the Kathakathani area of Jagun happened less than 24 hours after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) to come forward for talks. The district police said the boy, identified as Suraj Hajong, succumbed to injuries at the Margherita Civil Hospital nearby.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












