By hindustantimes.com | Posted by Chayanika Das | Edited by Chayanika Das
Published on Apr 12, 2023 01:03 pm IST 7 Photos
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Over 11,000 folk dancers and drummers will perform the Bihu dance at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, Assam on April 14 in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. Rehearsals are taking place in full swing in the state ahead of the historical moment. (PTI)
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday took stock of arrangements at the Sarusajai Stadium ahead of the Mega Bihu event and witnessed the rehearsal. (PTI)
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The folk dancers and drummers will be performing in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)
Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma earlier shared the details of PM Modi's upcoming visit to the state and informed that the PM would be attending the mega Bihu celebration in Guwahati on April 14. (PTI)
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Listing down the several programs scheduled for PM Modi's visit CM Sarma said, "PM Modi will launch several programs from AIIMS Guwahati. One hospital will be built on the IIT Guwahati premises. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of an institute and will attend the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Gauhati High Court at Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati." (ANI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
