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Braving the rising temperatures across the northeastern states, people in the region on Saturday celebrated Rongali Bihu and Poila Boishakh with rituals, traditional fervour and enthusiasm.

Lakhs of people including women and children in traditional and new attires took part in the celebrations, especially in the states of Assam and Tripura.

Most parts of the northeast region of India are currently witnessing heatwave-like conditions badly affecting normal life with maximum temperatures in many places hovering between 36 to 40 degrees Celsius, which is above the normal by 5 to 6 degrees.

Rongali or Bohag Bihu is the most important festival in Assam as it marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year.

The two other Bihus -- Kongali or Kati and Bhogali or Magh -- are observed in January and October, respectively.

In a historic development, around 11,300 Bihu performers scripted history on Thursday as it entered the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest Bihu performance at a single venue at Guwahati's Sarusajai stadium.

"The record-breaking Bihu performance was aimed to take the famous indigenous cultures to the world arena," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma had told the enormous gathering.

Cutting across religious barriers and economic status, people also exchange various sweets and gifts, including the traditional 'Gamosa' (a white piece of cloth with a red border having a customary pattern), with their near and dear ones as a mark of love and New Year celebrations.

Women were seen making various delicious foods, besides 'pithas' (rice cakes) while the markets were flooded with hundreds of traditional and new food items along with clothes to celebrate the festival.

During the past few days, shoppers, especially women, throng the shops and markets to buy their favourite clothes and domestic items to mark the tradition of wearing new clothes on the first day of 'Bohag'.

Meanwhile, Poila Boishakh or Bengali New Year is also being celebrated along with numerous events including cultural functions in Tripura, Assam, Manipur and other northeastern states.

With new and fresh clothes, men and women visited various temples on the occasion of Poila Boishakh to take the blessings of the goddess.

People especially young men and women exchange 'Shubho Nobo Borsho' wishes, images, messages, greetings, statuses to share on Bengali New Year.

The Bengali community get together with friends and family to celebrate the New Year with much fanfare.

Poila Boishakh also marks the beginning of the financial year for the Bengali business community.

Traders worship Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi, and shopkeepers and businessmen invite regular customers to distribute sweets and exchange best wishes.

(IANS)

Correspondent

Nongpoh, April 6: Jorabat police under the aegis of outpost in-charge Kapil Pathak arrested three bike thieves yesterday.

The Jorabat police outpost in charge said that three thieves were arrested in the bike theft case.

The arrested bike thieves have been identified as Sonrag Sangma, Jameson Marak and Mukesh Sangma.

Police have recovered two Pulsar bikes (AS-14H-6452 and AS-02AF-0667) from the arrested bike thieves. Both the bikes recovered by the police were stolen by thieves from the Byrnihat area.

Police are intensively interrogating the three bike thieves arrested and an FIR has been registered in this regard.

Correspondent

Nongpoh, April 6: Jorabat police team on the outskirts of the Guwahati metropolis has arrested a smuggler involved in the smuggling of ganja from the outpost area.

The smuggler was arrested from the 8 Mile area on the Assam side under the Jorabat police outpost with 21 kgs of marijuana which are commonly known as ‘Ganja’ during the campaign led by Jorabat police post in-charge Kapil Pathak.

The arrested smuggler has been identified as Bindeshwar Rai (65), a resident of Mukundpur Garahi in the Vaishali district of Bihar. Apart from ganja, the police also seized Rs 63,300 in cash from the arrested person.

Police said that the arrested accused has been smuggling ganja in Khanapara and its surrounding areas for a long time. Police are investigating the matter and an FIR has been filed in this regard under the NDPS Act.

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