Chandigarh: Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, today announced a contingency plan for farmers grappling with a drought-like situation in the state.

Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday warned power company Indiabulls against playing into the Akali-BJP hands and intimidating farmers in Gobindpura.

LUCKNOW: More areas in Terai region along the UP-Nepal border and central UP were flooded as water level of rivers flowing via Nepal continued to rise on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW: Moving ahead with its renewed power policy to set up thermal power plants in the private sector, the UP government on Tuesday entered into an agreement with Bajaj Hindustan for setting up a 1980 MW thermal power plant at Bargarh in Chitrakoot.