Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday warned power company Indiabulls against playing into the Akali-BJP hands and intimidating farmers in Gobindpura. He asked the company to compensate the farmers according to the latest land acquisition policy approved by the Centre.

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. The situation in Barabanki and Gonda worsened with water from the Ghaghra river, which breached an embankment at Elgin on Monday, entering more villages forcing people to shift to safer places.

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.