A 53-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in Amritsar on Monday along with her daughter after consuming poison, a police official said.
Rambagh police station in-charge Mehar Singh said Santosh Sharma, a homemaker, committed suicide along with her 28-year-old daughter Shilpa Sharma, allegedly out of depression over family dispute.
"While Santosh Sharma died on the spot, Shilpa died while undergoing treatment in a hospital here," he said.
Deol, 62, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi in the presence of Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman.
On a day when nominations for the May 19 Lok Sabha elections on 13 seats in Punjab begins, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that he is confident about delivering on his 'Mission 13' promise of winning all seats in the state.
Actor Sunny Deol joined the saffron party earlier in the day saying he was impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Former Congress lawmaker Jagmeet Singh Brar today joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of party's senior leadership at Muktsar in Punjab.
Thackeray welcomed her at a hurriedly convened media conference and said he was "happy that she had decided to join the Shiv Sena".
Five people, including a woman and two girls, were killed when a wild elephant strayed into different villages of Odisha's Angul district.