A 58-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his nephew for objecting to his drinking habits in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, police said.
The accused, Vipin Kumar, has been arrested for shooting his uncle dead in the fields in Muzaffarnagar, a police officer said.
The gun used to commit the crime has been recovered and the body sent for post-mortem, the officer added.
More than a year after an Amritsar court directed the Centre and the state government to award a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to 40 Sikhs confined in a Jodhpur jail, the Union of India has countered the allegations of poor facilities in prison
Navjot Singh Sidhu called the site a living example of Punjab's rich heritage which had remained neglected during the previous Akali Dal-BJP regime.
If everything Midas touched turned to gold, in the case of the 60-something Desmond Nazareth, everything he touches, including, agave, sugarcane and now mahua, seems to transform into distilled alcohol.
A University of California-Santa Cruz study found that both Hindu and Muslim children in India thought that Hindu children should follow Hindu norms and Muslim children should follow Muslim norms.
In a directive to all gurdwara heads, the Akal Takht said loudspeakers should not be at high volume during the daily 'katha' and for 'kirtan' recitals
All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said on Thursday.