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.
Punjab is known as India's breadbasket where the "Green Revolution" in agriculture began in the 1960s. Harkirat is adding a new facet to farming in the state.
The Congress swept the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation election by winning 62 out of 95 wards, the results of which were declared today.
The mother in her complaint said that she heard her daughter screaming and when she "ran out of the house, she saw her husband doing 'kukaram' (rape)".
Widows from Vrindavan town in Uttar Pradesh will send dry colours, gulaal, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Holi, an official said on Tuesday.
The police are trying to identify who gave the package to the couple at their reception ceremony on Wednesday and what kind of explosive was used in the incident.
The Delhi police Monday said it had rescued a two-year-old boy, who had been abducted by a woman and sold to another, who apparently wanted the child for her sister whose son had been killed in a fire.