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.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday defended its Punjab leader HS Phoolka who waded into a controversy with his remarks on a grenade attack in Amritsar, saying he has already regretted it and should not be defamed.
India is today the world's second most-polluted country, trailing only Nepal, it said and pointed out that loss of life expectancy was the highest in Asia, exceeding six years in many parts of India and China.
The former Punjab deputy chief minister appeared before the team probing the 2015 police firing incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura.
PM Modi said the era of policy paralysis has ended and his government was giving policy-based governance.
Four Australian citizens, too, are facing charges of convincing individuals to fraudulently marry non-citizens seeking to obtain permanent residency, the Australian High Commission said.
Sharda Singh, 55, the principal of government primary school Kasarwal in Sahjanwa block, was killed when the boundary wall near her collapsed.