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 investigation led the police to her boyfriend. "It was later discovered that the man, identified as Hussain, threw his girlfriend's body in a forest after she died during the abortion attempt," the police said.
A notice has been sent to head of all the government offices said two salaries were paid by mistake and shortly one salary would be taken back.
Punjab Police on Monday arrested two engineering students from J&K for their role in grenade blasts at a police station in Jalandhar on September 14, claiming to unearth a major terror network linking a Kashmiri group to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
An Indian-origin man has been charged in the US with H-1B visa and mail fraud, officials said.
Two teachers were transferred and an inquiry ordered after the matter was brought to the notice of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
The national capital and the areas around experienced the first smog episode of this season as the city turned into gas chamber two days before Diwali with air quality placed in "emergency" or "beyond-severe" category.