HC to UT: Take action against encroachments

The bench orally remarked that the UT administration was acting leniently against encroachments in the grain market and had failed to initiate steps for its removal,while asking the authorities why they failed to remove the Market Committee Chairman if the menace continued.

The Chandigarh administration submitted the market committee is an elected body and there is no administrative control over the committee.

Senior standing counsel for UT administration,Sanjay Kaushal,informed the court that the UT administration was in the process of setting up a fruit and vegetable market in sector 39 and a site visit had been done for the same. Kaushal said the UT estate office had identified illegal modifications and violations in the grain market area. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for August 31.

Bhavan Vidyalaya organises fourth model UN conference

CHANDIGARH: Model United Nations (MUN) conference,commenced in Bhavan Vidyalaya,Sector 27 on Friday with an opening ceremony at the Tagore Theatre. The conference is spread over three days (August 2 to 4) from 8 am to 5 pm with over 45 schools participating from across the country. The participants include 246 student delegates representing 144 countries. The theme of the conference this year is ‘Apurvam,Atulyam,Anantam – The Power of the People’.

Governor of Punjab Shivraj V Patil was the chief guest for the occasion. United Nation’s General Assembly 3rd committee (UNGA SOCHUM),UN Security Council,the UN’s Economic and Social Council,UN Convention Against Corruption and UN committee on Peaceful uses of Outer Space were formed.

Like every year,this year too,the agendas are related to world issues of utmost importance. Protection and Rights of Human Rights Defenders,Amendment of International Space Law with reference to Outer Space Treaty,International Tax Cooperation; Reforms under the scope of UNCAC with special emphasis on Trans National organised crime etc were discussed during the event.

Shivraj Patil appreciated the performance of the students. He said,“UN should extend its activities into several other areas such as arts and culture.”

The opening ceremony concluded with the Secretary General Annika Jotshi declaring the plenary session open. The next two days will witness a plethora of brain storming sessions.

Police look for murder accused in Solan

PANCHKULA: A police team from Pinjore is in Solan (Himachal Pradesh) to gather clues about the whereabouts of Suraj Bahadur,who allegedly murdered his wife and step-daughter in Pinjore on Wednesday night.

The police team quizzed Bahadur’s associates even as the accused remains absconding. During the investigation,police said Bahadur was working as a labourer at a private university. However,he couldn’t be traced since the day after the double murder.

Station House Officer of Pinjore police station,Raj Kumar,said a police team was in Solan to try and nab the accused.”We met some of his associates,but he has not been arrested yet,” he said.

Police said the accused had married the girl,Kiran,six years ago in Solan. According to police,the post-mortem report confirmed death due to strangulation. Police believe a duppatta was used to strangulate the woman and her daughter.

The family of the deceased woman had earlier told the police she was harassed by her husband and even beaten up as he “suspected her fidelity”.