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Sainik Samaj Party chief Balbeer Singh Parmar announces the party candidates on Thursday. Tribune photo: Abhyudaya Kotnala

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Dehradun, January 12

The Sainik Samaj Party in Uttarakhand today announced candidates for the seven Assembly seats. It said more candidates would be declared shortly.Announcing the candidates, Sainik Samaj Party president Lt Col Balbir Singh Parmar (retd) said dedicated party men had been given tickets and he was very hopeful that they would emerge victorious in the poll battle.He said Om Prakash Panwar would be the party candidate from the Luxor Assembly seat. He said Shiv Kumar would be contesting from the Yamunotri Assembly seat and Sita Ram Rankoti would be the party candidate from the Deoprayag Assembly seat.Further, Usha Negi will be contesting from the Narendranagar Assembly segment and Surya Prakash Lodhi will contest from the Doiwala Assembly seat.Pallavi Kukreti has been given the party ticket from the Khanpur Assembly seat and Narayan Thapa will be contesting from the Sahaspur Assembly seat.Lt Col Parmar said the time had come for ex-servicemen to take head on the BJP and the Congress in the state. He said the people of Uttarakhand were fed up with both the BJP and the Congress as both these parties were neck deep in corruption and clean governance was the need of the hour. He said the Sainik Samaj Party was of the firm opinion that the issue of permanent capital for Uttarakhand should be addressed for one and all. He said the Panchayati Raj arrangements must be strengthened in order to empower rural areas of the state.

Simran Sodhi

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New Delhi, January 12After China, it is now the turn of Pakistan to fret and fume over India’s testing of the Agni-IV missiles. Pakistan has now raised its “concerns” about India’s testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) which it claims can pose a danger to regional peace and stability.According to a report in the Pakistani media, these “concerns” were raised by Pakistan during a meeting with members of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) delegation which is currently in Pakistan.The MTCR is a 35-member grouping that places voluntary restrictions on its members’ exports of missile and missile-related technology. Using that platform, Pakistan raised its concerns that “highlighted the risks posed to regional peace and stability due to the introduction of destabilising systems such as missile defence programmes and ICBMs”.Pakistan also lost no opportunity to press upon the members of the MTCR of its commitment to sticking to the guidelines. A statement issued by the Pakistan foreign office today said the agenda for talks included latest political and technical developments in the MTCR.Additional Secretary Tasnim Aslam from Pakistan briefed the MTCR delegation on Pakistan’s contribution to international efforts aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.“Pakistan’s export control regime is on a par with the best international standards and its national control lists encompass the items and technologies controlled by the MTCR,” a Pakistan foreign ministry official informed the delegation.

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CHANDIGARH : Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday met Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over lunch and invited him to campaign for the party in the state.

PTIBihar chief minister Nitish Kumar presenting a memento to Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh in Patna on Tuesday.

Amarinder, who was in Patna to take part in the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, offered prayers at Takht Harmandir Sahib and praised Nitish for taking personal interest in making elaborate arrangements for the Parkash Parv.

Air Commodore LK Chawla inspects the guard of honour at Ambala on Monday. Tribune photo

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Ambala, January 2

Air Commodore LK Chawla has become the new Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of the Air Force Station here. He took over the command from Air Commodore Tejinder Singh during a ceremonial parade held at the Air Force Station today.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Defence Services Staff College, Air Cdre Chawla was commissioned on December 17,1988, in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He is an experienced fighter pilot with more than 4,300 hours of accident-free flying on various fighter and trainer aircraft of the IAF.Meanwhile, Swapna Chawla has taken over as the president of the Air Force Wives Welfare Association (Ambala) from Nancy Singh.