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Punjab plans to open 75 more Aam Aadmi Clinics to provide quality health services

The Punjab government has taken steps to improve healthcare by opening 75 additional aam aadmi clinics (AACs) in just 10 days.

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The Punjab government has taken steps to improve healthcare by opening 75 additional aam aadmi clinics (AACs) in just 10 days, according to reports. Currently, the state already has 583 AACs in operation.

On Tuesday, Anurag Verma, the Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab, conducted a meeting with all DCs to evaluate the progress made. Verma instructed DCs to visit 10% of the AACs in their districts every month, and SDMs to visit all clinics in their sub-divisions.

He also emphasized that they should obtain feedback from patients regarding the availability of medicines and diagnostic services. Additionally, they should inquire from patients who have undergone treatment whether they are satisfied with the services provided.

The officials were instructed to submit a report to the Chief Secretary and the Health Department regarding these evaluations.

In January of this year, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief of AAP and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, launched an additional 400 Aam Aadmi clinics in the state. They dubbed the event the fulfillment of another Kejriwal ki guarantee bringing the total number of clinics to 500.

Kejriwal, who is also the Delhi Chief Minister, expressed his satisfaction with the Punjab government’s quick opening of 500 mohalla clinics within 10 months. Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh and AAP MP Raghav Chadha also attended the event.

The Delhi Chief Minister, Kejriwal, assured the people of Punjab that his party would fulfill all their promises and urged them to be patient. He criticized the previous governments for damaging the system.

Kejriwal highlighted that the AAP had already fulfilled its pledge of providing 300 units of free electricity per month. The Mann government has been actively taking measures against corruption and is determined to take strict action against those involved in such practices.

Kejriwal applauded the Mann regime and highlighted that they had created 26,000 government jobs in the last 10 months.

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Hemant Soren says BJP smashed backbone of poor states, squeezed Jharkhand like a lemon

The Chief Minister criticised the saffron party for allegedly undermining the political discourse in the country.

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Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday accused the saffron party of squeezing the state like a lemon for several years and smashing the backbone of poor states.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief further accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government of destroying the country’s federal structure by creating double-engine governments through anti-defection activities like poaching MLAs and MPs and toppling governments.

“BJP squeezed Jharkhand like a lemon in the last 20 years, but this has to end now. We feed the cow and they milk it. This cannot be allowed anymore. They plundered Jharkhand’s wealth. It is a paradox that Jharkhand, rich in mineral resources, is one of the poorest states,” Soren claimed in an exclusive interview with PTI.

The Chief Minister alleged that despite the state’s rich resources like coal, iron ore, bauxite, and dolomite, revenue collection is hampered by the central government’s GST regime, which smashed the backbone of states like Jharkhand. “It did nothing to address our financial needs,” he said.

He reiterated the requests that he has made to PM Modi regarding the Rs 1.36 lakh-crore coal dues to the state, which is yet to be cleared.

Continuing his charges against the BJP, Soren said BJP is acting on a “fixed agenda of divisive politics, Hindu-Muslim polarisation, and communal hatred to grab power”, claiming that it is the misfortune of the country that healthy political competition was being wiped out.

“They have no agenda for development, employment, or economic prosperity. The only agenda they know is division. They speak of divisive politics, foster communal hatred, and promote Hindu-Muslim polarisation,” CM Soren alleged.

He claimed that the BJP-led Centre could not digest a tribal CM completing a full five-year tenure, accusing it of holding the elections before time to undermine his government. He also accused the central dispensation of being a “poaching master”.

“The BJP-led Centre is a poaching master. They are experts in poaching MLAs, MPs, and toppling governments,” Soren alleged.

“Ever since we came to power, they have thrown everything at us – irrelevant allegations, conspiracies, and smear campaigns. They thought they could break our party, buy our MLAs, but with the people’s blessings, I came out, stronger than ever,” he claimed.

The Chief Minister criticised the saffron party for allegedly undermining the political discourse in the country.

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Asaduddin Owaisi lauds SC ruling on AMU’s minority status, says BJP must introspect

The Hyderabad MP said that the saffron party has made every effort to attack AMU and Jamia, and “our right to even run madrasas”.

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Asking the BJP to introspect and go for a course correction for its stand on the central university, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday lauded the Supreme Court’s order after it overruled the 1967 judgement on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Overruling its 57-year-old judgement that stated the university could not be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law, the Supreme Court today deferred the question of AMU’s minority status to a new bench.

Schooling the BJP for its stance on the AMU, the AIMIM president said the BJP has opposed the minority status of AMU over all these years. “What is it going to do now?” he asked.

The Hyderabad MP said that the saffron party has made every effort to attack AMU and Jamia, and “our right to even run madrasas”.

He said the Modi govt should take this judgement in its stride and it should support AMU as it is also a central university. “Jamia gets ₹3L per student, AMU gets ₹3.9L per student, but BHU gets ₹6.15L,” he claimed in a post on X.

He added, “Jamia and AMU have consistently performed well in national rankings. With the right support the Universities could be globally renowned. But for that, Modi must stop discriminating against them. AMU’s Kishanganj centre has been languishing for the past many years. This must also be addressed urgently and the centre should begin working as soon as possible,” he said.

“It is an important day for Muslims of India. The 1967 judgement had rejected minority status of #AMU when in fact it was. Article 30 states that minorities have the right to establish and administer their educational institutions in a manner that they deem fit,” Owaisi said.

He said the “right of minorities to educate themselves has been upheld”, congratulating the students and faculty of AMU.

“It does not matter if the University was established before the Constitution, or if it was set up by a law of the govt. It is a minority institution if it was established by minorities. All the arguments of the BJP were rejected,” he added.

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Samosa row: Himachal CM Sukhu refutes BJP claims of CID inquiry into issue

He further clarified that the CID was involved in the issue of misbehaviour and not in the ‘samosa’ issue.

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday refuted the BJP claims that the state government has ordered an inquiry into the ‘samosa case’.

According to reports, the saffron party has claimed that the Sukhu-led Congress government in the state ordered an inquiry into the case, which took place last month on October 21 when ‘samosa’ and cake meant for the Chief Minister, were accidentally served to his security staff, necessitating a CID probe that termed it an “anti-government” act.

Speaking to reporters, the Chief Minister said, “This is nonsense. BJP doesn’t have any other work.” He also clarified that the CID was involved in the issue of misbehaviour and not in the ‘samosa’ issue.

Naresh Chauhan, media advisor to the Chief Minister, said the state government has not ordered any inquiry and termed it unfortunate. The Chief Minister was the chief guest at the function, he said, adding it could be an internal matter of the CID.

All this brouhaha started when three boxes of refreshments were brought from Hotel Radisson Blue in Lakkar Bazaar to be served to the Chief Minister who had gone to the CID headquarters to attend a function. However, the eatables were served to the CM security staff, according to the enquiry report conducted by a deputy SP rank officer.

A senior official of the CID, in its report, said, “Those responsible acted according to their own agenda.”

Hitting out at the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, the Opposition BJP said the Sukhu dispensation is not concerned about the development of the state but its only concern seems to be the “Chief Minister’s Samosa”.

“The state government is not concerned about the development of the state and its only concern seems to be the ‘Chief Minister’s Samosa’,” said BJP chief spokesperson Randhir Sharma in a statement issued here on Thursday.

He said the recent incident related to the samosas brought for Sukhu has given rise to a controversy. In the investigation, the mistake was termed as an “anti-government” act which is a big word, he said.

“This incident has become a topic of discussion in the political circles of Himachal Pradesh. In fact, the government machinery is embarrassed due to such coordination problems in a programme related to a VVIP like the Chief Minister,” Sharma said.

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