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Non-prescription drugs to be sold at neighbourhood grocery stores soon

While the retail store owners won’t need to hire a pharmacist for the sale of OTC drugs, they will reportedly have to obtain a licence.

Several drugs can be bought in India without a signed prescription from a doctor, such as painkillers, cough syrups. (Representational/Shutterstock)
Updated on May 05, 2025 03:57 PM IST

Ludhiana: Miscreants injure chemist, flee with 5k

Chemist in PAU assaulted by two unidentified accused with a sharp weapon, chili powder thrown in eyes, and ₹5,000 robbed. Police investigating.

He was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. (HT File)
Updated on May 23, 2024 05:02 AM IST
By, Ludhiana

Mercedes mows down man out to buy medicines for father in Mohali

Identified as Teeka Ram, the victim, along with his father, Chunni Lal, was headed to buy medicines for the latter, when the hit-and-run mishap took place, said Mohali police

The victim was rushed to a local hospital in Mohali where doctors declared him brought dead. (iStock)
Updated on Nov 24, 2023 09:56 AM IST
By, Mohali

PGI injection mystery cracked: ‘Contract killer’ who posed as nurse was hired by victim’s brother, nabbed: Cops

A contract killer hired by a woman's brother attempted to kill her at a hospital in Chandigarh due to her inter-caste marriage. The brother and two others have been arrested. The victim remains in critical condition.

The ‘contract killer’, victim’s brother and two other accused at the Sector 17 police station on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Updated on Nov 22, 2023 10:00 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: SMO, doctor arrested for accepting 15,000 bribe from chemist

Spokesperson of the state vigilance bureau said that SMO Dr Poonam Goel, and Dr Gaurav Jain, BAMS, were arrested on the complaint filed by one Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Guru Arjun Dev Nagar, Sahnewal

The VB spokesperson said that he has recorded the phone calls between him and Dr Jain, which he has submitted to the vigilance bureau as evidence. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Nov 04, 2023 05:20 AM IST
By, Ludhiana

Corruption case: Drug officer’s anticipatory bail plea dismissed

The court, while dismissing the plea, held that if granted plea, Chaudhary may attempt to hamper the investigation

The case, under Sections 8 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, was registered on the complaint of chemist Dev Sharan Saha, who runs an orthopaedic surgical shop at Dhanas. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Oct 14, 2023 08:42 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Pinjore: Chemist held for selling MTP kit without prescription

The raiding team swooped in and caught the accused red-handed; during interrogation, he revealed that he procured the medicine from a man named Rana, who handed him the MTP kit in main bazaar

The accused, identified as Ajay Taneja, who runs Shree Bala Ji Medicose in Pinjore, was arrested following a raid by a health department team on Saturday morning. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:28 AM IST
By, Panchkula

GMSH-16 chemist evicted over failure to pay rent

Dr Suman Singh, director, health services, UT, said chemist shop number 9 at GMSH-16 was allotted in January 2023 against a monthly rent of ₹17,21,000, along with 18% GST

The shop owner failed to pay rent for March and April, following which an eviction notice to vacate the shop at GMSH-16 by May 1 was issued. (HT File Photo)
Updated on May 02, 2023 03:00 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Chandigarh health secretary smells chemist-pharma nexus at GMSH-16, orders probe

The Chandigarh health secretary visited GMSH-16 posing as a patient, but could find the prescribed syrup only at one of the three chemists at the hospital; doctor also asked to explain the prescription

Chandigarh health secretary Yashpal Garg, disguised as a patient, buying the prescribed syrup from shop number 6, the only shop to stock it at GMSH, Sector 16. (HT)
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 01:21 AM IST
ByRobert Abraham, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: Chemist, tractor driver held for possessing 9,400 banned tablets

The accused, who were arrested near Ludhiana’s Gill Canal, were on their way to deliver the contraband in Isher Nagar on their motorcycle when they were arrested, police said

As many as 3,500 banned tablets of Tramanam-sr and 5,900 tablets of Alprasfe have been recovered from their possession, police said on Thursday. (Getty images)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 11:18 PM IST
By, Ludhiana
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