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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)

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Updated on May 05, 2025 03:57 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Ludhiana: Khanna police arrest seven for robbery bid

According to SSP Khanna, Jyoti Yadav Bains, the robbers had attempted to loot a grocery store on April 8 and had opened fire during the heist attempt

Two accused, caught after an encounter, being treated at a hospital in Ludhiana. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 15, 2025 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

UK man’s 26-item supermarket receipt goes viral for perfect alphabetical order

Graeme Bowman visited a large Asda store in Leyton, east London, and purchased 26 items listed A to Z, including apples, carrots, flour, oranges and tomatoes.

Graeme Bowman went viral on Reddit after buying supermarket items for every letter of the alphabet.(PA Media)

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Published on Apr 10, 2025 04:26 PM IST

PA_Media |

Ludhiana: RMP booked for assaulting neighbours, on the run

According to the police, the accused runs a clinic at his residence while complainant Santosh Kumar, 37, a vegetable seller, operates a grocery store from his house in New Sham Nagar, near Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Dugri, Ludhiana

According to Ludhiana’s Dugri police, the conflict arose as customers visiting Santosh Kumar’s grocery shop often discard wrappers of wafers, tobacco and other items outside, leading to a mess in front of the accused’s clinic. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 11, 2025 05:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

How weak consumption growth is holding back the Indian economy's potential

Economists say that at a time when consumption growth remains subdued and the government sets itself up for fiscal consolidation, exports could propel growth.

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers are reflected in mirror inside a shopping mall in New Delhi, India, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo(REUTERS)

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Published on Jul 31, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByRohit Inani

Shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas kills 2 and wounds 8 others

The suspected shooter was left critically injured after being shot by police following the Mad Butcher grocery store shooting in South Arkansas.

Police respond to the scene of a shooting on Friday, June 21, 2024 in Fordyce, Ark. Arkansas State Police say at least two people were killed and eight wounded in a shooting that occurred at a grocery store in south Arkansas. (KATV via AP)(AP)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:17 AM IST

AP |

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

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Updated on Apr 10, 2024 09:03 PM IST

AP |

Man held for trying to kidnap minor over issues with his parents

A man was arrested in Mumbai for attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old boy over previous issues with his parents. The boy managed to escape and the family later identified and caught the kidnapper. An FIR has been registered against the accused.

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Updated on Oct 25, 2023 07:40 AM IST

ByManish K Pathak

Police foil gang’s plan to rob shops in Mohali, Ludhiana

Babbar Khalsa International activist wanted for terror activities since 2010 among the accused; gang was planning to strike at grocery and jewellery shops for quick money, say police

Police have busted a gang of robbers who were planning to strike at a grocery store in Ludhiana and a jewellery shop in Mohali. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2023 02:37 AM IST

ByMohit Khanna, Mohali

Spice of Life: Joys multiply, sorrows divide in a joint family

The warmth and love that spreads through a joint family is a cozy blanket enveloping all its inhabitants on a cold winter night.

The cohesiveness of a joint family is like a mathematical equation where joys multiply and sorrows get divided (HT File)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2023 12:18 PM IST

BySonika Sethi

Indian owned discount grocery chain DMart plans fivefold expansion

Avenue Supermarts Ltd., which currently runs the fourth-largest number of convenience stores in India, could scale up the chain to 1,500 supermarkets from 284.

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Published on Aug 18, 2022 05:43 AM IST

Bloomberg |

Baby girl befriends grocery store employee. Watch how she thanks him for a gift

This Instagram video that's been reshared by Good News Movement shows how a little girl thanks her grocery store employee friend for gifting her a cycle on her birthday.

The girl gives a thank you card to her grocery store employee friend for gifting her a cycle on her birthday. (instagram/@snowinginsaturn)

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Published on Mar 28, 2022 10:55 AM IST

BySohini Sengupta

Unmasked in Delhi? Everyone has a reason to escape challan

Residents share their tried and tested excuses, which they cooked up to save themselves from not paying the challan for caught without wearing a mask amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Mask rule violators, wanting to escape challan, have been coming up with quite a few tried and tested excuses.(Photo: Biplov Bhuyan/HT)

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Published on Dec 08, 2020 02:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNaina Arora, New Delhi

Shimla tightens Covid norms amid spurt in infections

The district administration has curbed the number of people allowed to assemble for social gatherings outside containment zones from 200 to 50

Passengers maintaining social distancing on public transport in Shimla on Wednesday.(Deepak Sansta / HT)

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Updated on Nov 26, 2020 12:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times/Shimla | ByGaurav Bisht, Shimla

Humour: The five kinds of lockdown days

From the blissful to the bleak, a catalogue of our summer in isolation

On a groundhog day expect brain-melting Zoom calls followed by yet another rerun of Friends(Phtoto imaging: Parth Garg)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2020 11:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir

Bengaluru weekly curfew: What’s allowed, what’s not

Other than essential services, Bengaluru residents will have to follow a strict curfew on Sunday. The curfew began at 7 pm on Saturday and will end at 7 am on Monday.

Other than essential services, Bengaluru residents will have to follow a strict curfew on Sunday. (Photo Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Published on May 23, 2020 07:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Byhindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain

Panchkula revises order on non-essential services, salons to remain closed

The new order issued by Panchkula deputy commissioner (DC) Mukesh Kumar Ahuja classified activities into four categories for purpose of regulation

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Published on May 06, 2020 12:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Delhi: 50 can gather for a wedding, 20 for a funeral

Strict restrictions had been in place in the national capital as part of the measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.

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Updated on May 04, 2020 03:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Visits to public places in Haryana declined by 91% in April, shows Google data

Google’s Community Mobility Reports, launched in early April to depict changing mobility trends in a post-Covid world, published a state-wise mobility data for India on Friday.

Migrant workers gather near Mini Secretariat on Saturday, on hearing of government plans to send them home.

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Updated on May 03, 2020 04:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByPrayag Arora Desai, Gurugram

Residents look to ward off virus with orange-tinted immunity

As per the HSAMB data, between March 1 and April 27 this year, a total of 11,222 quintals had been sold at the wholesale Khandsa market, the city’s only wholesale fruits and vegetable market.

Sale of oranges in the city has increased by at least 66% in March and April this year, as compared to the same period last year.

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Updated on May 01, 2020 05:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar, Gurugram

Fit and fine by Kamal Singh: Eating right during the lockdown

With most of us stuck indoors with very little activity, eating to maintain good metabolic health becomes even more important

With low activity levels during the lockdown, it is best to opt for low carb foods to improve your metabolic health(Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 19, 2020 12:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKamal Singh CSCS

RWAs to restrict movement within nine Gurugram containment zones

The RWAs will have to maintain a register to record the reasons for why residents would be moving out of the containment area and this will be routinely checked by the local police.

Residents will be allowed to move out of the area only once a day.(Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 11, 2020 02:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByLeena Dhankhar and Archana Mishra, Gurugram

Man injured in firing by ASI’s son, two others, dies

Davinder Singh, who died at a private hospital in Amritsar, was standing at the threshold of his house on Friday when a young man from the village, Lovepreet Singh alias Love, was forcing a shopkeeper to open his grocery store.

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Updated on Mar 31, 2020 06:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent

Grocers, chemists in Chandigarh decry depleting stocks amid coronavirus curfew

Wholesalers say they haven’t received enough curfew passes from UT administration for transporting stock; shortage leads to hike in rates of basic supplies like flour, pulses

Vendors selling vegetables and fruits at a makeshift market in Sector 44, Chandigarh, as a policewoman keeps vigil amid curfew on Monday.(KESHAV SINGH/HT)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2020 12:56 AM IST

Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh | ByRajanbir Singh, Chandigarh

After four days, Chandigarh residents shop for essentials

Police had made public announcements, stating that only one person from a family could come out for making purchases.

Residents waiting at a safe distance from each other outside a shop in Sector 44.(KESHAV SINGH/ HT)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2020 12:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Supply improves in colonies but crowd management a concern

After days of poor supply, UT food and grocery vehicles reached different colonies and supplied essentials. One major concern, however, was that people were seen crowding near the vehicles, thereby defeating the purpose of the curfew, which is social distancing.

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Updated on Mar 28, 2020 01:08 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Coronavirus curfew: Hunger, jostling for food, chaos in Chandigarh colonies

People struggle to get their hands on food packets, while completing forgetting social distancing, the primary objective of curfew; several return empty handed

Administration staff organising vegetables for door-to-door delivery on a CTU bus at Sector 41 in Chandigarh on Thursday.(Keshav Singh/HT)

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Published on Mar 27, 2020 01:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

In demarcation drive, Mumbai Police ask people to maintain safe distance

The top brass of the city police held a meeting after the PM’s speech and the decision to mark the roads and footpaths for disciplined queues was taken, Mumbai Police officials aware of the developments said.

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Updated on Mar 25, 2020 06:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Coronavirus: Police watch as people defy Kangra lockdown

Private transport remained off roads and markets were closed

The government on Sunday ordered a lockdown in Kangra district where two persons tested positive for Coronavirus in preliminary tests.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2020 05:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dharamshala | ByNaresh K Thakur, Dharamshala

In Pune, police teams to enforce work from home mandate for pvt firms

The order intended to limit the spread of Covid-19, has been issued under the Disaster Management Act 2005, and action against the violators will be taken under Section 188 of the IPC which pertains to disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant

To ensure compliance of order, police teams in Pune and Pimpri-Chichwad have been formed.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 19, 2020 04:12 PM IST

ByYogesh Joshi and Steffy Thevar

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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.

According to SSP Khanna, Jyoti Yadav Bains, the robbers had attempted to loot a grocery store on April 8 and had opened fire during the heist attempt

Graeme Bowman visited a large Asda store in Leyton, east London, and purchased 26 items listed A to Z, including apples, carrots, flour, oranges and tomatoes.

According to the police, the accused runs a clinic at his residence while complainant Santosh Kumar, 37, a vegetable seller, operates a grocery store from his house in New Sham Nagar, near Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Dugri, Ludhiana

Economists say that at a time when consumption growth remains subdued and the government sets itself up for fiscal consolidation, exports could propel growth.

The suspected shooter was left critically injured after being shot by police following the Mad Butcher grocery store shooting in South Arkansas.

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

A man was arrested in Mumbai for attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old boy over previous issues with his parents. The boy managed to escape and the family later identified and caught the kidnapper. An FIR has been registered against the accused.

Babbar Khalsa International activist wanted for terror activities since 2010 among the accused; gang was planning to strike at grocery and jewellery shops for quick money, say police

The warmth and love that spreads through a joint family is a cozy blanket enveloping all its inhabitants on a cold winter night.

Avenue Supermarts Ltd., which currently runs the fourth-largest number of convenience stores in India, could scale up the chain to 1,500 supermarkets from 284.

This Instagram video that's been reshared by Good News Movement shows how a little girl thanks her grocery store employee friend for gifting her a cycle on her birthday.

Residents share their tried and tested excuses, which they cooked up to save themselves from not paying the challan for caught without wearing a mask amid Covid-19 pandemic.

The district administration has curbed the number of people allowed to assemble for social gatherings outside containment zones from 200 to 50

From the blissful to the bleak, a catalogue of our summer in isolation

Other than essential services, Bengaluru residents will have to follow a strict curfew on Sunday. The curfew began at 7 pm on Saturday and will end at 7 am on Monday.

The new order issued by Panchkula deputy commissioner (DC) Mukesh Kumar Ahuja classified activities into four categories for purpose of regulation

Strict restrictions had been in place in the national capital as part of the measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Google’s Community Mobility Reports, launched in early April to depict changing mobility trends in a post-Covid world, published a state-wise mobility data for India on Friday.

As per the HSAMB data, between March 1 and April 27 this year, a total of 11,222 quintals had been sold at the wholesale Khandsa market, the city’s only wholesale fruits and vegetable market.

With most of us stuck indoors with very little activity, eating to maintain good metabolic health becomes even more important

The RWAs will have to maintain a register to record the reasons for why residents would be moving out of the containment area and this will be routinely checked by the local police.

Davinder Singh, who died at a private hospital in Amritsar, was standing at the threshold of his house on Friday when a young man from the village, Lovepreet Singh alias Love, was forcing a shopkeeper to open his grocery store.

Wholesalers say they haven’t received enough curfew passes from UT administration for transporting stock; shortage leads to hike in rates of basic supplies like flour, pulses

Police had made public announcements, stating that only one person from a family could come out for making purchases.

After days of poor supply, UT food and grocery vehicles reached different colonies and supplied essentials. One major concern, however, was that people were seen crowding near the vehicles, thereby defeating the purpose of the curfew, which is social distancing.

People struggle to get their hands on food packets, while completing forgetting social distancing, the primary objective of curfew; several return empty handed

The top brass of the city police held a meeting after the PM’s speech and the decision to mark the roads and footpaths for disciplined queues was taken, Mumbai Police officials aware of the developments said.

Private transport remained off roads and markets were closed

The order intended to limit the spread of Covid-19, has been issued under the Disaster Management Act 2005, and action against the violators will be taken under Section 188 of the IPC which pertains to disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant

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