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Chemist shops being run without licence
Una, September 8
The chemist shop being run by HP Civil Supply Corporation here at the district hospital has remained closed for the past one week. Last week a news item appeased in some newspapers that the chemist shops being run by HP Civil Supply Corporation at many places like Una, Rampur Bushehar, Karsog and Nahan were running without drug licences, which was a criminal offence. The matter was brought to the notice of the state government by the drug inspector.

Mahasangh serves notice on board
Shimla, September 8
The Himachal Pradesh Awas Board Mahasangh has served a seven-day notice on the board management to invite it for talks to discuss the demands of the employees, failing which it will resort to direct action.

Judicial officers attend workshop
Dharamsala, September 8
Atleast 30 judicial officers from Kangra, Una and Chamba, attended a legal workshop here to discuss important legal matters. The Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, Mr C. K. Thakkar, inaugurated the workshop.

Today is World Literacy Day. Will these youngsters crushing stones on roadside be able to taste the fruits of the literacy drive? This picture was taken recently in the interiors of Hamirpur district. —Chander Shekhar Sharma

Chemist shops being run without licence
Our Correspondent

Una, September 8
The chemist shop being run by HP Civil Supply Corporation here at the district hospital has remained closed for the past one week. Last week a news item appeased in some newspapers that the chemist shops being run by HP Civil Supply Corporation at many places like Una, Rampur Bushehar, Karsog and Nahan were running without drug licences, which was a criminal offence. The matter was brought to the notice of the state government by the drug inspector.

Mr S.S. Chaudhary, district president of the Chemists Association, Una and Mr Munish Chadha, state vice-president of the association told mediapersons here that the chemist shops of the corporation at Una district had been running without a drug licence since 1996 and no drug inspector had bothered to check it. They said the matter was brought to the notice of the state Health Department and the Chief Minister but no action was taken.

They further said the corporation was a profit making agency and the district hospital authority allowed it to open chemist shop at the district hospital so that patients could purchase medicines at cheaper rates. They produced some medicines bills issued by these chemist shops where the printed rate was much less than what had been charged.

Mr Chaudhary and Mr Chadha demanded legal action against corporation in this connection. 

Mahasangh serves notice on board
Tribune News Service

Shimla, September 8
The Himachal Pradesh Awas Board Mahasangh has served a seven-day notice on the board management to invite it for talks to discuss the demands of the employees, failing which it will resort to direct action.

The mahasangh, which is affiliated to the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) had submitted a 19-point demand charter, but the management has so far not taken any action on it.

Mr Surinder Thakur, general secretary of the BMS and Mr Rajinder Sharma, its president, told reporters here on Thursday that their outfit was the only registered trade union in the state housing board and its name was changed recently following the merger of the Shimla Development Authority and the board.

Judicial officers attend workshop
Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, September 8
Atleast 30 judicial officers from Kangra, Una and Chamba, attended a legal workshop here to discuss important legal matters.

The Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, Mr C.K. Thakkar, inaugurated the workshop. Temparary injunctions and prerequisites for its grant was discussed during the first session and principles governing the grant of bail was discussed during the second session.

Mr Justice L.S. Panta and Mr Justice K.C. Sood, were also present during the workshop. The Himachal Pradesh High Court has decided to hold four such workshops.

Delivering the welcome address, the District and Sessions Judge, Kangra, Mr J.N. Barowalia, said subordinate judiciary was the pivot around which the entire judicial system revolves.