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Offices struggle to stay clean as spitting menace continues

Hindustan Times Lucknow

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March 17, 2025

Weeks after the UP Vidhan Sabha Speaker highlighted an MLA's act of spitting on the assembly carpet, the persistent habit of indiscriminate spitting continues unchecked in government offices.

- Rajeev Mullick

LUCKNOW: Despite multiple directives urging employees to refrain from consuming paan and gutkha, spit stains still deface numerous government buildings across the district.

A recent visit by the Hindustan Times team to key government offices revealed that walls, corners, public spaces, and even lifts were stained with paan and gutkha spit, exposing a lack of hygiene and discipline within the administrative system.

State of govt offices At Indira Bhawan, which houses several government departments, nearly every corner, crevice and even lifts were found covered in gutkha stains. The condition of public toilets in the building is equally appalling. Even educated individuals often lack basic toilet etiquette, turning public restrooms into breeding grounds for infections. Most pink toilets remain locked, leaving visitors—especially pregnant women, the elderly, and those with urgent needs—struggling to find clean and accessible restrooms.

MEER VERHALEN VAN Hindustan Times Lucknow

Hindustan Times Lucknow

APPLE URGES INDIAN COURT TO BLOCK CCI PROBE

Apple has asked an Indian court to stop the country’s antitrust watchdog from seeking its global financial records as part of an investigation into its app store policies, while it challenges the underlying law's validity, court papers show.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

General Atlantic invests in Balaji Wafers

US-based _ private equity firm General Atlantic has acquired a stake in snacking brand Balaji Wafers, the companies said in a statement on Thursday.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Banks cautiously revive unsecured loans on rate cuts

India’s banks are cautiously reopening the tap on unsecured lending, as policy rate cuts drive margin pressure and risks stay largely under control.

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2 mins

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

16 Maoists shot dead in J’khand

Top Maoist leader Patiram Majhi, who was carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹2.35 crore, was among 16 Naxals killed ina gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Thursday, officials familiar with the matter said on Thursday, dealing a decisive blow to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) just months ahead of the Union government's deadline to eliminate Naxalism from the country by March 31, 2026.

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2 mins

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Several Kaalnemis harming Sanatan Dharma, says Yogi

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said several ‘Kaalnemis' (demons) are harming Sanatan Dharma under the cover of religion and people must remain cautious about such elements.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Hindustan Times Lucknow

‘Ukrainian, US, Russian officials to meet for the first time in UAE’

DAVOS: Ukrainian and Russian teams will have their first trilateral meeting with US officials in the United Arab Emirates, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

CENTRE FORMS PANEL TO REVIEW DEATHS AT IIT-K

Two days after a PhD student allegedly died by suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Union ministry of education on Thursday constituted a three-member committee to review the implementation of its mental health guidelines, examine the circumstances surrounding recent student deaths on the campus and suggest recommendations to prevent suicides.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Wary Europeans huddle after Trump U-turn

Prez Trump warns of major reprisals if European countries dumped key holdings of Treasury bonds to pressure US over the future of Greenland

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3 mins

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Gunman at large after killing 3 people in Oz

A gunman was at large after a shooting in a town in Australia’s New South Wales state on Thursday left three people dead and another wounded, police said.

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1 min

January 23, 2026

Hindustan Times Lucknow

Meitei-Kuki couple abducted, man killed

OFFICIALS SAID ARMED UKNA MEN ABDUCTED THE COUPLE AND SHOT DEAD RISHIKANTA. THE KILLING WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA, AND THE CLIP CIRCULATED.

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3 mins

January 23, 2026

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