Hardoi

UP: Another baby girl found abandoned

Hardoi: A newborn baby girl was found abandoned near the railway tracks near Sandila Railway Station in Hardoi, the third such case involving baby girls this week. The girl was found lying near the railway tracks on Thursday morning, RPF sub-inspector S K Singh said.

He said the girl was admitted to a community health centre in Sandila where doctors have described her as healthy.

Earlier, this week two baby girls were found abandoned - one on the roadside, another in hospita - in two separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

In MP, a three-year-old highly malnourished girl was abandoned by her grandmother at the civil hospital in the state's tribal-dominated Jhabua district....more    

UP: SP, BSP workers clash; 1 dead, 8 arrested

New Delhi: In fresh clashes between Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party workers in Hardoi one person died and five were injured on Saturday. Several instances of violence have been reported till now in Uttar Pradesh after Mulayam Singh Yadav's party swept the Assembly polls last week. Eight people were later arrested including a former gram pradhan. The former Gram Pradhan is said to be affiliated with the Samajwadi...  

BSP MP, two MLAs join SP

Lucknow: Giving a jolt to the ruling BSP, its National General Secretary Naresh Agarwal and two sitting MLAs from Hardoi joined the Samajwadi Party on Friday. "I am resigning from the Rajya Sabha and the post of BSP National General Secretary," Agarwal said addressing a gathering at a function at the SP headquarters in Lucknow. Besides Naresh, his son Nitin Agarwal and Rajeshwari - both BSP MLAs from Hardoi also...  

Sex trade a tradition in UP village

Forced prostitution is a bleak chapter in our culture. “Every girl child is seen as a source of income" in a UP village. ...