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Topic: Renaming

India condemns China’s ‘renaming’ of parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing says within ‘sovereign rights’

'Renaming' of at least 27 places in Arunachal was announced by China this week. 'Creative naming won't alter undeniable reality,' New Delhi has said.

‘Naam atakta hai’: MP CM Mohan Yadav renames 3 panchayats, Congress calls it ‘tactic to divide’

On Sunday, Madhya Pradesh CM renamed Gajnikhedi to Chamunda Mata Nagar, Jahangirpur to Jagdishpur & Molana to Vikram Nagar. Yadav was furthering Sangh's agenda, alleged Congress.

After Kartavya Path, ‘Bharat Mata Dwar’? BJP Minority Morcha chief asks Modi to rename India Gate

Jamal Siddiqui praises PM for changing names of streets & places named after 'Mughal aggressors or British plunderers', says the name 'Bharat Mata Dwar' will 'instil respect' in visitors.

Global media on Indian fondness for naming & renaming, and lack of sporting champions from the country

The country though, international publications note, is doing one thing right in trying to give China a run for its money, even if it's going about it the wrong way.

Behind renaming of ‘Gabbar town’ Ramanagara, a decades-old feud between two Vokkaliga heavyweights

Deve Gowda's son HD Kumaraswamy has created a narrative that he has given Ramanagara its identity. Another Vokkaliga leader, Dy CM Shivakumar, wants to change it.

Ghaziabad to get new name? What law says about renaming of cities and states in India

The municipal corporation of Ghaziabad has recommended three names for the city, which will be sent to the state government for approval. 

‘We stand by India’: Tibetans in Arunachal Pradesh protest against China changing place names

New Delhi has asserted that state has always been & will always be an integral part of India. On Wednesday, Tibetans took out a protest rally in Miao town of Changlang district.

China’s renaming of Arunachal locations is no first. It’s done it thrice since 2017

China’s latest list of ‘new’ names for Arunachal locations comes after two earlier renaming rounds in 2017 and 2021. MEA has rejected ‘invented names’.

‘Freedom from Brit slavery’ — Centre seeks proposals to rename Lansdowne hill station

The Uttarakhand hill station and cantonment town was named, 132 years ago, after the then Viceroy of India. CM supports the move but state govt says no official communication yet

How universities are being renamed under Modi govt as focus shifts from ‘Gandhi, Nehru’

New Delhi: Last month, the Narendra Modi government officially renamed Delhi’s iconic Rajpath to Kartavya Path. The renaming, which was widely called a decolonisation...

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Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.