Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the proposal and said the central government had "no objection" to changing the names of both districts of Maharashtra.
Reacting sharply to allegations of erasing history of Mughals and changing the names of the cities associated with them, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP state governments have taken "well-thought decisions" which are within their statutory rights.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to constitute a "Renaming Commission" to find out the original names of 'ancient historical cultural religious places', named after barbaric foreign invaders in order to maintain sovereignty and to secure 'Right to Dignity, Right to Religion
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sangam Lal Gupta on Tuesday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to change the name of Uttar Pradesh's capital city of Lucknow to "Lakhanpur or Laxmanpur".
Welcoming President Droupadi Murmu's move to rename all the gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi including Mughal Garden as 'Amrit Udyan', Muslim Rashtriya Manch, a Muslim wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday said that the new name symbolises 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
Named as 'New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Act, 2022', the new law came into force after the Ministry of Law and Justice in a notification issued late January 27 night made the announcement.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, claiming they insulted the Sikh heritage by putting their own photographs or party name at satellite hospitals that bear images of 'Panj Piaras', the love
"Anna (DMK Founder) participated in the State renaming event though he was ill. During that event, Anna mentioned that his family, senior party leaders and even doctors asked him not to take part in any meetings. In spite of this, he attended the event," M k Stalin said.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval for the renaming of National Centre for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Quality, Joka, Kolkata as 'Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS)'.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 16 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party MLA from Nandigram, West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday wrote a letter to the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, indicting Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee of "befool
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 9 (ANI): Lambasting the Centre over renaming Tipu Express to Wodeyar Express, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said the descendants who betrayed Rani Jhansi are ministers in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while Tipu descendants are pullin
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the renaming of the train connecting Bengaluru and Mysuru from Tipu Express to Wodeyar Express and said that they can never erase Tipu