Rename Delhi as Indraprastha? BJP MP’s proposal sparks clash with historians over city’s true identityA BJP MP's call to rename Delhi 'Indraprastha' has sparked debate, aiming to reconnect the capital with ancient roots. Historians caution t...
02 Nov, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Delhi HC grants time to Centre for its stand on plea to rename India as BharatThe Delhi High Court has granted the Centre time to get instructions on a plea seeking to change 'India' to 'Bharat' or 'Hindustan' in the ...
17 Feb, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
India vs Bharat: A look at 2023's political controversy that stirred the dynamics of a nation's nameThe Modi-led government in India has been contemplating a monumental change – altering the country's official name to 'Bharat.' This shift ...
31 Dec, 2023, 07.13 PM IST
India or Bharat? Here is what SC had to say on renaming in 2020There are speculations that the Indian government may propose to change the country's official name from "Republic of India" to "Bharat" du...
05 Sep, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to rename arbitration centreThe Lok Sabha has already passed the bill on August 2022, which expands this to include the conduct of other forms of alternative dispute r...
14 Dec, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear on June 2 plea seeking replacement of word India with 'Bharat'The plea has sought a direction to the government to take appropriate steps to bring amendment in Article 1 of the Constitution, which deal...
29 May, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
BJP government may consider renaming Shimla to ShyamalaA campaign has been launched by some right-wing Hindu groups demanding that the capital of Himachal Pradesh be renamed.
21 Oct, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
Why are political parties hysterical about renaming roads, places & schemes?Two schemes were named after Deendayal Upadhyaya, who at the age of 51 became president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in December 29, 1967.
07 Aug, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Department of Empowerment of Disability Affairs to incorporate the word ‘Divyang’ in Hindi and English namesOn December 3, at the launch of Accessible India, PM had suggested the same, prompting PMO and Ministry of Social Justice to begin consulta...
22 Oct, 2016, 08.35 PM IST
Lok Kalyan Marg: Will Delhi benefit from name change game?In April this year, Gurgaon was renamed Gurugram. Before that, in August last year, Aurangzeb Road was renamed after former President Dr AP...
23 Sep, 2016, 08.52 PM IST
West Bengal government unlists GST debate in special sessionSignificantly, Mamata lambasted the Centre on the notification that allows for digitally tracking central schemes and central funds given t...
27 Aug, 2016, 06.56 AM IST
Fight ensues over renaming of JNU's library; ABVP for Ambedkar's name, SFI cries politicsG Suresh, SFI secretary at JNU claimed that the renaming of the library had no tangible effects on public education in India and was comple...
06 Aug, 2016, 10.25 AM IST
Trai's decision on data pricing shows popular will: Nirmala SitharamanWelcoming Trai's decision on differential pricing, the government said it supports open and fair Internet in the country.
08 Feb, 2016, 11.26 PM IST
Trai to hold differential pricing discussion on February 21In a notification, Trai said "interested stakeholders are invited to participate" in open house discussion on its consultation paper on 'Di...
19 Jan, 2016, 03.09 PM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad meets Jitendra Singh, Harsh Vardhan amid differential pricing debateJitendra Singh today met Telecom Minister to discuss the issues related to differential data pricing, a key factor in the proposed net neut...
15 Jan, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Congress attacks PM Narendra Modi after Silicon Valley visit; flays apparent inclination towards Internet.orgIn a letter to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ahmed Patel said the pursuit of universalizing Internet access should not be "held hostage by a few for...
30 Sep, 2015, 07.55 PM IST
Aurangzeb Road renaming will open a can of worms, say scholarsA section of historians, while criticising the rechristening of Aurangzeb Road, cautioned that such renaming exercises will 'open a can of ...
06 Sep, 2015, 04.59 PM IST