Recasting the many legacies of the AmritsWith Mughalsarai Junction in UP already renamed Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in 2018, re-renaming it Amritsarai Junction could be c...
29 Jan, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Centre approves UP govt's proposal to change names of two places in Gorakhpur and Deoria districts“The NOC is issued after seeking reports from field units of the Geographical Survey of India (GSI), Department of Post and the Ministry of...
07 Dec, 2022, 09.03 PM IST
- Centre allows derogatory village name to be changed
The Uttarakhand government had made the proposal following demands from the locals, who wanted to drop the reference to a particular commun...
30 Sep, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
Centre approves renaming of three places in Madhya PradeshThe proposal to change the name of West Bengal to 'Bangla', as suggested by the state govt, is frozen as the proposed name sounded similar ...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
UP govt to rename Faizabad railway junction as Ayodhya Cantt"Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken the decision to rename Faizabad railway junction as Ayodhya Cantt," CMO tweeted.
23 Oct, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Now demand to change names of UP's Kasganj, JaunpurProposals for changing the name of Sultanpur to Kushbhawanpur, Aligarh to Harigarh, Firozabad to Chandra Nagar and Mainpuri to Mayan Nagar ...
07 Sep, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
Haryana, Rajasthan seek to rename most number of villages, townsSome other name-change proposals included Rajahmundry as Rajamahendravaram; Outer Wheeler as APJ Abdul Kalam Island; Arikkod as Areekode in...
09 Mar, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav , NDA ally go lyrical to slam Adityanath govt for renaming citiesThe former chief minister's lyrical criticism of the Adityanath regime's name-changing spree came on a day when it faced another "poetic" a...
14 Nov, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as PrayagrajThe ruling BJP has, however, justified the name changes across Uttar Pradesh, saying they are merely restoring older names and correcting h...
13 Nov, 2018, 03.12 PM IST
Newly-built Lucknow's Ekana cricket stadium renamed after Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe stadium was named after Vajpayee, as the former prime minister was a Member of Parliament from Lucknow for five consecutive times betwe...
06 Nov, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
Mughalsarai renaming loss of railway heritage, erasure of public memory: ExpertsThe Uttar Pradesh government recently issued a notification saying the station, a major railway junction in northern India on the Delhi-How...
10 Jun, 2018, 01.04 PM IST
Mughalsarai now officially becomes Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya JunctionUttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik gave his consent to the propsal to rename none of the busiest railway stations in India, Mughalsarai, as De...
05 Jun, 2018, 11.27 AM IST
Mughalsarai: An ode to Mughal hospitality, Brit-built railwaysThe caravanserais along with the kos minars (milestones), chaukis with harkaras and guards, rahdaris (toll gates) and cavalry patrols made ...
08 Aug, 2017, 12.23 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
With a history of various names, Mughalsarai set to be renamed once againLocated along the Grand Trunk Road, also called Sadak-e-Azam by Sher Shah Suri, Mughalsarai was one of the corridors connecting north India...
05 Aug, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
UP on renaming spree to honour Deendayal UpadhyayaThe Farah Town Railway station in Mathura will now be known as the Deendayal Dham railway station, as per a notification issued by the UP g...
06 Jul, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
Government considering proposal for Mughalsarai railway station name changeWe have received a request for the renaming of the railway station. The request is under process, said a home ministry spokesperson.
03 Jul, 2017, 06.37 PM IST