Bangalore will be renamed as Bengaluru, Mangalore as Mangaluru and our Belgaum as Belagavi along with other 9 cities in the state. The renaming was first mooted about 6 years back by Jnanpith awardee U.R. Ananthamurthy. The state Government is now expediting the procedure for the renaming of the 12 cities in the state. A […]
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The Name game: Belgaum & Belagavi
Union minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the interim budget, chose to call the city `Bengaluru’, thus giving it official sanctity. It has been over three years now that the UPA government is sitting on the files of the renaming 13 cities in Karnataka. In addition, all is stuck because of our town, Belgaum. The hitch […]
Renaming Belgaum challenged
The High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Center regarding a petition challenging the government’s decision to change the name of Belgaum to Belagavi. M V Chawan and others from Belgaum contended that the change of name would affect the culture and sentiments of Marathi people. The petitioner further stated that the name […]