AGRA: A 60-year-old dhaba owner, Mohd Saleem, changed the name of his 20-year-old vegetarian eatery after “repeated threats from a section of the majority community, including a seer”. Saleem, who runs ‘Sangam Shudh Shakahari Bhojnalaya’ on Delhi-Dehradun Road in Rampuri under Civil Lines limits of Muzaffarnagar, said he was forced to take the decision after…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp critique of the Uttar Pradesh government‘s decision to rename seven railway stations in the Northern Railways, Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav took to social media to slam the administration, urging them to prioritise railway safety over name changes.In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Yadav wrote, “And when you get…
NEW DELHI: Government Monday told Rajya Sabha that a clarification issued with regard to the gazette notification for name change mandating a married woman to get an NOC from her husband to revert to her maiden surname was aimed at avoiding any legal issues.Govt’s response is important since in March this year, a woman had…
Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar had applied for disability certificate thrice by changing her name and surname and with residential addresses from two districts APRIL 25, 2018 First application was filed in the civil hospital, Ahmednagar, in the name of Puja Diliprao Khedkar, a resident of Bhalgaon Taluka Pathardi, Ahmednagar district She was issued a…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court has directed the state to propose a new name for a disease that has Ranikhet, a picturesque tourist spot, in its name. After a PIL highlighted that the hill station’s reputation suffers due to its association with an avian disease known as ‘Ranikhet disease’, the administration has now been told to…
