India Name Change To Bharat

Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Satyapal Singh on Monday demanded in the Lok Sabha that the name of the country should be changed to Bharat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated India's first semi-high-speed regional rail service. The name of the rail service was changed from RapidX to NaMo Bharat, just a day prior to its launch.

With an eye on the upcoming Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and challenged it to change the name of India.

With a chuckle and a jab, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who was at an event in a university in Paris in France, took a dig at the government on Sunday over reports it plans to change the country's name to Bharat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders at the G20 Summit in Delhi today, with a greeting that hinted at the proposed name change from India to Bharat.

The United Nations "will change India's name to Bharat in UN records" when New Delhi completes all the formalities for the same, a spokesperson for the global body told NDTV today.

The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a top UN official has said, amid a row over President Droupadi Murmu's G20 dinner invites referring to her as

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is ready to change its name if it has triggered the Centre's push for Bharat instead of India.

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the country needs to have simultaneous elections for both Parliament and the assembly as frequent polls will impede the progress of the nation.

The mention of the President of Bharat' instead of the President of India' on the official invite for the G20 Summit dinner to be hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhawan has sparked debate about the name change of the country.

Sources say the government may put forward a resolution to change the country's name later this month in the five-day special session of Parliament that starts on September 18.

India vs Bharat: The official invite sent by President Droupadi Murmu to G20 delegates as 'President of Bharat' sparked a debate around India's name change.

Even as the dinner invite to G20 leaders from President Droupadi Murmu sparked controversy and speculation, another document has come to light that refers to Narendra Modi as the 'Prime Minister of Bharat'.

The use of 'President of Bharat' - instead of the traditional 'President of India' - on official G20 Summit invitations has sparked a buzz. The move, that comes days ahead of the special session of parliament, has sent political temperatures soaring.

The buzz about the change of the country's name from "India" to "Bharat" drew outraged comments from the Opposition today, which accused the government of "planting" stories in the media and "creating a smokescreen of diversion".

Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Satyapal Singh on Monday demanded in the Lok Sabha that the name of the country should be changed to Bharat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated India's first semi-high-speed regional rail service. The name of the rail service was changed from RapidX to NaMo Bharat, just a day prior to its launch.

With an eye on the upcoming Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and challenged it to change the name of India.

With a chuckle and a jab, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who was at an event in a university in Paris in France, took a dig at the government on Sunday over reports it plans to change the country's name to Bharat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders at the G20 Summit in Delhi today, with a greeting that hinted at the proposed name change from India to Bharat.

The United Nations "will change India's name to Bharat in UN records" when New Delhi completes all the formalities for the same, a spokesperson for the global body told NDTV today.

The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a top UN official has said, amid a row over President Droupadi Murmu's G20 dinner invites referring to her as

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is ready to change its name if it has triggered the Centre's push for Bharat instead of India.

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the country needs to have simultaneous elections for both Parliament and the assembly as frequent polls will impede the progress of the nation.

The mention of the President of Bharat' instead of the President of India' on the official invite for the G20 Summit dinner to be hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhawan has sparked debate about the name change of the country.

Sources say the government may put forward a resolution to change the country's name later this month in the five-day special session of Parliament that starts on September 18.

India vs Bharat: The official invite sent by President Droupadi Murmu to G20 delegates as 'President of Bharat' sparked a debate around India's name change.

Even as the dinner invite to G20 leaders from President Droupadi Murmu sparked controversy and speculation, another document has come to light that refers to Narendra Modi as the 'Prime Minister of Bharat'.

The use of 'President of Bharat' - instead of the traditional 'President of India' - on official G20 Summit invitations has sparked a buzz. The move, that comes days ahead of the special session of parliament, has sent political temperatures soaring.

The buzz about the change of the country's name from "India" to "Bharat" drew outraged comments from the Opposition today, which accused the government of "planting" stories in the media and "creating a smokescreen of diversion".