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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill today renaming the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight in honor of the late Representative J. Russell “Russ” Jennings.

NCPs spokesman said Rijiju should focus on his duties as an MP as well as denounce all of Chinas "wrongdoings" against teh state.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Maharashtra governments decision to rename Aurangabad city as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.

On Sunday, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs put out names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters. Why is China giving names to places that are in India?

India rejected China's renaming of certain places in Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted the state is an integral and inalienable part of India.

NEW DELHI/BEIJING, April 4  - India rejected on Tuesday the renaming by China of places in what India regards as its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of its territory.

This was the third time China had unilaterally changed the names of locations in Arunachal Pradesh. 

Chinas Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday released the standardised names of 11 places for Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet in accordance with regulations on geographical names issued by the State Council, Chinas cabinet.

Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmed had challenged the approval granted by the Maharashtra government and the Centre to a proposal to change the name.

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the decision to rename Aurangabad in Maharashtra to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.