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The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reiterated the demand for renaming the Jinnah Tower in Guntur, arguing that the name of the founder of Pakistan should be removed as he was responsible for killings of lakhs of Hindus during the partition of India.

As a fifth generation Arlingtonian and longtime Halls Hill resident, Nadia A. Conyers was thrilled when Lee Highway was renamed Langston Blvd last summer.

San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand when it is set to reopen this spring.

A last-minute possible name for the new school under construction at the Reed Elementary School site did not go over well with Arlington School Board members.

Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh, who inaugurated new facilities at the garden in the Malvani area, stated that it always bore the name of Tipu Sultan, and there was no fresh nomenclature.

A fresh political controversy erupted on Wednesday when a group of people stormed into Jinnah Tower at Andhras Guntur district on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day to unfurl the tricolour after which they were detained.

Amid protests by BJP and Bajrang Dal over the move to rename a refurbished sports complex in Mumbai after 18th Century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray has said that name of the place has not been finalised yet.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the governments decision to rename Habibganj railway station after Gond queen Rani Kamlapati and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner.

"Loving Avenue" is out and "Langston Boulevard" is in as the likely new name for Lee Highway in Arlington. The renaming is on the Arlington County Board agenda