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Another ‘achievement’ of Yogi Adityanath govt: Allahabad renamed Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj today (Tuesday, October 16).
“Allahabad to be called Prayagraj from today,” Siddharth Nath Singh, the state health minister, told news agency ANI.
The Cabinet has said that instructions will be sent to all concerned departments and institutions to follow the new order.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on a trip to Allahabad on Saturday, announced there was a proposal to rename the city ahead of the 2019 Kumbh Mela, amid protest from opposition parties.
Besides renaming the city, Adityanath government has planned a series of events for ‘Prayagraj’ around the time of the Ardh Kumbh next year. Following the celebration of the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in Varanasi during January 21-23, the state plans to bring all delegates to the Ardh Kumbh area on January 24-25.
Thereafter, they will be taken to New Delhi to witness the Republic Day parade.
Before that will come the celebration of a Matri Shakti Kumbh on December 9 and a Paryavaran Kumbh on December 23 in Varanasi, and a Kumbh of the Youth in Lucknow, also on December 23. Finally, there will be Sarva Samaveshi Sanskriti Kumbh in Allahabad on January 30. The Ardh Kumbh will begin from January 14, and continue until March 4.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier on Saturday said that the name of the city will be changed if there is a consensus on the same.
“Prayag is where Lord Brahma performed the first yagna. The confluence of two rivers is a ‘prayag’, and in Allahabad three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet. Hence, it is the king of ‘prayags’. That is why it is ‘Prayagraj’,” the chief minister said.
“It might be the wish of many people that Allahabad can be renamed as Prayagraj. I think that it will give a very good message. If everyone agrees, we should know this city as Prayagraj and it can be a good start,” he added.
As per some reports, banners for the upcoming Kumbh Mela in 2019 mention the name of the city as Prayagraj instead of Allahabad. The renaming might take place before the Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad on January 15, 2019.
The proposal to change the name was floated by Siddharth Nath Singh a few months ago where he recommended that Allahabad should be renamed as Prayagraj.
Earlier, former chief minister and Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav slammed the BJP government, saying it only wanted to show their work by “renaming”.
The Congress party had also opposed the move. Claiming that the name change would affect the history in which Allahabad has played a significant role since the days of Independence.
Congress spokesperson Onkar Singh said that the region where Kumbh takes place is already called Prayagraj and if the government is so eager, they can make it a separate city, but the name of Allahabad should not be changed.
Allahabad’s ancient name was ‘Prayag’, but was changed after 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar built a fort near ‘Sangam’, the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. He named the fort and its neighbourhood ‘Ilahabad’. Later, Akbar’s grandson Shah Jahan renamed the entire city as ‘Allahabad’. But the area near the ‘Sangam’, the site of the Kumbh Mela, continues to be known as ‘Prayag’.
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Video of boy impersonating Shah Rukh Khan leaves Twitter users in splits | WATCH
The adorable boy can seen talking to the media person and explaining to them how the voice of Pathaan actor sounds like by drawing parallels between Shah Rukh Khan’s voice and the voice of a sheep.

A video surfaced on the internet where a young boy can be seen impersonating and mimicking Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. After the video surfaced, it went viral on social media and garnered a lot of praise, well as hilarious takes by the users.
In the video, a boy can be seen talking to a media person and impersonating Shah Rukh Khan. The video shows the boy adorably mimicking the iconic Kiran dialogue from the actor’s older films.
The adorable boy can seen talking to the media person and explaining to them how the voice of Pathaan actor sounds like by drawing parallels between Shah Rukh Khan’s voice and the voice of a sheep.
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Such impersonations of Shah Rukh Khan are quite common, however, the adorable way the young boy put forward his take was lauded by many. Shah Rukh Khan has been amongst the leading men in the industry whose mimicry has become a notion and manier times such SRK himself has come out play a good sport to such mimicry.
Twitter reactions
After the video of the boy’s mimicry went viral, many users came forward to add their take on the incident as one user wrote and humorously said that the boy’s assessment is factual.
One user also wrote and sarcastically said that the boy’s mimicry is condemnable, implying that the mimicry portrays Shah Rukh Khan’s voice isn’t necessarily this. One user also highlighted how the young boy mispronounced Shah Rukh Khan’s name and added their amusement.
One user also wrote and said that this is a unique kind of way to diss the star actor, implying that impersonation by the child might have been in good spirits but the way the boy explained Shah Rukh Khan’s voice is definitely disrespectful.
One user also wrote and highlighted their amusement at the way the young boy compared Shah Rukh Khan’s voice to the voice of a sheep. One user also wrote that if he was disrespected like they boy allegedly disrespected SRK, he wouldn’t have approved of it.
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Mamata Banerjee struck deal with PM Modi to defame Rahul Gandhi: Congress
The Congress on Monday claimed that West Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee want to save herself from raids by probe agencies and has thus struck a deal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “defame” Rahul Gandhi and the grand-old party.

The Congress on Monday claimed that West Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee want to save herself from raids by probe agencies and has thus struck a deal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “defame” Rahul Gandhi and the grand-old party.
In a statement to news agency ANI, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that Mamata Banerjee was speaking on the directions of PM Modi as ‘didi’ and PM have made a deal “to defame the image of Rahul Gandhi and Congress.”
Chowdhury claimed that Banerjee wants to “save herself from ED-CBI raids” and is thus speaking against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi to make the Prime Minister happy.
The Congress leader was reacting to the West Bengal CM’s recent comments on Rahul Gandhi wherein she alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was portraying the Congress scion as a hero in their bid to divert attention from burning issues.
Addressing her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party workers during an internal meeting in the West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Sunday, Banerjee accused the ruling BJP’s efforts to stall parliament proceedings in their demand for an apology from Rahul Gandhi, as an attempt to “make a hero” out of the Wayanad MP so that no one questions PM Modi.
Banerjee alleged that the BJP was trying to shift focus from current issues by stalling proceedings over Rahul Gandhi democracy remarks in the UK.
The second leg of the budget session—which began amid turmoil last week— has been marred by logjams as neither the ruling BJP, nor the Congress-led Opposition, are budging from their respective demands.
While the BJP are demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his comments on the Indian democracy during a recent speech in London, the Opposition has intensified its push for a demand asking for a Joint Parliamentary Probe (JPC) into the Adani-Hindenburg report.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemns pro-Khalistan protest at Indian High Commission
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Monday, strongly condemned the attempted storming of the Indian High Commission in the UK city by pro-Khalistan protesters who also tried to pull down the Indian flag from atop the building.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Monday, strongly condemned the attempted storming of the Indian High Commission in the UK city by pro-Khalistan protesters who also tried to pull down the Indian flag from atop the building.
In a tweet, Khan condemned “the violent disorder and vandalism that took place”, adding that such kind of behavior has no place in London.
Top UK government officials have also condemned the vandalism at the Indian Commission as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” and assured that the British government will take security of the premises “seriously.”
According to a statement by the Metropolitan Police an investigation has been launched into the incident in which two security staff members sustained minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment.
Scotland Yard issued a statement saying they received calls reporting a disorder on Sunday afternoon, adding that a suspect has been arrested and investigations are underway.
In a tweet Foreign Office minister Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon said he was he was “appalled” and the government would take the security of the Indian High Commission “seriously”.
The British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis termed the incident as “disgraceful” and “totally unacceptable”.
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On Sunday, protesters shouting loud pro-Khalistani slogans and waving pro Khalistani flags, tried to vandalize the Indian flag after they attempted to storm the Indian High Commission in the UK capital.
The visuals from the incident have gone viral on social media platforms as users demand stern action against those responsible for the desecration and also demand an explanation from the British authorities for allowing such an incident to happen.
India registered their strong protest to the incident. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi was summoned late evening on Sunday to convey India’s “strong protest” at the actions taken by separatist and extremist elements against the Indian High Commission in London.
The MEA said India has demanded an explanation for the “complete absence” of British security at the premises which allowed the separatist elements to enter the commission grounds.
They said the diplomat was also reminded of UK government’s basic obligations under the Vienna Convention.
The MEA in its statement said that India finds the British government’s “indifference” to the security of Indian mission’s premises and personnel as unacceptable and expects the UK government to take immediate steps “to identify, arrest and prosecute each one of those involved” in the incident, and put in place stringent measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
Amid the massive crackdown on pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh in Punjab, Sikhs For Justice—a proscribed outfit—is conducting its “Referendum 2020” in its push for a separate nation for Sikhs in India.
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