Bengaluru Rural likely to be renamed as Bengaluru North for better brand image: Report

The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to name Bengaluru City University after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who passed away in December 2024. It also decided to rename the border town of Bagepalli as Bhagya Nagar and Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North district. Incidentally, the government’s earlier decision to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South drew sharp reactions from its political rival Janata Dal (Secular).

“The government decided on renaming Bagepalli based on the request of the local legislator. Palli is a Telugu word. In our region (Mysuru), we call a lizard palli,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended. When his attention was drawn to several villages in Bagepalli taluk having palli in their name and what the government intended to do about them, Mr. Siddaramaiah said, “We will go by what the local legislator says.”

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved several projects for Chickballapur.

Among them was the second campus of Bengaluru North University at Amaravati village in Sidlaghatta taluk at a cost of ₹123.5 core, an international flower auction centre at a cost of ₹10 crore, construction of a reservoir in Chintamani taluk at a cost of ₹36 crore, and approval for filling water from the Hebbal-Nagawara valley to 164 tanks in Sidlaghatta and Chintamani taluks.