With the orders in place, the region, districts, tehsils and villages of Aurangabad and Osmanabad have been renamed ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ and ‘Dharashiv’ respectively, states the notification issued by Santosh Gawde, deputy secretary, state revenue department
The Union government has approved the renaming of Maharashtra's Aurangabad city as `Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' and that of Osmanabad city as `Dharashiv'.
‘Nothing will be done with any electrifying speed (by the government)’, said the court to the petitioners who are residents of the two cities while posting the next hearing for August 23.