Rajpath Erased From Signboards Near India Gate After Being Renamed
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Rajpath written on one of the signages was scrapped near India Gate.New Delhi: The old name of New Delhi's ceremonial boulevard -- Rajpath -- has been scraped off the signages mounted around the periphery of the India Gate hexagon, after its rechristening to 'Kartavya Path'.The move comes after the area's civic body recently issued a notice approving the renaming of the historic road at its special meeting on September 7.Signages around the India Gate hexagon are mounted on stainless steel-made unipoles with horizontal plates bearing white text on green background.Late Friday night, one of the signages with three green plates bore name of two streets -- Sher Shah Suri Marg and Dr Zakir Hussain Marg -- while 'Rajpath' inscribed earlier in the top plate could be seen scraped off, as...