Bangalore becomes Bengaluru

Bengaluru: The IT capital of India will now be officially known as Bengaluru. The state government on Friday had issued a notification changing anglicised names of 12 cities including Bangalore, Mysore, Belgaum and Mangalore. These cities will hereafter be known as Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi and Mangaluru. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Karnataka on their state formation day or Kannada Rajyotsava on November 1. "Greetings to people of Karnataka on Kannada Rajyotsava. May Karnataka scale new heights of progress in the years to come," Prime Minister Modi said.