<p>Karnataka: The Karnataka cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Bengaluru Rural district as ‘Bengaluru North’.</p><p>The proposal was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> atop Nandi Hills.</p><p>Bengaluru Rural currently comprises four taluks—Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, and Nelamangala.</p><p>"We have renamed Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North," Siddaramaiah told reporters after the meeting.</p>.Bengaluru Rural to become Bengaluru North?.<p>In 1986, Bengaluru was bifurcated into Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural. In 2007, Ramanagara district was carved out of Bengaluru Rural.</p><p>In May this year, the cabinet renamed Ramanagara as Bengaluru South district.</p><p>Siddaramaiah added that the cabinet has also approved renaming Bagepalli town in Chikkaballapura district, bordering Andhra Pradesh, as ‘Bhagyanagar’, noting that Bagepalli is a Telugu name.</p>
<p>Karnataka: The Karnataka cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Bengaluru Rural district as ‘Bengaluru North’.</p><p>The proposal was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> atop Nandi Hills.</p><p>Bengaluru Rural currently comprises four taluks—Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, and Nelamangala.</p><p>"We have renamed Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North," Siddaramaiah told reporters after the meeting.</p>.Bengaluru Rural to become Bengaluru North?.<p>In 1986, Bengaluru was bifurcated into Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural. In 2007, Ramanagara district was carved out of Bengaluru Rural.</p><p>In May this year, the cabinet renamed Ramanagara as Bengaluru South district.</p><p>Siddaramaiah added that the cabinet has also approved renaming Bagepalli town in Chikkaballapura district, bordering Andhra Pradesh, as ‘Bhagyanagar’, noting that Bagepalli is a Telugu name.</p>