India, March 10 -- A new identification board installed at the entrance of Ghaziabad's popular Turab Nagar market now reads "Sita Ram Bazaar me aapka hardik swagat hai" (Welcome to Sita Ram Bazaar), even as officials maintain that the formal renaming process is yet to be completed.

The signage, which includes the municipal corporation's logo and names of local office bearers, traders' association leaders, the city mayor, and local councillor Neeraj Goyal, was changed on Saturday following the corporation board's approval of a renaming proposal in a Friday late-night meeting. However, Arun Kumar Yadav, additional municipal commissioner, clarified that the official process is incomplete, as the Namkaran Samiti (naming committee) must verif...