MUMBAI, Oct. 10 -- All villages, localities, roads and housing colonies that bear any reference to castes or specific communities must be renamed after "personalities connected with democratic values", according to the state government. Calling Maharashtra a "progressive state", the state rural development department on Thursday issued a government resolution (GR) on renaming places that carry potentially divisive or derisive connotations. The procedure for changing names and assigning new ones will be spelt out by the state urban development department for urban areas, and municipal corporations and municipal councils by the state rural development department for rural areas. A final decision on the matter will be taken by the district collectors. Yogesh naik...