New Delhi/IBNS, May 14 -- India has called China's renaming of various places of Arunachal Pradesh "vain and preposterous attempts", reminding the hostile neighbour of an "undeniable reality" that the northeastern state will continue to remain as an "integral and inalienable part" of the country.

China, which claims Arunachal Pradesh as a part of its territory, has released new Chinese names for some places of the northeastern state.

China has been renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh as part of its ongoing territorial claims over the region, which it refers to as 'Zangnan' or 'South Tibet'.

This action is widely seen as a political move aimed at asserting sovereignty over the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh is lo...