Kolkata, Jul 10 (PTI) The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday amended an Act to rename the Greenfield University as Darjeeling Hills University.

The Assembly had passed a bill last year to set up the Greenfield University in the Darjeeling hills.

However, local people said the name of the institute should have a link to Darjeeling.

The Greenfield University (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed by the assembly on Wednesday.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)