Election Commission allots new name to Sharad Pawar’s party

New Delhi: A day after the EC declared that Ajit Pawar’s faction was the “real” NCP, veteran politician Sharad Pawar’s party was given a new name — Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar. TNS

12,483 URLs blocked

New Delhi: The government has informed the Lok Sabha that as part of its effort to ensure safety of social media users, in 2023 it blocked 12,483 uniform resource locators (URLs), known as web addresses. TNS

Won’t return to NDA fold, says AIADMK

New Delhi: AIADMK on Wednesday said it would not return to the BJP-led NDA. The remarks came after 15 former AIADMK MLAs and one former MP joined the BJP, including former Coimbatore MLA Duraisamy and former MLAs, K Vadivel (Karur), PS Kandasamy (Aravakkurichi), MV Rathinam (Pollachi) and R Chinnasamy (Singanallur). TNS

TDP chief Naidu meets Amit Shah

New Delhi: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda amid indications that the two parties may join hands in Andhra Pradesh. Lok Sabha and Assembly polls will held simultaneously in the state. If Naidu returns to the NDA, he will be the second major leader to have done so after Nitish Kumar. TNS