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BJP leader files FIR against NCP's Dhananjay Munde for making obscene comments against estranged cousin, minister Pankaja Munde
•A video purportedly showing the NCP leader making the remarks against the minister went viral on social media, following which a BJP leader from Parli in Beed district filed a police complaint against him on Saturday, he said
EVM hacking charge: CEC Sunil Arora says India 'won't be intimidated, bullied' into going back to ballot papers
Fp Staff •Three days after self proclaimed cyber expert Syed Shuja claimed that EVMs could be hacked, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said there is no way the country will be "intimidated, bullied or coerced" into going back to the ballot paper system.
Kapil Sibal lends London 'hackathon' undeserved gravitas, gives BJP opportunity to corner Congress on EVMs
Sreemoy Talukdar •Kapil Sibal’s presence also raises the question whether the Congress endorses such wild conspiracy theories
'Cyber expert' Syed Shuja says EVMs for 2014 LS polls rigged: Who is he and what can EC do to put claim to rest
Fp Staff •Self-proclaimed cyber expert Syed Shuja asserted that the 2014 general elections had been rigged from the beginning, and that the EVMs used in the polls were found to have been transmitting some kind of disruptive frequency.
Karnataka polls: Low proportion of women candidates across political divide shows they still face disadvantages aplenty
Ayswarya Murthy •Karnataka is a state with one of the worst chances of winning for women candidates.
Ujjwal Nikam's phones stolen while his guards slept: Z-Plus security isn't all it's cracked up to be
Mahesh •When eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who has the highest level of security (Z-Plus), was travelling by train, he awoke from his slumber and put his hand under his pillow — horror of horrors — he found his cellphones that he had placed there for safekeeping were gone.
Maharashtra farmers' strike: Devendra Fadnavis announces 'biggest-ever' farm loan to placate protesters
•Devendra Fadnavis announced "the biggest-ever" farm loan waiver in Maharashtra even as farmers refused to end their agitation over a set of demands including debt write-off
After Chhagan Bhujbal, is it Ajit Pawar's turn? Nephew turned nemesis in Maharashtra politics
Fp Archives •The nephew uncle power game seems to be a curse on the politics of a progressive state like Maharashtra. Ambitious, over-zealous nephews are putting top leaders in a spot, creating legal and political battles and in some cases, even putting them in jail.
It's a scam of words: Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde on charges against her
Fp Archives •Terming the charges against her as a "scam of words" , Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde, under fire for awarding contracts worth Rs 206 crore
Is family feud between Pankaja and Dhananjay Munde behind Maharshtra's chikki scam?
Vishwas Waghmode •While Pankaja said that she is ready for any probe, Fadnavis defended her saying that there was ‘no prima facie evidence’ of any wrongdoing.