AP: HC grants 5-day custody of Jagan to CBI

AP: HC grants 5-day custody of Jagan to CBI Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday granted a five day custody of YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Jagan's interim bail plea at the High Court has also been rejected. The CBI had approached the High Court after the CBI court refused to give police custody of Jagan and directed him to judicial custody till June 11. Jagan Mohan Reddy was...
03:58 PM, Jun 02, 2012

‘Jagan in jail for 14 years if charges proved'

‘Jagan in jail for 14 years if charges proved' Payakaraopeta: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would have to face a jail term of 14 years, if the charges levelled against him were proved in the illegal assets case. Kiran Kumar Reddy was campaigning in Payakaraopeta Assembly segment in Visakhapatnam district on Friday. Addressing a gathering at panchayat office centre, the chief minister made it clear that Jagan was behind the bars as...
03:19 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Ruchika Girhotra's family withdraws charges

Ruchika Girhotra's family withdraws charges Chandigarh: The family of Ruchika Girhotra, who committed suicide after being molested by former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, has raised no objection to CBI's closure reports dropping torture charges against the cop. The reports filed by the investigating agency say there's no evidence to prove that Ruchika' brother Ashu Girhotra was tortured while in police custody or that the signatures of her father, S C Girhotra, had been forged on...
02:16 PM, Jun 02, 2012

K'taka: BJP MLA convicted in bribery case

K'taka: BJP MLA convicted in bribery case Bangalore: The Lokayukta Special court on Saturday convicted BJP MLA from Kolar Gold Fields Y Sampangi in a bribery case. Sampangi was sentenced to three and half years in jail and a fine of Rs 40,000 has been imposed on him. Sampangi was reportedly caught by the Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a businessman. This is the first ever conviction of a legislator in...
01:47 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Paternity case: Lab receives ND Tiwari's blood samples

Paternity case: Lab receives ND Tiwari's blood samples Hyderabad: The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics on Friday received the blood samples of ND Tiwari, the youth who claims to be his biological son and also the youth's mother for the DNA test over the paternity suit involving the veteran Congress leader. The blood samples of the youth Rohit Sekhar and his mother Ujjwala Sharma were collected in the Delhi High Court on May 26 while Tiwari gave...
12:53 AM, Jun 02, 2012

CD case: Amar, Mulayam will give voice samples

CD case: Amar, Mulayam will give voice samples New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed the police to take voice samples of senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and politicians Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh for further investigation into the controversial CD case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav accepted the Delhi Police plea for securing their voice samples through CFSL experts to ascertain the motive behind creating the CD with their purported conversation on managing a Supreme Court...
07:42 PM, Jun 01, 2012

UK: Briton pleads guilty of killing Anuj Bidve

UK: Briton pleads guilty of killing Anuj Bidve London: The main accused in the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26, 2011 pleaded guilty on Friday in a Manchester court. Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day. Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student Bidve was walking with friends...
03:57 PM, Jun 01, 2012

DA case: CBI may grill 4 more AP ministers

DA case: CBI may grill 4 more AP ministers Hyderabad: Four Andhra Pradesh ministers may come under the CBI scanner for their alleged role in issuing controversial government orders that have become the basis for filing a case against YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan was arrested in an alleged disproportionate assets case on May 27 after being grilled for three days by the investigating agency. Dharmana Prasada Rao, J Geeth Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaih and Sabitha Reddy...
11:46 PM, May 31, 2012

Court order on Jagan's bail plea on Friday

Court order on Jagan's bail plea on Friday New Delhi: A Special CBI Court in Hyderabad heard YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail petition in the disproportionate assets case on Thursday, but it will pronounce its order on Friday. The Kadapa MP is in judicial custody for 14 days. Jagan said that his custody was a move by the CBI and the Congress to ensure he is not able to campaign for the crucial bypolls in Andhra...
02:28 PM, May 31, 2012
India @ 9 with Veeraraghav, Suhasini Haidar

India @ 9 with Veeraraghav, Suhasini Haidar

Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Veeraraghav and Suhasini Haidar. ...
11:38 PM, May 30, 2012
News 360: Vishy Anand becomes world chess champion for 5th time

News 360: Vishy Anand becomes world chess champion for 5th time

Viswanathan Anand retained his title with a 2.5-1.5 scoreline against Israel's Boris Gelfand in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker at Moscow. ...
10:58 PM, May 30, 2012

DA case: Andhra minister jailed till June 7

DA case: Andhra minister jailed till June 7 Hyderabad: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad on Wednesday sent the Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister to judicial custody till June 7 even as he applied for bail on health grounds. Mopidevi Venkataramana Rao was arrested on May 24 in connection with the disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. After completion of the five-day custody period, the central agency produced Mopidevi in...
06:18 PM, May 30, 2012

Objectionable content: Court dismisses FB's plea

Objectionable content: Court dismisses FB's plea New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by Facebook India to drop its name from a civil suit filed against certain websites for hosting "objectionable content". The internet company argued that its India office merely provided technical support to the parent company, based in US, and did not host any content. The court, however, said that prima facie there was enough evidence to implicate Facebook in the...
05:05 PM, May 30, 2012

DA case: Jagan probe may be shifted to Delhi

DA case: Jagan probe may be shifted to Delhi Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate is all set to step in to probe the money laundering angle in the alleged disproportionate assets case involving arrested Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy after a team from the Delhi unit of ED arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The ED is likely to file a petition in the Special CBI Court seeking custody of Jagan for questioning him in connection with the alleged money...
03:13 PM, May 30, 2012

2G: Loop Telecom moves TDSAT against govt, TRAI

2G: Loop Telecom moves TDSAT against govt, TRAI New Delhi: Loop Telecom on Tuesday took the government and TRAI before the sector's tribunal TDSAT seeking refund of Rs 1,454 crore paid for 2G licence and sought Rs 1,000 crore damages for loss of reputation after its cancellation. In its petition, Loop Telecom has submitted that the Supreme Court has cancelled the UASL license issued to it by the government under its "flip flop' first-come-first-serve policy and it had...
06:09 PM, May 29, 2012
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