Hyderabad: The two Congress Cabinet ministers, accused in Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case, submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday night. Dharmana Prasad Rao and Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy met Kiran Kumar on Sunday night, who briefed them about his meet with Sonia Gandhi and other leaders regarding the opposition's demand for their resignations.
Both the ministers, who had served in the cabinet of Jaganmohan Reddy's father YS Rajasekhara Reddy (2004-09), have been accused of showing undue favours to companies which invested in Jagan Mohan Reddy's business.
The Congress government had been defending the ministers, saying they only implemented the decisions taken by the cabinet and were not the beneficiaries of the controversial orders like allotment of lands, grant of licenses and leases to companies.
The demand for dropping the tainted ministers gathered momentum after two central ministers, Ashwini Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal, resigned recently on the direction of Congress leadership in view of certain allegations against them....
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11:59 PM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: In an embarrassment for the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has chargesheeted the state's Home Minister, Sabitha Reddy, in connection with the Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case. Sabitha has been accused by the FBI of misusing her position. She is the third Cabinet minister accused. The Congress is under fire over the case. Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu said, "The party needs...
07:23 AM, May 16, 2013
Hyderabad: In a further embarrassing twist for the Congress, the CBI has named Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy as the fourth accused in its chargesheet in the Jagan Reddy illegal assets case. Reddy is the third minister to be named by the investigative agency. She has been accused of granting mining licenses to private players under YSR Reddy's regime in return for heavy investments in companies owned by...
02:00 PM, May 15, 2013
It was an extremely sultry afternoon by Bangalore standards. The Congress office on Queens's road, deserted till the second half of the counting day, was ...
06:58 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: YSR Congress President Jagan Reddy's judicial remand will end on Monday in the disproportionate assets case. Jagan will be produced before the CBI court through video conferencing. The Supreme Court had earlier rejected Jagan's bail plea. "Jagan's release will hamper the probe in the case which is of high magnitude," said the court in its ruling. The apex court also said that "likelihood of tampering with evidence and...
09:51 AM, May 13, 2013
YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy suffered another disappointment with the SC denying him bail in an illegal assets case. ...
10:29 AM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: In a disappointing verdict for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been lodged in a Hyderabad prison for a year in connection with a disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his bail plea. "Jagan's release will hamper the probe in the case which is of high magnitude," said the court in its ruling. The apex court also said that "likelihood of tampering with...
11:45 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to give its order on the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday. This is the sixth attempt made by Jagan Mohan in a year to get legal relief. He has been in a Hyderabad jail since May 2012 in connection with a disproportionate assets case. On Monday, the apex court had reserved its order on whether Jagan Mohan...
10:28 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its response on Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea before the Supreme Court on Monday. The YSR Congress chief, who has spent nearly one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case, had moved the SC challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's January 24 order refusing to grant him bail in the case. The SC had on April 29...
08:19 AM, May 06, 2013
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Monday extended till May 13 the judicial remand of YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and others accused in connection with alleged quid-pro-quo deals in the assets case. Jagan and the others accused, including ex-minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasada and senior bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy (all accused in Vanpic aspect of the Jagan assets case), who are currently lodged in...
05:21 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of India (CBI) seeking its response on the bail plea of YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy in a disproportionate assets case. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam asked the agency to file its response and posted the case for hearing on May 6. Jagan Mohan has moved the apex court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High...
02:43 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Hyderabad: An Andhra Pradesh minister's remark calling for hanging of jailed MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy has sparked a furore with the latter's YSR Congress party on Saturday staging protests against him across the state. YSR party leaders staged demonstrations in various parts of the state, burning the effigies of Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, who demanded on Friday that Jaganmohan Reddy be hanged for corruption. Jagan, as the MP from...
07:49 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Dalmia Cements, named as accused in the CBI chargesheet in disproportionate assets case against Jagan Mohan Reddy, has allegedly invested Rs 55 crore through hawala route in the cement companies promoted by the YSR Congress chief. CBI sources claimed they have got money trail of Rs 55 crore which were allegedly invested by Dalmia Cements in Jagan's company through hawala routes in return for favours received from the...
07:22 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy was on Monday named by CBI as one of the accused in its fifth chargesheet in connection with the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy. The agency filed its fifth chargesheet before a Special CBI Court naming Jagan and naming 12 other individuals, and firms. Sabita is the third minister from the state to figure in five chargsheets...
08:38 PM, Apr 08, 2013
A special CBI court on Wednesday extended till April 1 the judicial remand of YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case. Besides Jagan, the court also extended the remand of former minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and senior bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy (all accused in Vanpic aspect of Jagan assets case) after they appeared before the court via video-conferencing from Chanchalguda Central...
10:44 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Manohar on Friday admitted the notices for no-confidence motion given by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party against the Congress-led state government. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 15, 2013
The special CBI court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Kadapa MP and YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy till March 20 in the disproportionate assets case against him. Jagan, former minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, senior bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy (all accused in Vanpic aspect of the Jagan assets case) and other accused, lodged in Chanchalguda Central Prison, were produced before the court through video-conference....
07:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
In major trouble for YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate is slated to take over his property worth Rs 122 crore. The ED has even issued attachment orders for their immediate seizure. ...
06:53 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 4 the hearing on a regular bail plea of jailed YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Justice B Seshasayana Reddy adjourned the hearing on the bail plea moved by the Kadapa MP to January 4 to enable the CBI to file a status report on the progress of investigation into the case. ...
09:54 PM, Dec 26, 2012
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad on Wednesday extended till January 2, 2013 the judicial remand of YSR Congress Party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case involving him. ...
06:21 PM, Dec 19, 2012
