The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh is under pressure after two ministers named in the Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case stepped down on Sunday night. Voices of dissent from within gained ground even as Jagan's wife Bharathi Reddy wrote to the Prime Minister, alleging the CBI probe is unfair and that her husband is being victimised. ...
08:44 PM, May 20, 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
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
The CBI, probing the alleged disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, on Monday said it could file a supplementary chargesheet in the case on Tuesday. The central agency made this submission before a special CBI court here while seeking extension of judicial remand of Jagan and other accused. ...
10:45 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Rajya Sabha and Congress MP KVP Ramachandra Rao will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday in connection with the Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case. Ramachandra Rao was the chief adviser to Jagan's father, the late CM of AP YSR Reddy. ...
09:20 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. Reddy had earlier asked the CBI about the details of the progress in the investigation as CBI had filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court claiming that a comprehensive chargesheet would be filed after completing the probe expeditiously. ...
11:23 AM, Jan 24, 2013
A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Wednesday extended till January 17 the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Hyderabad: 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. Jagan, along with some other accused in the case, was produced before the court through video-conferencing after which the court extended their judicial custody by another 14 days....
06:21 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi/Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday issued attachment orders on properties worth Rs 51 crore in its money laundering probe against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy and his associates. The agency, which has questioned Jagan extensively in the past few months, has attached more than 13 acres of land of Ms Janani Infrastructure Private Limited and fixed deposits worth Rs 14.50 crore of Ms Jagati Publication Limited as...
09:26 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Hyderabad: The YSR Congress Party on Wednesday decided to support United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential elections. The party also decided to back UPA's M Hamid Ansari for the post of vice president. YSR Congress Party MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy announced the party's decision after a meeting chaired by party's honorary president Y S Vijayalakshmi. "Our decision is above politics. We hope that Mr Pranab Mukherjee...
05:17 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Tuesday allowed YSR Congress Party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy to cast his vote in Presidential elections to be held on July 19. The court also allowed Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, former Excise Minister, who was also arrested by the CBI in Jagan's alleged disproportionate assets case, to exercise his franchise. Jagan, in his petition, urged the court to direct the CBI and the prison authorities...
08:06 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday recorded the statement of jailed YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in Chanchalguda prison, where he is lodged currently. A joint team of ED investigators from Delhi and Hyderabad recorded Jagan's statement in connection with the case registered against him under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said. A CBI special court had recently granted permission to the agency to question...
10:48 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Guntur (AP): Congress MP from Guntur Rayapati Sambasiva Rao has attributed party's debacle and YSR Congress's landslide victory in the state by-elections to the "tears" of Vijaya Lakshmi, the wife of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister late YS Rajasekhara Reddy. In a letter to AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Rao, said that Vijayamma had shed "copious tears" at the election meetings blaming the Congress Party for her husband's death in September...
01:11 PM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's CBI custody in the ended on Thursday in the disproportionate assets case. He is expected to be produced before the Andhra Pradesh High court on Thursday morning. The court is also to hear his petition seeking permission to use print and electronic media from jail to campaign for the upcoming bypolls. Relating to his illegal assets case, the custody extension of Andhra...
08:08 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Hyderabad: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday dismissed the bail petition of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets case. The YSR Congress Chief has been in prison since May 26 in the alleged disproportionate assets case. The court had on Thursday reserved its orders till Friday on the bail plea. The Court of Principal Special Judge for CBI cases had...
07:53 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Hyderabad: A team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials from Delhi on Tuesday arrived in Hyderabad to approach a local court for questioning YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a disproportionate assets case. The team would get in touch with CBI officials probing the case to present its plea in court in Hyderabad for questioning Reddy, ED sources...
04:45 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: After spending the night at Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail, YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy moved the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court for bail on Tuesday in the disproportionate assets case. The bail has been posted for May 31 for hearing. Jagan met his family members including his wife Bharathi and mother YS Vijaya inside the jail on Tuesday morning before applying for bail. Jagan was...
12:29 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy is in more trouble in the alleged disproportionate assets case with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was denied his custody, likely to move a higher court while the Enforcement Directorate, too, may question him. Jagan spent his first night in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail on Monday after a court sent him to 14-day judicial custody, which means he won't...
07:36 AM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, arrested in a disproportionate assets case, will stay in jail till the eve of the crucial bypoll in the state. He has been remanded to judicial custody for two weeks by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court. As the YSR Congress launched a high-pitched attack, the state Congress government rejected the charges saying his arrest was part of the legal process. The...
08:30 PM, May 28, 2012
