New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of former Congress leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy against the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order asking the CBI to conduct a probe into his alleged disproportionate assets. "There is no need to interfere with the oder of the high court," a bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari said. Reddy, son of late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, had earlier moved...
04:05 PM, Aug 24, 2011
Hyderabad: Tightening its noose around Jagan Reddy, the CBI, in its FIR, said it suspects that Jagan Reddy conspired with his father, the late chief minister YSR Reddy to influence government decisions favouring his business ventures. In a list of 74 accused, that includes his core business partners, Jagan Reddy has been charged with corruption. A copy the FIR accessed by CNN-IBN, shows that the CBI not only indicts the...
12:14 AM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed the FIR report filed by the CBI against Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy. It alleges that the Kadapa MP conspired with his father the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy and other individuals and companies to "cheat the government of Andhra Pradesh in the matter of granting certain favours". The FIR also alleges that Jagan exercised influence on YSR and other government officials, who issued orders favourable...
09:32 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Hyderabad: In fresh trouble for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, the CBI on Wednesday filed an FIR against him in Andhra Pradesh in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The agency also filed a petition in a special court in Hyderabad seeking its permission to conduct searches at his premises. The search operations are expected soon and special teams have been formed, CBI sources said in Hyderabad. The CBI...
10:27 PM, Aug 17, 2011
YSR's son Jagan Reddy hit out at the Congress on Monday claiming he is being victimised. He alleged that the Congress is attacking him after taking favours from his father. ...
11:15 AM, Aug 15, 2011
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08:11 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: The central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to register an FIR against late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR's son Jagan Mohan Reddy. The Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday directed the CBI to conduct a full fledged investigation of Jagan Reddy's assets. The cases against Jagan will be under different sections of the Indian Penal Code - Prevention of Corruption Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act...
10:17 AM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: A political and constitutional crisis looms large in Andhra Pradesh as 61 MPs from Telangana, including 8 from the ruling Congress have threatened to resign if the government doesn't agree to form a separate Telangana state. Will the Kiran Reddy government give in? Congress MLAs and MPs from the Telangana region displayed their resignation letters to the media. They threaten to submit the letters to the Speaker of...
07:39 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Hyderabad: The YSR Congress Party on Thursday announced its state executive committee with YS Jagan Mohan Reddy who recently won the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat declared as its president. Jagan's mother Vijayalakshmi, who is an MLA, will be the party's honorary president. The party also announced its Central governing council and ad-hoc committees for districts. Party sources, however, said full-fledged committees would be appointed at the party plenary to be...
10:59 PM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress is on slippery ground in the south - first the Tamil Nadu debacle, then criticism over the Karnataka governor's tussle with Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and now in Andhra - the open challenge to go to polls by Congress leader-turned rebel Jagan Mohan Reddy. "I challenge the government, let them resign and fight polls again. Lets see who wins," said Jagan Reddy. The Congress in Andhra...
07:30 AM, May 19, 2011
Kadapa: YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday said he was ready to join hands with BJP if the saffron party supports reservation for Muslims. "So far, I do not have any allegiance with BJP. But if BJP agrees to support reservation for Muslims at the national level, I will join hands with them," he said. Jagan was addressing a gathering of the minority community members at Proddatur...
10:58 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Hyderabad: As former Congress MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy continued his hunger strike for the sixth day on Wednesday, demanding government reimbursement of fees paid by economically weak students, legislators loyal to him walked out from both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature. As many as 21 legislators, a majority of them from the ruling Congress, staged a walkout from the assembly after displaying placards, demanding that the government release funds...
04:31 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chief Chiranjeevi decided to merge with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. He met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the capital and made the announcement on Sunday. Law Minister and Congress leader Veerappa Moily said that the merger will strengthen the Congress party in the state. Chiranjeevi said that the merger is unconditional. "Whatever I do is for the betterment of the people. It is...
05:20 PM, Feb 06, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday left for New Delhi to undertake his one-day fast to highlight the plight of farmers in Andhra Pradesh. Accompanied by a large number of farmers and leaders loyal to him, he left for the national capital by a special train from Secunderabad in Hyderabad this afternoon. Jagan would undertake the fast at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on January 11, sources...
07:09 PM, Jan 09, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will kick start his 'Odarpu Yatra' from Vishakhapatnam on Monday. During the yatra, Jagan will console 18 families whose kin died of shock following the death of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, sources said. But the local police have imposed restrictions on Reddy's yatra following a Maoist threat. Jagan is expected to cover the 15 Assembly constituencies during his eight-day marathon...
08:02 AM, Jan 03, 2011
Delhi: Congress is in damage control mode in Andhra after the party's 22 MLAs joined rebel Jagan Reddy's hunger strike at Vijaywada on Tuesday demanding compensation for farmers. The Congress is worried since the Jagan camp has claimed that the number of MLAs with them could swell. "That is a political fallout. So we are looking at how to tackle it. I am not denying it. We are sorting it...
02:30 PM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Tuesday said former Congress MP Jaganmohan Reddy's decision of floating a new political party will not affect the Congress in the state. "Many people left the Congress in the past. It will not affect the party in the state," he told reporters after Jagan announced that he would float a new political party in the next 45 days. However, Reddy,...
05:04 PM, Dec 07, 2010
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11:47 PM, Nov 29, 2010
Hyderabad: The disciplinary committee of the Congress is likely to meet on Monday to discuss possible action to be taken against party MP Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan has been in the eye of the storm after his channel aired controversial clippings on Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has already lashed out at Jagan for violating party discipline. Jaipal Reddy...
10:49 AM, Nov 29, 2010
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Veerappa Moily on Sunday ahead of the cabinet expansion. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the cabinet list has been finalished and the swearing in ceremony of the Andhra government will take place on Wednesday. The list is expected to include Vivekananda Reddy, brother of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy, as well as...
04:44 PM, Nov 28, 2010
