
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

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

New Delhi: Faced with a tough situation in the Andhra Pradesh by-elections, Congress on Friday made it clear that it does not see the bypolls as a "referendum". "This is no referendum. These are by-elections and not general election.... We give them due importance a by election deserves," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said. She was replying to questions on whether the Congress believes that the results in Andhra Pradesh by-elections...

01:58 AM, Jun 02, 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

New Delhi: A special court in Hyderabad will on Friday decide on the bail plea filed by YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSR Congress Chief has been in prison since May 26 in an alleged disproportionate assets case. The court has on Thursday reserved its orders till Friday on the bail plea. The Court of Principal Special Judge for CBI cases had posted the matter to Friday after...

06:41 AM, Jun 01, 2012

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

Hyderabad: Jailed Member of Parliament YS Jagan Mohan Reddy received a shot in the arm on Thursday with another legislator resigning from the ruling Congress party and two more showing solidarity with him. A day after Krishna Ranga Rao resigned from the Congress party to join YSR Congress, another legislator Alla Nani announced that he too was quitting the ruling party. Nani, who represents Eluru constituency, made the announcement after...

07:42 PM, May 31, 2012

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

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court is expected to hear YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail petition on Thursday in the disproportionate assets case. The Kadapa MP is in judicial custody for 14-days. Jagan says this is a move by the CBI and the Congress to ensure he is not be able to campaign for the crucial bypolls in Andhra Pradesh. Jagan's mother YS Vijaya Lakshmi hit the campaign...

08:09 AM, May 31, 2012

Srikakulam/Hyderabad: Hitting the campaign trail for bypolls in Andhra Pradesh following the arrest of her son YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, Y S Vijaya Lakshmi on Wednesday alleged that there is a conspiracy to defame him and demanded that the Centre and state government clarify "doubts" over the death of her husband Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. With the June 12 bypolls to 18 assembly and one Lok Sabha seat...

06:46 PM, May 30, 2012

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

Hyderabad: Congress MLA Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao Ravu from Bobbili in Vizianagaram district on Wednesday resigned from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly as well as the party. Ranga Rao, who hails from Bobbili royal family, joined YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's camp four days ago and expressed full solidarity with the latter prior to his arrest in the disproportionate assets case. He is the second MLA after Eluru's Alla Krishna Srinivas...

05:43 PM, May 30, 2012

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

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday sent letters rogatory against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's companies to London, Mauritius, Cyprus, Cayman Island, British Virgin Island and Isle of Man to get more information over investments made and received abroad. Meanwhile, Jagan's mother YS Vjayamma began YSR Congress's bypoll campaign from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Vijayamma met Jagan in Chanchalguda jail cell on...

10:35 AM, May 30, 2012

Hyderabad: YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy's mother Vijayamma is set to kick off her party's bypoll campaign in Andhra Pradesh from Wednesday. Vijayamma met Jagan in Chanchalguda jail cell on Tuesday. She and her family have been sitting on dharna accusing the CBI of a witchhunt in order to prevent Jagan from campaigning for the bypolls that will take place on June 12. Vijayamma will begin her campaign from Srikakulam...

07:40 AM, May 30, 2012