
Hyderabad: A special court on Monday issued summons to Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy in a disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Taking cognizance of the fifth charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the special court dealing with CBI cases issued summons to Sabitha and 12 others, directing them to appear before the court on June 7.
The court issued prisoner transit warrant against Jaganmohan Reddy directing Chanchalguda Jail authorities to produce him before the court. The MP from Kadapa, popularly known as Jagan, is in jail for nearly a year.
The charge sheet filed on April 8 related to Dalmia Cement aspect of Jagan case. The CBI has named Sabitha as fourth accused in the charge sheet. She has been charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and misuse of office....
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04:30 AM, May 14, 2013

Hyderabad: Jailed Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday moved a special CBI court here, seeking directions to the central agency to act as per the Supreme Court order with regard to filing of charge sheets in connection with the case against him for his alleged quid-pro-quo deals. The YSR Congress chief, who filed a memo through his counsel submitted that in view of the specific undertaking given by the...

10:45 AM, Apr 11, 2013

A special CBI court on January 31 extended the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and other accused in connection with the case of alleged disproportionate assets involving him till February 14. ...

02:20 PM, Jan 31, 2013

Hyderabad: A CBI court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of YSR Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case. The special CBI judge here dismissed one of his bail petition while adjourned hearing on another bail petition to November 30. The Kadapa MP, currently under judicial remand and lodged in the Chanchalguda Central Prison here since his arrest on May 27 by the CBI on corruption...

04:46 PM, Nov 28, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of YSR Congress leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy challenging his arrest in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai, however, sought response of CBI on a separate petition by Reddy, who is an MP, seeking bail in the matter. The apex court issued notice to the investigating agency after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani,...

11:33 AM, Aug 09, 2012

Hyderabad: Alleging witch-hunting of YSR Congress Party president and MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy by the CBI at the behest of the Congress high command, his mother and party honorary president YS Vijayalaskhmi knocked on the doors of Union agricultural minister and National Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed in New Delhi on Thursday. She also met Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep...

09:09 AM, Jul 06, 2012

Hyderabad: Indian cricket board chief N Srinivasan, who is also the India Cements managing director, on Monday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Hyderabad in YSR Congress Party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy's illegal wealth case. The CBI officials were questioning Srinivasan, who is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, at Dilkusha Guest House, the camp office of the central investigating agency, the agency...

05:50 PM, Jun 18, 2012

Hyderabad: The CBI, which is probing the corruption charges against YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Sunday continued to question him as part of his two-day custodial interrogation, that will end on Sunday evening. CBI officials, who took custody of the Kadapa MP from Chanchalguda Central prison, where he is under judicial custody till June 11, are said to have been grilling him over the "conspiracy that had been...

01:59 PM, Jun 10, 2012

Hyderabad: Another high-flying businessman-politician YS Jaganmohan Reddy, said to be the richest MP, has landed in Chanchalguda Central Jail. The son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan, as he is popularly known, was allotted prisoner number 6,093 after he was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the disproportionate assets case. Jagan, who declared assets of Rs...

11:11 AM, May 29, 2012

Hyderabad: A bandh call given by the YSR Congress party in protest against the arrest of their leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh even as police clamped prohibitory orders in the city to prevent any untoward incident. In another development, Jagan's mother and MLA YS Vijaya along with other members of her family, launched a fast outside their Lotus Pond residence here even...

12:10 PM, May 28, 2012

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party called for a shutdown in Andhra Pradesh on Monday to protest the arrest of its leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case. YSR Congress party leaders appealed to people to observe the "bandh" in a peaceful manner. The CBI Sunday evening arrested Jagan, as Jaganmohan Reddy is popularly known, after three days of questioning. Police have already sounded an alert across the state to...

11:48 PM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday reacted cautiously to the arrest of YS Jaganmohan Reddy in a disproportionate assets case saying the party does not comment on matters under investigation. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari was also dismissive about the charge levelled by YSR Congress that Reddy's arrest was the result of a Congress-TDP conspiracy. "If anybody has to make any averment, the approporiate place to do that is the court...

09:44 PM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy said that the central government was trying to malign his image in the disproportionate assets case. He also blamed the CBI for delaying his interrogation in the case. "The arrests of YSR Congress workers are fake. The government is trying to malign me. CBI is trying to delay my questioning to keep me out from campaigning. They are asking repeatedly irrelevant questions...

10:50 AM, May 27, 2012

Hyderabad: Despite ominous signs that there could be further exodus of its MLAs to YSR Congress of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is not ready to accept that its government faced a possible threat in the near future. "There is no threat to the Congress government and it will last its full term, no matter who stays in the party or leaves it and...

09:46 PM, May 26, 2012

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is witnessing a bizarre political show as it heads for by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats on June 12. Corruption is the centre-stage on which the by-elections are being fought and every player is engaged in a game of one-upmanship. Everyone is slinging mud at the other and all are washing their dirty linen in the public. But one man common to everyone's attack...

02:51 PM, May 23, 2012

Macherla (AP): Kadapa MP and YSR Congress President YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched a frontal attack on ruling Congress and main opposition Telugu Desam Party accusing them of hatching a conspiracy, in concert with CBI, to get him arrested in next 3 to 4 days in disproportionate assets case. "It is being talked about that I will be arrested by CBI in 3-4 days. It's all part of a large conspiracy...

07:12 PM, May 22, 2012

Hyderabad: A local court in Hyderabad on Sunday rejected on technical grounds CBIs petition seeking attachment of certain properties of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate asset case and Sunil Reddy and Koneru Prasad in connection with Emaar-APIIC land deal. Deputy Legal Advisor to CBI, B Ravindranath said the court rejected the petition on the ground that the investigating agency did not furnish necessary documents related to properties sought...

07:50 PM, May 21, 2012

A particular news item went almost unnoticed this week. It was the appearance of YS Jaganmohan Reddy at Mohan Babu's residence in Hyderabad. In fact, after Jagan called on Mohan Babu, whose son married the daughter of Jagan's father's uncle, it triggered a speculation that the veteran actor might join the YSR Congress Party sooner or later. Though none can establish that Babu intends to join the Party and it...

01:18 PM, May 04, 2012

Hyderabad: A CBI court on Monday granted bail to Jagati Publications Pvt Ltd vice-chairman V Vijay Sai Reddy in the corruption case involving Kadapa MP, YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Vijay Sai surrendered before the court on April 23 after the Andhra Pradesh High Court cancelled his earlier bail on April 20. The HC had said his bail plea can be considered by the trial court afresh. After hearing arguments, the lower...

07:56 PM, Apr 30, 2012

Hyderabad: Ending the long suspense, the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker on Friday disqualified 16 rebel lawmakers belonging to the ruling Congress party who were loyal to YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The speaker has also accepted the resignation of another Jagan loyalist Shoba Nagi Reddy of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). A statement about the disqualification was released from the office of speaker Nandendla Manohar on Friday night. Congress had sought the disqualification...

10:50 PM, Mar 02, 2012