In a dramatic development, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabita Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister D Prasada Rao, who were named as accused in disproportionate assets case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, late on Sunday night submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. ...
11:30 PM, May 20, 2013
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
New Delhi: With Jaganmohan Reddy completing a year in jail after his arrest in a disproportionate assets case, his wife Bharathi on Monday attacked CBI, alleging it was controlled by partisan interests and had delayed probe to keep him in prison. Bharathi shot off a letter to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha alleging the investigation is being conducted in a "possibly politically motivated" manner and said that she had reasons to...
01:30 PM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: In a dramatic development, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabita Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister D Prasada Rao, who were named as accused in disproportionate assets case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, late on Sunday night submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. The two Cabinet ministers were summoned by the Chief Minister who met them for over an hour. With both the ministers...
08:22 AM, May 20, 2013
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...
11:59 PM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: The Chief Minister, who returned from New Delhi on Saturday after a four-day visit during which he discussed the issue with the leadership, has summoned Rao to the state capital from his native Srikakulam district. Reddy, who is from neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, is already in Hyderabad, party sources said. The Chief Minister reportedly defended the ministers in his meeting with the Congress leadership. Kiran Reddy, who called on...
01:20 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
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
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
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
VN Sudhakaran, disowned foster son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and co-accused in the multi-crore disproportionate assets case against her, on Wednesday appeared before a special court for recording his statements. ...
02:44 AM, Dec 27, 2012
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
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan on Saturday claimed in a special court here that DMK chief M Karunanidhi had in 1996 offered to exclude her from the wealth case against the AIADMK supremo if she turned against her. ...
06:37 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Bangalore: After a gap of over seven months, the recording of the statement of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan resumed on Wednesday before the special court trying the disproportionate assets case against them. Appearing before Special Judge MS Balakrishna, Sasikala replied to 110 questions framed by the court, taking the total number of questions answered till today to 742 out of the total over a 1,000....
04:06 AM, Dec 20, 2012
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
Supreme Court asked the CBI to probe DA case against Mulayam Singh Yadav. Quota bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha. ...
11:55 PM, Dec 13, 2012
The Supreme Court directed the CBI to go ahead with the probe against Mulayam and Akhilesh in a disproportionate assets case. ...
09:55 PM, Dec 13, 2012
