YSR Congress party leader P Ravindranath Reddy, brother-in-law of late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was sent to judicial custody till March 11 by a court in Kadapa after he surrendered in a forgery case, on Tuesday. ...
03:06 AM, Feb 27, 2013
A Telugu daily, which is a strong supporter of the Telangana movement has flayed Puri Jagannadh, the director of 'Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu'. In a front-page editorialized piece, it said that Puri, who had earlier said that he had plans to make a film on late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, indirectly and subtly glorified the deceased leader and simultaneously, took pot shots at the Telangana movement. It said that Puri used...
01:52 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Hyderabad: Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's first day of questioning revolved around crores of investments that flowed into his companies allegedly through hawala routes. The CBI also sought to know the alleged pressure exerted by the MP and his late father and chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on the then investments and infrastructure minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao with regard to the Vanpic deal. The CBI, according to sources,...
10:44 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Jagan Mohan Reddy was born on December 21, 1972, in Pulivendula village of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, to former state chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Vijaya Lakshmi. He has a sibling - his sister Sharmila. Like his other family members, Jagan is a Protestant Christian. After having early schooling in the Pulivendula village, Jagan was enrolled in Hyderabad Public School. Jagan's plunge into politics came in 2004 when he...
10:08 AM, May 28, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam Party on Friday petitioned the Andhra Pradesh government demanding that a comprehensive inquiry be ordered into the irregular land allotments made during the tenure of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, in the light of the observations of Comptroller and Auditor General. A delegation of TDP legislators, led by Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao and MP-elect T Devender Goud, met Chief Minister N Kiran...
06:11 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Hyderabad: The "benevolence" of the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh in allocation of land (irregularly) for different purposes has caused enormous monetary loss running into several thousand crores of rupees between 2006 and 2011, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said. Alienation/allotment of land by the AP Government during 2006-11 was characterised by grave irregularities, involving allotment in an ad-hoc, arbitrary and discretionary manner to private persons and entities...
04:02 AM, Mar 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
Guntur: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's son and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged on Tuesday that the Congress and the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) are indulging in dirty politics to target him. "Cruel politics is going on. That is only two parties should exist - TDP and Congress. A third party should not be there and to make it happen (TDP chief) Chandrababu Naidu and...
11:55 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Hyderabad: As many as 21 legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy will vote against the Congress government during the no-confidence motion in the assembly. The legislators including 19 of the ruling Congress party attended a meeting with Jaganmohan Reddy at his residence here to chalk out the party's strategy on the no-confidence motion moved by main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP). After the meeting, legislator P...
08:01 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Hyderabad: Taking the probe into activities of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) a step ahead, the CBI on Sunday arrested VD Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and managing director (in-charge) of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation. Rajagopal was arrested under various sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, said CBI Joint Director (Hyderabad Zone) VV Lakshmi Narayana. Rajagopal is the third person to be arrested in the OMC case, after former...
05:56 PM, Nov 13, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI has called YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, for questioning on November 4 in connection with alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam. The agency is probing alleged nexus between Jagan and Janardhana Reddy whose company Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) has been accused of violating mining norms in the Ananthpuram disctrict of Andhra Pradesh, CBI sources said. The clearance...
03:06 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Telangana issue has once again made headlines. It looks like that the demands of a separate state cannot be ignored anymore.The Centre has made a huge mistake by refusing to take a stand on Telangana. While the renewed movement is not violent yet, Hyderabad and its adjoining areas have seen almost no work for the last few days. There is a general shutdown and rails and roads have been blocked.It's...
06:01 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said Telangana region had developed only during his party's regime in Andhra Pradesh. "It is only the TDP that contributed to the development of Telangana. I am ready for an open debate on this," Naidu, a former chief minister, said after unfurling the national flag at NTR Bhavan on the occasion of Hyderabad Liberation Day. It was TDP founder-president and...
02:22 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Hyderabad: A leaked diplomatic cable dispatched by the US Consul General in Chennai in 2007 had nailed the then Congress government headed by YS Rajasekhara Reddy in Andhra Pradesh for 'widespread corruption that was beyond the pale' even for India. In the name of social programmes targeted at the common man, the YSR government had engaged in corruption beyond the norm for India, Wikileaks said, quoting the cable. The YSR...
12:50 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Hyderabad: The Congress government kept it low key but family and followers turned out in full force on Friday to pay rich tributes to the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on his second death anniversary. His wife Vijayalakshmi, son YS Jaganmohan Reddy, daughter Sharmila and other family members paid tributes at his grave in Idupulapaya in Kadapa district. A large number of followers of YSR Congress party...
12:04 PM, Sep 02, 2011
Hyderabad: The hope in YSR Congress seems to be fading in less than 36 hours as at least seven out of the 26 MLAs who had resigned from the assembly protesting the inclusion of late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's name in the CBI FIR in Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy's illegal assets case seeking to retracing their step. The seven MLAs got in touch with the Speaker's office on...
09:47 PM, Aug 23, 2011
Hyderabad: Denying Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's charge that the Congress was trying to defame him and his late father YS Rajasekhara Reddy through court cases, state party leaders on Tuesday said Jagan should come clean by proving that allegations against him and his father are false. "There is an inquiry (by CBI) going on today. There is an impression, unfortunately, that all these things happened because Rajasekhara Reddy...
07:40 PM, Aug 23, 2011
Hyderabad: As part of its investigation in cases pertaining to YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy and "irregularities" in APIIC-Emaar land deal, the CBI on Sunday issued notices to two firms and was in the process of serving notices to other accused, including the YSR Congress chief. "The examination (of accused) process would begin soon. Notices have been issued to an official of Jagati Publications here and another Bangalore-based firm...
10:46 PM, 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: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case against all the investors who invested in the companies promoted by former Congress leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy to find out whether those investments were made in order to get favours from the state government. Based on a petition filed by P Shankar Rao, state Textile Minister,and Yerram Naidu of Telugu Desam Party,...
05:43 PM, Aug 10, 2011
