Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation to appear before it in Hyderabad in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, on June 7.
YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy's hopes of an early release from jail on bail were dashed with the Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Hyderabad rejecting his bail plea on Friday.
The company on Wednesday said P V Ramprasad Reddy would resign as executive chairman, while Nithyananda would also step down from his post.
A Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad sent Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao to judicial custody till June 7 even as he applied for bail on health grounds.
A local court on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation to register First Information Reports against six Andhra Pradesh ministers and eight Indian Administrative Service officers for their alleged "role" into the case pertaining to illegal assets of Kadapa member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
After its national leaders' statements on Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's arrest apparently sent wrong signals, Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said his party did not oppose the arrest.
Congress rebel Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday after days of questioning in a DA case, is likely to be quizzed this week by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the probe against him and others in an alleged money laundering and foreign exchange violations case.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday criticised the YSR Congress party chief and Kadapa Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy by calling him an "opportunist". Speaking at a function in Guntur, the chief minister, who was joined by state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana in the attack against Jagan, alleged that the Kadapa MP had amassed wealth by misusing the powers of his late father and former AP chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
YSR Congress leader and member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will have to be in jail for some more time with the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing his bail plea in the alleged multi-crore disproportionate assets case against him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation court, which is hearing a plea challenging the freezing of accounts owned by YSR Congress President Jaganmohan Reddy, will deliver its verdict on May 14.
Speaking for the first time in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly after she was elected six months ago, YS Vijayalakshmi, widow of former Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy, defended her son and member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
The Income Tax department on Monday approached a Hyderabad court seeking copies of the documents seized by the Central Bureau of Intelligence during the probe of corruption allegations against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and the alleged irregularities in the Emaar Properties land deal.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is in New Delhi to seek Congress High Command's advice on the fate of ministers who are under CBI scanner in connection with disproportionate assets case against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Road and Buildings Dharmana Prasad Rao has made up his mind to submit his resignation after the Central Bureau of Investigation named him as an accused in YS Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case.
Former Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad in connection with a case relating to alleged quid-pro-quo investments in Kadapa Member of Parliament Jagan's companies.
In an unprecedented action in state legislature history, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Friday night disqualified 16 MLAs of ruling Congress who had voted against the party government during a no-trust motion in December last year sailing with expelled Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is ready to break its alliance with the Telugu Desam Party if it means getting more numbers from a tie-up with YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The Income Tax department is still in the process of assessing assets and income of Kadapa Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and the group of companies owned by him as well as that of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, a senior official said in Hyderabad on Friday.
Many in the rallies Y S Sharmila Reddy has been addressing feel that she would be a better chief ministerial candidate than her mother in case Jaganmohan Reddy is not out of jail, reports Vicky Nanjappa
The Central Bureau of Investigation, investigating into the cases relating to YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Emaar Properties land deal, on Wednesday issued 30 more notices to various firms and individuals.
The Central Vigilance Commission has sought a report from the Central Bureau of Investigation on alleged "leakage" of information related to the ongoing investigations in the disproportionate assets case against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the cases related to YSR Congress Chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Emaar Properties land deal on Tuesday sought certain files from the Andhra Pradesh government.
There seems to be no respite for YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy as the Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday rejected his bail plea in the disproportionate assets case.
YSR Congress party honorary president and member of Legislative Assembly Y S Vijayamma on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Central Bureau of Investigation to act "impartially" unyielding to any pressure from its political bosses as far as investigations against her son and Kadapa member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy are concerned.
In a follow up to the orders of the Andhra Pradesh high court, the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a First Investigation Report for criminal investigations into the wealth of YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh may go for a brief spell of President's rule with the Kiran Kumar Reddy government facing internal crisis with 25 to 30 MLAs planning to join YSR Congress headed by Jaganmohan Reddy.
A local court in Hyderabad on Friday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation a further three-day custody of V Vijay Sai Reddy, vice chairman of Jagati Publications and an accused in the disproportionate assets case against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Arrest is nothing but a witch-hunt to counter the YSR Congress chief's popularity, said his close aide and party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu in an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
Polling began in the crucial by-elections to the 18 assembly segments and one Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh, results of which are expected to give a new direction to the state politics.
Chandrababu Naidu tells T S Sudhir that Jagan should have been sent to jail a long time ago.
Alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation is harassing her son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijaya Lakshmi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct the investigating agency to "follow the rule book".
A day after the Andhra Pradesh high court granted the Central Bureau of Investigation two-day custody of YSR Congress Party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets case, the probe agency on Saturday grilled the Kadapa Member of Parliament for nearly six hours.
A day after the Andhra Pradesh high court granted the Central Bureau of Investigation two-day custody of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the agency on Saturday questioned him again in connection with the disproportionate assets case.
As the Central Bureau of Investigation continued it preliminary investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets of YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, representatives of 28 companies that invested in entities owned by Jaganmohan, have so far appeared before CBI in response to the notices, a senior official said on Friday.
The Congress in Andhra Pradesh has chalked out a new strategy to fight the force of Jaganmohan Reddy. Sources say the party has decided to take a backseat while the Telugu Desam Party ups ante against the YSR Congress president.
With YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy in jail for alleged acts of financial frauds, it was his mother Vijayamma who took on the mantle of running the party in his absence.
Representatives of some more companies, believed to have invested in the businesses firms of YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, on Wednesday appeared before Central Bureau of Investigation in Hyderabad, sources said.
A day after being sent to judicial remand, YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday moved a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad, seeking bail. The court posted the matter to May 31 after asking the central agency to file its counter.
A team of Enforcement Directorate officials from Delhi has arrived in Hyderabad and will approach a local court for questioning YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a disproportionate assets case.
YSR Congress president and Lok Sabha member Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, now famous as Qaidi No 6093, spent his first night in the Chanchalguda central jail restlessly.