The Congress has not found the answers to many niggling questions on Telangana, but the party has already chalked out a political game-plan in the new state, says a correspondent in Delhi
the money involved is more than Rs 2,000 crore across Andhra Pradesh
G V Gupta from Karimangar district climbed the main gate of the high court and tried to douse himself with petrol, but was prevented by other protesting advocates. In the melee, the petrol sprinkled on at least four other advocates.
India's participation in Olympics will be decided only by the general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which in all likelihood won't change its present stance of not taking part as they don't want to follow the Olympic charter.
The five-member Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that there was 'nothing adverse' regarding suitability of Justice Joseph.
There is a two-minute footage about Choksi in the series which allegedly shows him in a bad light and therefore, could affect the various proceedings against him in India.
Experts recommend awaiting the findings of the 2021 Census, which is yet to be conducted, before introducing population control policies.
The Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday got a major relief from the Supreme Court which stayed the verdict of the high court making it mandatory for registration of First Investigation Report against the police officers for the death caused to any person during the discharge of official duties including encounters.
The probe agency has challenged the high court decision contending that Raju, who was the Chairman of the company, may influence the witnesses majority of whom are his former employees.
The government had declined to appoint Justice Joseph's to the top court and asked it to reconsider his name.
Reddy was also asked to surrender his passport and not to leave his assembly constituency.
Vacancies in high courts continue to mount with the collegium which made a comeback three months ago yet to recommend fresh names for the posts, including that of chief justices to eight of them.
The Andhra Pradesh high court will give its verdict on Saturday on the Central Bureau of Investigation's petition seeking the custody of YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy. The court will also pass its judgement on a quash petition challenging Jagan's arrest on charges of corruption and other economic offences.
Realising serious lapses in the process of hearing, a division bench of Andhra Pradesh high court has recalled its order against payment of compensation to Muslim youth of Hyderabad who were illegally detained, tortured and booked by the city police in the aftermath of blast in Mecca Masjid more than six years ago.
'There is no doubt that he commands respect. He's on the ball.'
The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday assured the state high court that it will extend all the necessary cooperation to the Central Bureau of Investigation in conducting the probe in to the massive Satyam fraud.
The Union government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing the 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities within the 27 percent Other Backward Classes quota in central educational institutions such as IITs. The apex court will hear the government plea on Monday.
A shocking revelation threatens to blow a hole into the Andhra Pradesh police version on the Chittoor 'encounter' that claimed 20 lives.
Nearly a fortnight after the Delhi high court asked veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari to give his blood sample for DNA test to decide a paternity suit, his self-proclaimed biological son Rohit Shekhar moved the court for forcibly taking his blood sample for the test.
Questioning the government on giving 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing the decision.
'This was expected. Did you really expect a SIT formed by the Andhra government to find their cops guilty? It was a farce from the beginning.'
The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to rebel Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress MP K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who was arrested in a sedition case lodged by Andhra Pradesh Police against him.
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with the case of alleged disproportionate assets involving him.
The Delhi high court had expressed its inability to act against teenage husbands in runaway marriages
Over the last two days, Dalit organisations and the opposition Telugu Desam Party put in sustained pressure calling for the police to arrest the ruling party legislator.
Last year, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge aming to create a $2.4 billion entity.
Some of our leaders were busybusy over the weekend.
Today, with the Lok Sabha polls only months away, any inter-state dispute over the Cauvery water dispute has the potential to take more political turns than otherwise, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active, says Gopal Krishna.
An Andhra Pradesh court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea filed by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi. He will remain in judicial custody until February 2 unless he manages to get relief from the Andhra Pradesh high court.
In a major blow to YSR Congress president and member of Lok Sabha YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a thorough probe into his assets and the flow of investments to his companies. A division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar issued the orders on public interest litigations alleging illegal amassing of wealth by Jaganmohan Reddy.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets owned by Andhra Pradesh's former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, which posed tough questions to the Andhra Pradesh government on its decision to hold Class 12 board examinations, asked the standing counsel for the state Mahfooz A Nazki to place before the court the "snapshot of the file" giving reasons to hold the test.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a Preliminary Enquiry to probe alleged disproportionate assets amassed by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu and 12 others.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted bail to B Rama Raju, former managing director and brother of B Ramalinga Raju (the disgraced founder of Satyam Computer), and three others accused in the over Rs 7,600-crore (Rs 76 billion) Satyam scam.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Wednesday reserved its order till September 23 on the bail plea of the jailed YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in a case related to alleged quid-pro-quo investments in the companies owned by him.
In a major relief for Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the criminal proceedings against him in his case of allegedly 'denigrating' a Hindu god by posing as Lord Vishnu on the cover page of a magazine. Dhoni has also sought the transfer of the case against him from Anantapur to Bengaluru and the apex court has issued a notice on the same. The interim relief comes after a court in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh had issued a non-bailable warrant against the cricketer. In September last year, the Supreme Court had stayed the criminal proceedings against Dhoni and also issued notice to social activist Jayakumar Hiremath, who had filed the case against the cricketer.
A special CBI judge from Andhra Pradesh, who had a couple of weeks granted bail to mining baron, Gali Janardhan Reddy, has been suspended by the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court following allegations of corruption.
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for Hyderabad Cricket Association president's post after incumbent Arshad Ayub quit office following the Supreme Court verdict on Lodha committee reforms.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday ordered the release of the passport of Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in the wake of the city police seeking closure of a cheating case filed against him by his now divorced wife Ayesha Siddiqui.
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