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Two Andhra ministers, charged with corruption, finally quit

Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from IANS) | Monday May 20, 2013

Two senior ministers in the Andhra Pradesh government, charged with corruption, have quit the cabinet. Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao had been named in chargesheets issued by the CBI in the Ja...

Jagan Mohan Reddy's wife attacks CBI, accuses it of working at Congress behest

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

With Jagan Mohan Reddy completing a year in jail after his arrest in a disproportionate assets case, his wife Bharathi today attacked the CBI, alleging it was controlled by partisan interests and had delayed probe to keep him in prison.

TDP to protest against 'tainted ministers' in Andhra Pradesh, demand their removal

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Stepping up its campaign for removal of Andhra Pradesh ministers facing allegations of corruption and impropriety, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today announced that it would stage protests over the issue.

Jagan Mohan Reddy assets case: Congress continues to back tainted ministers

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday May 14, 2013

A special CBI court in Hyderabad has summoned Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy and 12 others accused in the Jagan Mohan Reddy disproportionate assets case and has asked them to appear before it on June 7. But Ms Reddy's party, the Cong...

TDP demands sacking of 'tainted' Andhra Pradesh ministers

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 12, 2013

The opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh are mounting pressure on the government for resignations of "tainted" ministers following the removal of two central ministers who faced corruption charges.

Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea rejected by Supreme Court

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday May 9, 2013

Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea rejected: Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The YSR Congress chief has spent almost a year in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail after he was arrested by the CBI in connection with a dispro...

Jagan Mohan Reddy to stay in jail for now, Supreme Court reserves verdict on bail

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday May 6, 2013

The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on whether Jagan Mohan Reddy should be granted bail. Mr Reddy was arrested in Hyderabad for alleged corruption and has been in jail for nearly a year.

Will Jagan Mohan Reddy get bail? Supreme Court to decide today

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday May 6, 2013

The Supreme Court will today decide whether politician Jagan Mohan Reddy should be granted bail. Mr Reddy was arrested in Hyderabad for alleged corruption and has been in jail for nearly a year.

Andhra Pradesh High Court dismisses plea to supervise case against Jagan Mohan Reddy

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 30, 2013

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed a petition urging it to supervise YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case.

CBI asked to explain why Jagan Mohan Reddy should not get bail

Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 29, 2013

The Supreme Court has asked the CBI to explain why politician Jagan Mohan Reddy, in jail for nearly a year, should not be granted bail.

Rahul Gandhi meets Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

Press Trust of India | Friday April 19, 2013

In order to set the house in order in the south Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held meetings with party leaders from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday in Delhi.

Jagan Mohan Reddy seeks combined trial on all chargesheets

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 15, 2013

YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy, jailed in a corruption case, filed a petition today in the CBI court in Hyderabad urging it to take up trial only after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) files a final chargesheet.

Andhra minister's remark on Jagan Mohan Reddy sparks furore

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 13, 2013

An Andhra Pradesh minister's remark calling for hanging of jailed MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has sparked a furore with the latter's YSR Congress party Saturday staging protests against him across the state.

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, accused of graft, stays for now

Uma Sudhir | Wednesday April 10, 2013

She may have been charged with corruption by the CBI, but Andhra Pradesh's Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy isn't been asked to resign by her party, the Congress.

In Andhra Pradesh, parties face-off over NT Rama Rao's photos

Written by Uma Sudhir | Thursday April 11, 2013

Election mood is catching up in Andhra Pradesh and once again the NTR legacy is being claimed by multiple political actors, ironically across party lines.