1. No narco test on Jagan

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    The CBI has been denied permission to perform narco, polygraph and brain mapping tests on Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his financial advisor and accused in the disproportionate assets case, Vijay Sai Reddy. The order was passed since the Supreme Court does not allow such tests without the consent of...
  2. YSRC vs CBI : No winners in this match

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    The developments concerning the CBI Joint Director V V Lakshminarayana and the leakage of his Call Data Records (CDR) are most unfortunate. As an officer, he has immense credibility in neutral circles and is seen as a person who is actively pursuing the case. This episode has cast shadows and...
  3. Jagan’s party targets CBI’s Lakshminarayana

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    The YSR Congress has decided to go for the jugular. And its target is CBI joint director V V Lakshminarayana, who is heading the probe into Jaganmohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets case. Disclosing the call details of mobile phones used by the Lakshminarayana, which showed several phone calls made to crime...
  4. Ex-CBI judge arrested in Gali bribe case

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    Suspended judge of the CBI court in Hyderabad, Pattabhi Rama Rao has been arrested. Rao who was first Additional special judge is accused of accepting a 5-10 crore rupees bribe to pass bail orders in May in favour of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, who is in jail for alleged...
  5. Coalition = Corruption = Compromise

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    I am appalled by reports and analyses lauding Sonia Gandhi’s ability to checkmate Mamata Banerjee on the Presidential election. This is with specific reference to how the Congress president was extremely annoyed by Mamata’s announcement to the media about the two names discussed inside 10 Janpath and then deliver a...
  6. Jagan to stay in prison till June 25

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    Jaganmohan Reddy’s judicial custody has been extended till June 25. Which means, when the byelection results come on June 15, he will be inside Hyderabad’s Chanchalguda Central Prison. The CBI, accusing him of not being cooperative during interrogation and giving evasive replies, has sought the court’s permission for conducting narco...
  7. Money, smile aur dhoka

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    Anyone feeling depressed that the rupee is going down should see the bundles of cash seized by the authorities during the current round of byelections in Andhra Pradesh. A total of 54 crore rupees (in cash and jewellery) – all unaccounted for – has been confiscated. Compare this with 2009...
  8. Will Brand Andhra Pradesh be a casualty?

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    As another minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet, Information Technology minister Ponnala Laxmaiah is interrogated by the CBI, uncomfortable questions are being raised about the impact of this on Brand Andhra Pradesh. After all, so many senior ministers being summoned for interrogation and one of them, Excise minister Mopidevi Venkataramana,...
  9. Jagan wants to `campaign’ from jail

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    Even as he is being interrogated in CBI custody, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has moved a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High court seeking permission to be allowed to use print and electronic media for campaigning. The Director General of Prisons has been made a respondent in the case. This...
  10. How Jagan’s stock nosedived at 10 Janpath

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    The last time I met Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was the day before he was arrested by the CBI. I remember asking him if anyone from the Congress in Delhi was in touch with him. He replied in the negative. My source had however told me some functionaries in the...

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