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Voting in Progress Peacefully: Bhanwarlal

Voting in 18 assembly constituencies and 1 lok sabha constituency on Tuesday (12 June 2012) is going on peacefully, announced state election commissioner Mr. Bhanwarlal from the secretariat. By 11 AM, a highest of 33% in Udayagiri and in Parakal constituency a lowest of 11% votes have been polled. The voting percentage at 11 AM is: Parakal: 11, Narasannapeta: 28, Payakaraopeta: 23, Ramachandrapuram: 28, Narasapuram: 29, Polavaram: 28, Prathipadu: 24, Macharla: 22, Ongole: 21, Udayagiri: 33, Rajampeta: 29, Koduru: 21, Rayachoti: 26, Allagadda: 23, Yemmiganur:30, Raidurgam: 27, Ananthapur: 21, Tirupati: 27 and in Nellore Lok Sabha constituency 28% polling has been registered. Barring few technical glitches and incidents of clashes between Congress and YSR Congress activists in Ongole and Rly. Koduru, no ontoward incidents have been reoported so far. Otherwise the polling is going on peacefully.    

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Details of AP Bypolls - 2012

Here are the details of bypolls being held for 18 assembly seats and one lok sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh on 12 June 2012. These byelections have been caused because of the disqualification and resignations of MLAs and 1 MP from these costituencies. The MP and MLAs, who originally belong to Congress party have opted to shift their loyalties to newly found YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party. Some of them, who voted in favour of the no confidence motion against the government moved by Telugu Desam Party were disqualified, while few others resigned and joined Jagan's party. The counting of votes will take place on 15 June and all results are expected to be released by evening on the same day.      

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AP By Polls 2012: Voting Begins For AP By Elections

AP By Polls: Voting has begun for the crucial by-elections to 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh. As many as 46 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise at 5,413 polling stations set up in the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency and 18 assembly segments, spread over 12 districts in the state.   The polling will be held from 8 am to 5 pm. Election authorities say elaborate arrangements have been made for the polling. 50,000 polling personnel including 138 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling, State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bhanwar Lal told reporters on Monday.

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Jagan Judicial Remand Extended Another 14 Days

Kadapa MP and YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's judicial custody has been extended for another 14 days till 25 June. The CBI produced Jagan Mohan Reddy in the special CBI court at Nampally on Monday, as his judicial remand was coming to an end today. The agency today told the court and sought permission that they intend to administer narco tests on the MP to elicit further  information pertaining to the case. Strangely, the CBI today chose to bring Jagan to the court in a van, in which ordinary prisoners are usually brought. On reaching the court, a furious Jagan expressed his anguish to the court and told that though he is a sitting MP and president of a recognised party, the CBI is delibrately trying to demean him by bringing him in the prisoners van. He threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike in jail protesting over the incident. However, the court directed the agency to arrange for a special vehicle to take him back to the jail.      

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Campaigning Ends For Andhra By Polls 2012

Andhra By Polls 2012: A bitter campaign came to an end Sunday in the Nellore Lok Sabha and 18 Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly constituencies for Tuesday's by-poll, which are being seen as a semifinal before the 2014 general elections. At the stroke of 5 p.m., all the political parties and candidates stopped canvassing while the Election Commission ordered all non-locals to leave the constituencies.     State Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal has directed police to search all hotels, lodges, guest houses, function halls and residential schools in the constituencies spread over 12 districts to ensure that no non-local stays there. The election authorities have banned distribution of voter slips by political parties, sending of bulk SMSes, publication or broadcast of opinion or exit polls. The by-elections are witnessing a keen contest among ruling Congress, main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are major contenders in Parkala, the only assembly segment going to polls in Telangana region.  

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Jagan CBI Questioning Completed For The Day

Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's questioning by CBI on the first day of his second term CBI custody has been completed. It is well known that the High Court on Friday has given a 2 day custody of Jagan to CBI for further questioning in the illegeal assets case. As directed by the court, CBI took custody of Jagan from Chanchalguda jail at 10 AM and brought him their head office at Kothi. The interrogation started at 10.30 AM and lasted till 5 PM in presence of two advocates of Jagan. The CBI reportedly grilled Jagan mainly about the investments brought in to Jagati Publications. Laterr he was taken back again to Chanchalguda amidst tight security.  

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AP High Court Extends Jagan CBI Custody by 2 Days

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh on Friday extended CBI custody of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case. The CBI had sought the court for extension of Jagan custody on the plea that he didn't cooperate with the investigation during the five days custody period that ended yesterday. The court took the agency's plea into consideration and granted 2 day custody - on 9, 10 June. The court stipulated that Jagan is to be questioned from 10.30 AM to 5 PM in the presence of two advocates. The court also permitted the CBI to give the three chargesheets filed in the case so far to Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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Jagan to be Quizzed Through Video Conference

Five days CBI custody of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has eneded yesterday and he is to be produced in CBI court today. But owing to security reasons, it has been decided that the CBI will quiz him through video conference. Jagan too has agreed for the video conference, inform the sources. However, police have made elaborate security arrangements at Nampally courts as a precautionary measure in case Jagan changes his mind at the last moment and opts to attend the court. The CBI has also sought the high court yesterday for further three days custody of Jagan. The high court will hear the plea in a short while from now.      

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CBI Summons India Cements MD Srinivasan in Jagan Case

The CBI investigating the Jagan illegal assets case has summoned BCCI chief and India Cements managing director N Srinivasan to appear before it next week. CBI is probing the alleged investments made by Srinivasan's company India Cements in the companies promoted by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy during the tenure of his father YS Rajshekhara Reddy as chief minister. The CBI has also asked officials of some other cement companies to appear for questioning, they said. Sources said the cement companies could be asked about water and limestone allocations made during the tenure of Rajashekhara Reddy as chief minister. The CBI, in its three charge sheets filed against Jagan and others, has alleged that he and his father had hatched a conspiracy to defraud the government with Jagan influencing Rajasekhara Reddy in doling out certain favours to various investors, who made investments in Jagan's businesses. Jagan is currently in judicial custody till June 11 and has been questioned by the CBI.

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Jagan Case: CBI Court Adjourns Hearing ED Plea

The special CBI court at Nampally on Thursday adjourned hearing on a petition of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), seeking permission to question the jailed Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The ED sought permission of the court to examine Jagan, who is accused in three high profile cases including a case relating to amassing of illegal wealth. The special CBI court adjourned the hearing on the ED petition to June 14. The court also adjourned the hearing on the petition of industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, who is also in jail in the same case. The ED sought permission to question the accused in two other cases - illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) and Emaar Properties case. IAS officers B.P. Acharya and Y. Srilakshmi and industrialist Koneru Prasad have also filed objections to the ED's petition. Meanwhile, the court also directed CBI to provide copies of second and third chargesheets of Jagan case to ED. It also agreed to provide a copy of supplementary chargesheet in Emaar case to ED. The orders came after CBI conveyed to the court that it has no objection to the copies being given to ED. It was not clear if the ED would file a separate petition to take custody of Jagan for questioning. The central agency is likely to question Jagan for alleged violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The ED has already taken copies of two chargesheets filed in the OMC case and one each in Emaar and Jagan cases.  

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Jagan Case: CBI Grilling Minister Ponnala

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Thursday appeared before the CBI in connection with a case pertaining to alleged illegal assets involving Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The CBI, which had summoned the minister, is examining him at their Kothi office over Government Orders (GOs), issued during 2004-09 by the Irrigation department, when he was the Major Irrigation minister in the cabinet of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on supply of water from rivers Krishna and Kagina to some cement firms, which in turn allegedly made investments in Jagan-owned businesses. Ponnala is among the six Andhra Pradesh ministers who were issued notices by the Supreme Court in March, seeking their stand on the charge about their alleged role in the case against Jagan. CBI has so far examined three ministers in this regard and now Ponnala is the fourth minister. Earlier, ministers Dharmana Prasada Rao and home minister Sabita Indra Reddy had been questioned by the CBI, while another minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana has been arrested and is in Chanchalguda jail. Meanwhile, the CBI is continuing interrogation of Jagan for the fifth day at their Kothi office after taking his custody from the Chanchalguda Jail where he is under judicial remand till June 11. His five-day CBI custody period will expire today.            

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Jagan's CBI Custody Ends Today

YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy will be produced before Andhra Pradesh High Court as his CBI custody in the disproportionate assets case ends on Thursday. The court is also expected to hear his petition seeking permission to use print and electronic media from jail to campaign for the upcoming bypolls.   Relating to his illegal assets case, the custody extension of state’s Excise Minister M Venkataramana will also come up for hearing, while state IT minister Ponnala Laxmaiah is due to appear before the CBI for questioning today. The Kadapa MP, who was arrested by the agency on May 27 in the disproportionate assets case, is under judicial remand till June 11 and lodged at Chanchalguda jail. The AP High Court had last week given Jagan's custody to CBI for five days till June 7.

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Jagan Illegal assets Case: Day 4 Questioning Starts

Day 4 questioning of arrested Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by the CBI probing his illegal assets case has started on Wednesday. The CBI took Jagan Mohan Reddy into its custody from Chanchalguda jail, where he is currently lodged and brought him to their Kothi office. As part of the 5 day custody of Jagan for questioning, the CBI brought him to their Kothi office today at 10.30 AM. His close aide and vice chairman of Jagati Publications, Vijaya Sai Reddy and another associate Kakinada MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy also attended the CBI questioning for the consecutive second day today. Jagan's five-day CBI custody ends tomorrow and he is expected to be produced in the CBI court day after tomorrow.

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CBI Questions Jagan, Two Others on Third Day

The CBI is grilling the jailed Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday for the third consecutive day in his disproportionate assets case. Two of his aides were also summoned for questioning today. CBI officials took custody of Jagan from the Chanchalguda Central Jail and took him to the agency's office at Koti. Congress legislator from Kakinada D. Chandrasekhar Reddy and Sakshi TV director S. Ramakrishna Reddy also reached the CBI office in response to the notices served by the CBI. Chandrasekhar Reddy has reportedly worked as director in one of the companies owned by Jagan. He had recently called on Jagan's mother Y.S. Vijayamma to express his solidarity. The CBI may question him and Ramakrishna Reddy in the presence of Jagan about the investments received by Janani Infrastructure and Jagati Publications.

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Tara Chowdary Still Haunting Congress MP Rayapati

For the past couple of months not much has been heard about Tara Chowdary, except that she has recently come out on bail from the jail. It is well known that the Telugu starlet, Tara Chowdary, was arrested by the Banjara Hills police on charges of prostitution and blackmail on 31 March. The latest news about Tara is that MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao filed a complaint with Lalapet police in Guntur that he has received two anonymous blackmail SMS. The messages said that the sender has in his possession the audio clip containing conversation between Tara chowdary and the MP. In his complaint, the MP, said that he received these messages from a cellphone No. 7306727667 and asked the police to investigate into the matter. He denied having any links with Tara Chowdary and also said that the voice in the said audio clip was not his. He also said that he is ready to face any sort of enquiry in this regard.  Tara's arrest two months ago had created a lot of sensation as the police seized number of audio and video CDs from her residence during investigation. It was reported that these CDs contained visuals and audio recordings related to the sleaze acts of several politicians, police officers and businessmen. It was also alleged that Tara used to blackmail her clients with the help of these CDs. It was rumoured at that time that Tara Chowdary has close links with Guntur Congress MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao and the later had used her to defame his political opponent, a minister from the same district. It was claimed that an audio clip allegedly containing conversation between Tara and the MP is in possession of the police. However, the MP at that time, had denied that he had any links with Tara nor he ever tried to use her for defaming any fellow politician.      

CBI Begins Questioning Jaganmohan Reddy

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday began questioning jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case. The questioning began at the officer's mess in the office of director general of prisons, adjoining Chanchalguda Central Jail, where Jagan is lodged since May 28.     The Kadapa MP, emerged from the jail gate around 10.30 a.m. With his trademark smile, he greeted mediapersons with folded hands before the CBI officials led him into the waiting vehicle. Clad in white shirt, he was clean shaven and looked fresh. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had Saturday sent Jagan to five-day custody of the CBI from June 3 to June 7. As per the direction of the court, the questioning has to be done between 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the presence of two lawyers. The CBI was also directed not to use third-degree methods during the questioning.

HC Dismisses Jagan Petition: Orders 5 days CBI Custody

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday granted 5 days custody of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to CBI. The court also dismissed Jagan Mohan Reddy's petition contending that his arrest by the CBI was improper. The court ruled that the CBI is empowered to arrest anyone if required in the course of investigation. It felt that CBI needs further custody of Jagan Mohan Reddy in the case and allowed CBI to to take him into custody till 7 June. The court directed the CBI to interrogate Jagan in the presence of two of his counsels. from 10.30 AM to 5 PM. The CBI has not yet confirmed where Jagan would be interrogated, at Dilkusha guesthouse or at their headquarters in Koti.      

CBI Court Dismissed Jagan Bail Plea

The CBI special court on Friday dismissed YS jagan Mohan Reddy's second bail plea. The court had in the day heard arguements of both the parties - CBI and Jagan Mohan Reddy's counsels and delivered its judgement a short while ago. The court considered CBI's objection that Jagan is the key person in the case and has lot of information with him. Hence they require the custody of Jagan so as to elicit crucial information pertaining to the case. Meanwhile in High Court, hearing on Jagan's petition has been completed and the court reserved its judgement. The verdict may be out late tonight or may be deferred to some other date. Jagan had filed a petition in high court that his arrest by the CBI is improper and contended that by arrest he has been deprived from canvassing for his party - a recognised party, of which he is the president.  

YS Jagan Warns Ram Gopal Varma

Lagadapati commented today that Jagan has blackmailed Ram Gopal Varma to trim down his and his father's role from the movie. He confirmed that Ramu himself had told this to him. These comments have made YSR Congress leaders furious in turn. 'We'll know that Lagadapti makes assertions to gain publicity.