Cash-for-vote Scam

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will appoint a special prosecutor to conduct trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case in which Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is an accused.

Setting aside the bitterness in their relations due to cash-for-vote scam, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu today met his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao to invite him for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new state capital.

A legislator of the Telugu Desam Party, Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, was arrested today in Telangana's cash-for-votes scam after a seven-hour questioning session.

A day after getting bail from Hyderabad High Court, Telangana TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy and two others were today released from Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad, with scores of cheering supporters of Mr Reddy raising slogans and waving Telugu Desam flags.

The Hyderabad High Court today dismissed a petition by Telangana's nominated legislator Elvis Stephenson, which said the judge in the case was "pre-determined" and should recuse himself from hearing a petition filed by J Muthaiah, an accused in the cash-for-vote case.

Forensic reports on the audio-video recordings in the cash-for-vote case are yet to come, but the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have started holding independent meetings to discuss the road ahead.

Amid speculation that Telangana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) may issue notice to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote scam, Andhra government on Tuesday threatened to hit back with counter case against his counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao.

The political slugfest between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over the cash-for-votes scam intensified on Tuesday with Mr Naidu saying it will be end of KCR's regime if he tries to arrest him.

An all-out war is threatening to break out between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his counterpart from Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao after audio recordings were made public on a Telangana news channel that seemed to suggest that the cash-for-votes scam in which a legislator from Mr Naidu's party was arrested last week, was back...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, at a public meeting in Guntur to mark his government's one year in office, today made an emotional appeal to the people of his state after audio recordings were made public on a Telangana news channel that seemed to suggest that the cash-for-votes scam in which a MLA from Mr Naidu's party was arreste...

As he completes one year in office today, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has landed in a major controversy.

The ruling Telangana Rashtriya Samiti or TRS has won five of six legislative council seats for which elections were held today in Telangana. The Congress won one.

Three BJP MPs, who waved wads of currency notes in Parliament in 2008, alleging that they were bribed to save the Manmohan Singh government in a trust vote, were let off by a Delhi court today.

Former Ranchi Mayor Rama Khalkho today surrendered to a special vigilance court in case of alleged cash-for-votes scam a day before the April 8 mayoral elections.

Ranchi Mayor Rama Khalkho has been absconding after a local court issued an arrest warrant against her in connection with the cash-for-vote scandal in mayoral election, held on April 8.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will appoint a special prosecutor to conduct trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case in which Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is an accused.

Setting aside the bitterness in their relations due to cash-for-vote scam, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu today met his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao to invite him for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new state capital.

A legislator of the Telugu Desam Party, Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, was arrested today in Telangana's cash-for-votes scam after a seven-hour questioning session.

A day after getting bail from Hyderabad High Court, Telangana TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy and two others were today released from Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad, with scores of cheering supporters of Mr Reddy raising slogans and waving Telugu Desam flags.

The Hyderabad High Court today dismissed a petition by Telangana's nominated legislator Elvis Stephenson, which said the judge in the case was "pre-determined" and should recuse himself from hearing a petition filed by J Muthaiah, an accused in the cash-for-vote case.

Forensic reports on the audio-video recordings in the cash-for-vote case are yet to come, but the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have started holding independent meetings to discuss the road ahead.

Amid speculation that Telangana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) may issue notice to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote scam, Andhra government on Tuesday threatened to hit back with counter case against his counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao.

The political slugfest between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over the cash-for-votes scam intensified on Tuesday with Mr Naidu saying it will be end of KCR's regime if he tries to arrest him.

An all-out war is threatening to break out between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his counterpart from Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao after audio recordings were made public on a Telangana news channel that seemed to suggest that the cash-for-votes scam in which a legislator from Mr Naidu's party was arrested last week, was back...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, at a public meeting in Guntur to mark his government's one year in office, today made an emotional appeal to the people of his state after audio recordings were made public on a Telangana news channel that seemed to suggest that the cash-for-votes scam in which a MLA from Mr Naidu's party was arreste...

As he completes one year in office today, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has landed in a major controversy.

The ruling Telangana Rashtriya Samiti or TRS has won five of six legislative council seats for which elections were held today in Telangana. The Congress won one.

Three BJP MPs, who waved wads of currency notes in Parliament in 2008, alleging that they were bribed to save the Manmohan Singh government in a trust vote, were let off by a Delhi court today.

Former Ranchi Mayor Rama Khalkho today surrendered to a special vigilance court in case of alleged cash-for-votes scam a day before the April 8 mayoral elections.

Ranchi Mayor Rama Khalkho has been absconding after a local court issued an arrest warrant against her in connection with the cash-for-vote scandal in mayoral election, held on April 8.