Rahul Gandhi, YSR pray at Tirupati temple

September 27th, 2009 NAGPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday appreciated Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a bright future in the political arena and emphasized that he will carry forward the powerful Nehru-Gandhi lineage. "Rahul Gandhi is obviously a handsome man and has a good personality and I think the way he is going, one day his hard work would pay off because he is working from the grass root level and has good qualities and I think he is smart and his future is bright," Sinha told media persons in Nagpur.

September 27th, 2009 TIRUPATI - The famed Venkateshwara Temple atop the Tirumala hills in Tirupati city of Andhra Pradesh hail the Dussera festival with a colourful annual "Brahmotsavam" procession of the temple deities in golden chariots. Thousands of devotees converged here on the eighth day of ongoing Dussera festival on Saturday (Sep.26) to attend the religious procession which started from Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple and passed through the city.

September 23rd, 2009 TIRUPATI - Thousands of devotees converged at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati hills on Wednesday to take part in the religious processions during the nine-day Tirumala Brahmotsavam. Tirumala Brahmotsavam, celebrated on the occasion of Dussera festival, commenced today and will culminate on September 27.

August 27th, 2009 MUZAFFARNAGAR - A unique temple in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district is dedicated to cattle. Devotees from far off places come to offer prayers for the well being of their animals.

August 22nd, 2009 TIRUPATI - The Andhra Police has detained a priest of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthaanam (TTD) Board here on Saturday after he allegedly mortgaged temple jewellery of worth Rs nine lakh. The TTD officials as well as the police have questioned the priest.

August 13th, 2009 AMETHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi from August 17. According to party sources, Rahul is expected to pay surprise visits to some villages in the constituency.

July 17th, 2009 AMETHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here today on a three-day visit. According to party sources, Rahul is expected to pay surprise visit to some villages in the constituency.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the buzz about whether he would become a minister intensified Friday, Rahul Gandhi categorically said his first job was to strengthen the Congress party. 'Elections come and go.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the television studios discussed the possibility of Rahul Gandhi's inclusion in the Cabinet, the man at the centre of it all said only time will show whether he would join the Ministry or work for the party. "Only time will show," Gandhi told reporters here.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thanking the people of the country for the Congress led UPA's stupendous performance in the 2009 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that he would try to make party general secretary Rahul Gandhi a part of the new cabinet. Addressing media persons jointly with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath here, Singh thanked the people of the country for the faith they had shown in the Congress party.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing confidence that his party would win the elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 'was finished' and existed 'only in the mind'. 'The NDA is finished and has lost its fight.

April 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that he would refuse the prime minister's post if the offer was made to him now because he was busy revamping the party and lacked the experience to take the top job. 'I would refuse...for two reasons.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday disclosed that he wanted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to be a minister in the cabinet, but Rahul refused. 'I always wanted Rahul Gandhi to be a minister, but he refused,' Manmohan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a defence investiture function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Stating that he doesn't 'carry hate and anger', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was 'surprised' by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches. 'I am surprised by his views.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Friday said that Rahul Gandhi has all the qualities to become the prime minister of India as he represents the aspirations of young India. 'Rahulji possesses all the qualities to become the prime minister of India.