Godavarikhani (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 11 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vowed to help the poor, despite opposition parties calling his initiatives political drama.

Maylavaram (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 10 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of practicing favouritism, saying the saffron party did not believe in taking everybody with it.

Hyderabad, Apr. 10 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address various rallies across the Andhra Pradesh on Friday and Saturday.

Andhra Pradesh is getting ready for the first phase of polling on April 16.

Rahul Gandhi will address public at Maylavaram in Krishna District and Wyra in Khammam District on Friday afternoon.

He will also try to generate public support by interacting with the masses at Devarakonda in Mahabubnagar District and Qutbullapur in Ranga Reddy District in the evening.

Hyderabad, Apr 9 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday collected the specimen signatures of Satyam Computers Chairman B Ramalinga Raju and four other accused in connection with the 7,800 crore fraud at the IT major.

The CBI obtained 60 signatures each of B Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju, ex-Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas and the two sacked auditors of PriceWaterhouse, S Gopalkrishnan and Talluri Srinivas, in the presence of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.

Engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro has informed that it has bagged various orders worth Rs 605 crore in the last quarter of financial year 2009.

Providing details regarding the latest orders bagged, the company said, that it has received Rs 165 crore order from the Andhra Pradesh Government for supplying potable water, which has to be completed in 15 months.

Further, the company has received Rs 133 crore order from the Delhi Jal Board for designing and laying pipelines. The project is scheduled to be completed in 21 months.

Recent case of vulgar ragging at Osmania Medical College (OMC) once again highlights the issue of raging in campus. Despite the various constitutional laws and efforts of educational intuitions new college students are still harassed by seniors.

On April 2, around 10 pm, 26 first year students were called by their seniors on their mess terrace. The students were asked to "strip and perform obscene acts" by their seniors.