Erode (Tamil Nadu), Sept 4 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi will today address a rally at Tamil Nadu’s Erode District today.

The rally is being held as a part of series of rallies planned by the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) in the run-up to next year''s Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress has planned to hold rallies at Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and Tiruneveli in the next three months, to be addressed by Sonia.

New York, Aug. 28 (ANI): Indian American Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of Pepsico U. S., has been ranked as the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.

According to the magazine, Nooyi is the highest-ranked woman in business as she successfully expands the food and beverage giant internationally to counter a decline in Americans'' preference for soda and chips.

New Delhi, Aug. 15 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday indirectly hinted that Manmohan Singh could be the UPA''s Prime Ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.

"Why not, certainly", she said when asked by reporters at the AICC headquarters whether Singh would unfurl the national flag next year from Red Fort.

Lok Sabha elections are scheduled early next year.

"Hopefully," was Manmohan Singh''s reply.

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi along with her son and the party’s General Secretary Rahul Gandhi left for Beijing early this morning to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Olympics 2008 on Friday.

The Congress and the Communist Party of China (CPC) are set to institutionalise their relationship during her three-day visit to Beijing from today. Priyanka Gandhi, her husband Robert Vadra and Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma have also accompanied the Congress chief to Beijing.