Amritsar, Sept 22: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi began his three-day Punjab visit from here today.

The Amethi MP started his visit by paying obeisance at Golden Temple. He listened to the recital of Gurbani kirtan for few minutes in the morning. Amidst tight security, he also visited the community kitchen and had langer (meals) there.

He said that he is starting his Punjab visit with the blessings of Vahe Guru. He also paid tributes to the martyrs in the Jallianwala Bagh and visited Durgiana Mandir.

London, Sep 22: Republican presidential candidate John McCain picked the wrong Palin as his running mate, according to a YouTube video that is attracting hits on the Internet.

The presidential candidate should not have chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but Michael Palin, the former Monty Python star turned travel documentary maker, The Times reported.

London - A group of British business leaders Monday criticized the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown for failing to respond effectively to the current global economic crisis and called for a "new direction."

The call in a letter published in the Financial Times Monday came as the Labour Party conference in Manchester was to be dominated by the themes of how best to respond to the challenges of a globalized economy after the turmoil of recent months.

The letter, said to represent the business figures' "private view," called for competitive taxation, less regulation and better control of public spending.

New York, Sept. 22: The only way that the crisis on Wall Street can end is through trust and confidence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said.

In an interview with CBs’s Scott Pelley, McCain admitted that the American people were facing tough times, but ruled out a repeat of the Great Depression of 1929.

Washington, Sept. 21: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has probably seen it all politically in the three weeks since she accepted the Republican party’s vice-presidential nomination.

Her public as well as her personal space has been invaded with out a by or leave, and she is turning out to be the most polarizing figure in American politics.

She may have won quite a few brownie points from the Conservatives, but the Democrats and the Liberals are leaving no stone unturned to expose her as a negative choice.

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