Bangalore, Sept 13 : Appealing to all Indians to set the country free from th e”curse of the misrule of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday warned that the nation is in the midst of a crisis on nearly all fronts.

In passing a hard hitting political resolution on the second day of three-day Nationla Executive held here, BJP primarily targeted the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation deal.

Bangalore, Sept 13 : Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of being soft on terror and of following “minority friendly” policies in dealing with the menace, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that his government is determined to carry on the battle “both against terrorists and against those who prevent us from fighting terror.”

Washington, Sept. 13 : Should she be asked to take on presidential responsibilities in the event of something happening to John McCain, vice-president Palin, if elected, may just find the White House too hot to handle, most experts believe.

According to them, the hyperbole being generated by Sarah Palin''s perfectly competent and largely uneventful first television interview with ABC is all very well, but a problem could arise if it comes to actually knuckling down and dealing with issues of national importance firmly.

Tokyo - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is aiming for a parliamentary lower house election on October 26, the country's biggest newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday.

Quoting sources within the LDP, it said the lower house of parliament would probably we dissolved on October 3, by which time the party would have a new president who would have been made prime minister by the lower house, where the LDP has a majority.

Washington, Sep 13 : Former US House speaker Newt Gingrich has said that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin represents a “threat” to modern feminism and to Barack Obama’s quest for the presidency, and that is why the “elite media” is trying to tear her down.

Wasila (Alaska), Sept. 13: Republican vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin believes Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is probably regretting not picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

Praising Clinton for her dynamism, Palin told ABC News: "I think he's regretting not picking her now, I do. What, what determination and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way -- she handled those well."