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India will play integral role in keeping US economy competitive, say Indian Americans

India will play integral role in keeping US economy competitive, say Indian AmericansVirginia (USA), Nov. 4: Indian Americans residing here are of the view that India can and will play an integral role in keeping the American economy competitive, despite the ongoing meltdown on Wall Street and its impact on global economies.

Indian Americans pitch for Obama’s fresh energy, potential to lead

Barack ObamaVirginia (USA), Nov. 3: With less than 48 hours to go before American voters decide on who their 44th President will be, the Indian American community appears to have already decided that the United States is ready to have its first Afro-American head of state.

In their view, Illinois Senator Barack Obama is on all counts, a transformational candidate, a man who has the potential to lead the country, a candidate who will bring fresh energy to the White House and to the administration in Washington.

Obama calls ‘great state of Virginia’ crucial for election

Obama calls ‘great state of Virginia’ crucial for electionSpeaking at James Madison University in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told the people who packed into an overflow room that the 2008 election represents “a clear choice between the past and the future.” There were about 8,000 people at the soccer field at James Madison, but there wasn’t room for them at the indoor venue where there were 12,000 more people, mainly students too excited to sit.

Joseph R. Biden wants end to Bush-McCain 'cowboy mentality'

Joseph R. Biden Jr. wants end to Bush-McCain 'cowboy mentality'Sterling (Virginia, US), Sept. 20: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Friday that he wanted to end the cowboy mentality of the Bush-McCain era”.

"These guys have worshipped at the shrine of deregulation,” Bidentold about 1,000 supporters at a women's issues rally at Claude Moore Park.

Biden called for short-term, immediate intervention to “staunch the bleeding” in the financial markets and that in the long term, “we have to have a major, major overhaul of how the financial system works.”

Hindu temple in midst of parking row in US

Rajdhani Mandir, VirginiaWashington, Sept. 20: The Rajdhani Mandir (temple) in Virginia’s suburban Fairfax County, is in the eye of the storm, not because of religion, race or immigration, but parking.

The temple has attracted the negative attention of county zoning officials following complaints by people in the neighbourhood regarding parking problems caused by rituals performed twice a day from Monday to Saturday, and thrice on Sunday.

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