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Endangered Spider Halts, Reroutes Construction of $15 Million Texas Highway Source: YahooNews-Melissa Knowles What do an endangered spider and highway construction have in common? Well, in San Antonio, Texas, the discovery of a Braken Bat Cave meshweaver , an eyeless spider named for the...

I regret being to lazy to take more action than I did years back but here's the deal 3 years ago it stated Sikh extremists did this and that during 1984 nothing of the oppression the government inflicted this was in Texas, it was world history, a small section with Indra Gandhi's photo, I...

July 27, 2011 Discrimination against Sikh family forces Texas' Harris county to hire expert Jul 27, 2011, 05.01PM IST The Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, voted unanimously (July 12) to authorize a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to hire an expert...

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May 9, 2011 Soul_jyot: And Sikhs are fighting for kirpans in schools ! ......... Texas colleges may have to accept kids with guns Albuquerque Express Monday 9th May, 2011 Republicans in the Texas Senate have approved a measure that may allow concealed handgun license holders to carry...

By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 | 08:11 pm Religious intolerance was allegedly the motivation behind a Texas couple’s court battle to stop the construction of a gurdwaaraa in their neighborhood, which ultimately resulted in an appellate...

• Austin Gurdwara Sahib (AGS) faces the possibility of removal (destruction) based on the Texas Appellate Court's judgment. • UNITED SIKHS has intervened and filed an AMICUS BRIEF with the Texas Supreme Court to ensure our voice is heard and that Sikh religious freedoms are not so easily...

Surge of Immigrants from India Baffles Border Officials in Texas From India have entered Texas illegally from Mexico in the last year. Most are Sikhs who claim religious persecution at home. By Richard Marosi and Andrew Becker Thousands of immigrants from India have crossed into the United...

Queensland, Australia — Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in northeastern Australia as the prime minister promised new assistance Friday to the 200,000 people affected by waters. Southern Australia, meanwhile, soaring temperatures and tinder dry conditions have...

Policy of Discrimination Reversed: Sikh American Child Allowed to Enroll In Texas Public School October 28, 2010 (Clute, TX) - SALDEF in collaboration with the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) has succeeded in overturning a long-standing policy of discrimination against religious headgear...

Tags:sikh temple in austin|austin gurdwara sahib HOUSTON: A newly-built Sikh temple in Austin may soon be razed or moved following a Texas appellate-court ruling that it violated zoning laws, resulting in an outcry from members of the community. The temple was completed in...

Texas appellate-court ruling that a newly built Sikh temple near Austin must be razed or moved has sparked an international outcry from members of the religious group, some of whom claim discrimination is at the heart of the case. The dispute began when a couple in the neighborhood filed a...

Court orders destruction of Sikh temple in Texas, USA Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, 17 July 2010 AUSTIN(Texas): Sikhs are shocked and outraged at a ruling by a Texas Court of Appeals ordering that the only Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) in Austin, Texas be torn down. Austin Gurdwara Sahib...

Sikhs in Texas Schools Curriculum Sikhs in Texas Schools Curriculum :: SikhNN :: The Next Generation of News and Views How did Texas Sikhs convince a very religiously right education board in a very politically conservative state to include information about Sikhs in its very controversial...

Texas Congressman Calls Racial Profiling "Common Sense" On March 4th, during a Congressional hearing reviewing the Transportation Security Administration's 2011 Fiscal Year budget, Representative John Culberson, R-Texas, 7th District (Houston), demanded to know why the US Government...

(Austin, Texas) February 12, 2010 ? Over the past 8 months, the Sikh Coalition has partnered with Texas Sikhs to press the state to include information on Sikhs in the mandatory state-wide public school curriculum. After months of intense work, the Coalition is excited to report that a...

Will Texas Students Learn About Sikhs? (Austin, TX) 15 people have the chance to ensure public school students in Texas learn about Sikhs and Sikhism. 15 people have the opportunity to severely decrease the number of bias based bullying incidents against our Sikh children. 15 people have the...

A Sikh graduate student was thrown into a swimming pool and brutally assaulted in West Texas. The Coalition is taking action to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. Swimming For His Life The young man (identity withheld for his protection) held a part-time job delivering pizzas to...

ACLU of Texas and UNITED SIKHS Release Joint Letter to Texas ISDs Protecting Students' Rights Regarding Religious Attire AUSTIN, TX, USA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and UNITED SIKHS, an organization devoted to promoting the civil and human rights of the Sikh community...

washingtonpost.com - AUSTIN, May 26 -- A state judge ruled Thursday that the treasurer of a political fundraising committee organized by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) violated the state's election law by failing to report $684,507 in contributions from corporations and other donors in...