'You shouldn't mistreat Muslims, you shouldn't mistreat Sikhs, you shouldn't mistreat anyone you perceive to be the other.'
'We must all commit to sharing less nonsense and quarrelling less on social media.' 'We could use that time instead to meeting and speaking to our friends and family instead of 'liking' their posts.' 'Zuckerberg will be the poorer for that, but our lives will be so much richer,' says Rahul Jacob.
The Fijian-Indian-origin, a senior Islamic State recruiter and terror plot instigator, had been arrested in an unnamed Middle Eastern country.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Andrew Veal, 25, was apparently distraught over President George Bush's re-election, said police.
'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
The New York Times quoted Google as saying that it did not know why the site had been blocked. But a report by the official Xinhua news agency of China on Tuesday said supporters of the Dalai Lama had fabricated a video that appeared to show Chinese police officers brutally beating Tibetans after riots last year in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.
At least 50 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas - the deadliest mass shooting in the history of United States. Here's a look at other such incidents that have struck the country in recent times.
'There are hundreds of items from Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Gujarat in Subhash Kapoor's loot. The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing wants to just prosecute Kapoor for three cases and close it. To me that's myopic.'
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images
Terming the twin terror strikes in Jammu region as a provocative and barbaric action by enemies of peace, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that India will defeat such forces who receive encouragement from across the border and it will not allow them to derail the dialogue process.
This suspicion has been drawn from a list, containing information about the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Princess Royal, which police have recovered from the possession of the arrested members of the terror cell, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
In a rare gesture accorded to few foreign dignitaries, United States President Barack Obama and his family received the Pope at the Andrews Air Force base outside Washington
A woman TV news reporter and a cameraman conducting a live on-air interview were killed on the spot when a "disgruntled station employee" opened fire at a mall in US state of Virginia and fled, shocking viewers who saw the grisly drama on their TVs.
Pakistan on Thursday condemned the terror attacks in Jammu region and said it was imperative that senseless act of violence do not deter the two countries from pursuing a path to a better future for their peoples.
Omar Mateen, 29, walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday and carried out the deadliest mass shooting in United States history, killing 50 innocent people before being shot dead in a standoff with the police.
Economic offender Narendra Kumar Rastogi was on Friday extradited from the United States to India to face charges in a custom duty evasion case to the tune of Rs 54 crore for exporting scrap to various countries.
Saroj Kumar Rath, author of the newly-published book Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks, speaks to Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
Police chase a new breed of criminal--smart, rich and globally savvy.
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Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who deliberately crashed Flight 9525, was once suffering from depression; had confessed to 'burnout'
A low-intensity bomb went off in Times Square in New Delhi on Thursday morning, shattering a glass entryway and disrupting traffic as the police cordoned off the area for over two hours. No casualties were reported in the explosion which occurred when a single, small improvised device was tossed, apparently by a man on a bike, at an armed forces booth in Times Square, ABC News quoted law-enforcement officials as saying.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
'How can Devyani sitting in New York and I in Mumbai arm-twist the maid's family?' Uttam Khobragade challenges Preet Bharara's version of events in this interview to Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore.
Kiran Bedi, Civilian Police Advisor to the \n\nUnited Nations, speaks to Shakti Bhatt.
The film is interesting, but does not probe deep.
Both India and Pakistan have announced that stretches would be developed in their respective areas.
Uber may be in the midst of a major controversy over a rape incident in India, but Infosys' CEO Vishal Sikka feels that digital services like this app-based taxi provider have huge potential in the country.
After 10 teachers and a group of students were attacked on Monday in Patiala House court complex where Kanhaiya was produced on Monday, the teachers association decided to join the students in boycotting classes.
'Ludicrous they might be, but they are not without threats -- much like letters that appear suddenly in homes of those opposing the government.' 'One must exercise some caution before believing in them,' says Uttaran Das Gupta.
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Increased security will be in effect for Sunday's Chicago Marathon, the first major marathon staged in the United States since the tragic April bombing at the Boston race, organizers and police said.
The family has said that since investigations are still on, the cause of death is still undecided.
It also said that the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the alleged attack was a 'just response'.
In the video, the employee of the Texas-headquartered American Airlines can be seen arguing with a passenger on board the flight.
All Russian diplomats, connected to the country's intelligence agencies, and their families have been given seven days' time to leave the country.
'Having dealt with security and insurgency for 15 years, I am fully convinced that the steps taken by the government in regard to J&K and the measures in force there are essential,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'If the museum in his memory inspires and instils among Brahminical British Indians an attitude of equality towards Dalits, the edifice would be worth it,' reports Ashis Ray.
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