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Congress leader an 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler was allegedly attacked by a Sikh man at a party in the national capital.

According to media reports, a 23-year-old man, identified as Sehaj Umang Bhatia pushed and shoved Tytler while he was attending a wedding party at a farm house in Delhi's Mehrauli area.

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The National Security Advisors (NSAs) of India and Pakistan met in Bangkok on Sunday and held discussions on various issues of mutual interest, including terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir.

The meeting between the two NSAs - who were accompanied by Foreign Secretaries of their respective nations - was an outcome of the short meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris recently.

"Discussions were held in a candid, cordial, and constructive atmosphere, and covered peace and security, terrorism, J&K and other issues, including tranquillity along the Line of Control (LoC)," stated a joint press statement issued following their meeting.

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At least 32 Islamic State (IS) fighters were reportedly killed by the US-led coalition air strikes on IS' Syrian stronghold of Raqa province on Sunday.

Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, saying that more than 40 IS jihadists were also wounded in a series of around 15 strikes on IS bases by planes believed to be from the US-led coalition".

He said the wave of raids hit IS bases to the north, east and southeast of Raqa city, which is the group's de facto Syrian headquarters.

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Indian opener Murali Vijay has been fined for violating the ICC Code of Conduct during the day three of the final Test of the four-match series between India and South Africa at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,New Delhi on Saturday.

Vijay was fined 30 per cent of his match fee by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

The player was found to have breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match".

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Amid a backdrop of mounting that coalition military forces may be drawn into the massive airstrikes against the expanding enclave of Jihadists, United Kingdom completed its second wave of bombing raids on Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.

According to the Guardian, four British warplanes - two Tornados and, for the first time, two Typhoons - struck oil wells in the ISIS controlled oilfield, according to the Ministry of Defence. The operation was described as part of 'daily missions' which suggested that more strikes were imminent.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon reiterated that UK would be engaging against 'Syrian targets' for the long term and said the attacks were "not going to be short or simple".

Speaking to the nation in a rare address from the Oval Office on the threat of terrorism, U.S President Barack Obama reiterated his pledge to wipe out the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (IS) and any other terrorist organisation that threatens to harm America and its people.

"The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organisation that tries to harm us. Our success won't depend on tough talk, or abandoning our values or giving into fear. That's what groups like ISIL are hoping for. Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless," Obama said.

Mild tremors were felt in parts of northern India as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Tajikistan on Monday. Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and New Delhi felt the tremors and Pakistan reportedly too was affected. "At around 1:20 am an earthquake struck Tajikistan and the tremors were felt in north India," said Seismologist JL Gautam.

The epicentre was located 109km west of Murghob in Tajikistan, according to US Geological Survey. Building shook and people were seen evacuating from their offices to safety.

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to direct the government to take a decision on having a Uniform Civil Code(UCC) for all citizens across the country, saying it was for Parliament to make laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur declined to interfere in the matter. The Court was hearing a petition on how personal laws not in congruence with the declaration in the preamble of the Constitution "to constitute India into Socialist Secular Democratic Republic". The Apex Court, said if the personal law boards were discriminatory then affected people would petition and chided the petitioner Ashwani Upadhyay for filing cases without any regard for law.

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Acknowledging that the deadlock in Indo-Pak ties has somewhat eased, Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz today said his talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj this week would focus on the resumption of composite dialogue process.

Aziz, while talking to reporters here, said Swaraj is arriving in Pakistan tomorrow to attend the 'Heart of Asia' Conference and during her visit will also call on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Aziz said the deadlock in Indo-Pak ties had eased to some extent. During his talks with Swaraj, Aziz said various matters with focus on resumption of composite dialogue process between the two countries will be discussed.

Source: PTI