Kabul: Twelve Afghan security forces have been killed and four others wounded when Taliban fighters stormed the compounds of the Maruf district governor in southern Kandahar province.

Zia Durani, spokesman for the provincial chief of police, said Thursday the attack happened the previous evening and that government for

New Delhi: Entering the FIFA U-17 World Cup as the underdogs, India coach Luis Norton de Matos today said his players can give strong teams “a run for their money” on their day.

India are clubbed with Colombia, USA and Ghana in Group A of the tournament starting October 6.

“If we play t

New Delhi: Breaking his silence on criticism by fellow party leader Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back calling him a job applicant at 80 years who has forgotten his record as finance minister and is commenting on persons rather than policies.

He accused Sinha of acting in tandem with seni

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the arrest of the Pinto family, the owners and trustees of Ryan International School.

The Pinto family — Augustine F. Pinto, his wife Grace and their son Ryan, had moved the High Court for anticipatory bail in the matter related to the murder o

New Delhi: Unfazed by the government’s rebuttal of his criticism of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the state of the economy, including his Union minister son Jayant, BJP veteran leader Yashwant Sinha today stuck to his guns and hoped the Centre would do some course correction.

Sinha, who had yesterday laun

London: England has suspended Ben Stokes and Alex Hales until further notice pending investigations into their involvement in an incident on a night out.

The England and Wales Cricket Board says both players remain on full pay and will be the subject of a disciplinary commission.

The ECB says the players

Bengaluru: Australia beat India by 21 runs in the fourth One-day International here today.

Brief scores: Australia 334/5 in 50 overs (Finch 94, Warner 124; Yadav 4/71). India 313/8 in 50 overs (Sharma 65, Jadhav 67; Richardson 3/58).

New Delhi: A newborn boy died hours after his birth here allegedly due to lack of access to critical care facilities at a Delhi government-run hospital, the second such infant death in the capital within a week.

The baby, who was born yesterday morning, was first rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital (SGMH) an

Cox’s Bazar: The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on August 25 has exceeded half a million, the United Nations said today.

The new figure of 501,800 — up from around 480,000 — was due mainly to the counting of refuge

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today termed the proposed Metro fare hike as “antipeople” and directed Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot to prevent its implementation within a week.

Metro rides are set to get more expensive from October as the fares are scheduled to increase for a secon