A teenaged student’s disappearance under mysterious circumstances from a residential school in Beliaghata triggered tension on Sunday. The mystery intensified when the boy’s senior alleged that he was murdered and his body was disposed of. Shantanu Mondal, 14, the missing boarder of Lee Collins High School at Beliaghata Main Road, is yet to be traced out by the police.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered two cases under the provisions of the money laundering act against persons involved in running illegal arms manufacturing units in Bihar’s Munger district. The pistols from Munger were also used by operatives of certain militant outfits, including Indian Mujahideen (IM), sources said.

Knowing well that there are no easy games in the professional circuit and having a ranking tournament in India does not tilt conditions heavily in his favour, a practical Pankaj Advani called himself “sentimental favourite” for the much-awaited £500,000 Indian Open next month.

In his first public rally after being named as the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi mainly focused his speech on foreign policy, a fervent pitch for “strong leadership”, advice for “friends” in Pakistan and how “lessons in true secularism” can be learnt from the Indian Army.

Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said he committed a “mistake” by allotting land to Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charges, during his tenure as chief minister and demanded that BJP government cancel the lease.

In what can be seen as a move to assess election preparedness in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Nagpur and Pune in the last week of this month.

The United States and Russia on Saturday agreed on an ambitious plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons by the middle of next year.

Jim Furyk fired the sixth 59 in US PGA Tour history, reaching golf’s magic number in the second round of the BMW Championship.

A coal mine collapse has killed at least 27 miners in the north of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, with rescue efforts under way to save about 12 workers trapped underground.

In a bid to take on the spot assessment of the communal riots, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The area witnessed deadly communal riots about a week ago in which a number of people have lost their lives.