India is most likely to test-fire its nuclear-capable Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile from Wheelers Island near Dhamra off the Orissa coast on Monday morning, defence sources said.
With a range 2000 kms, the one-diametre missile has a length of 21 metres. Agni-II weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of around 1,000 kg.
It was first tested on April 11, 1999 and Monday’s test will be third such exercise, the sources informed.
Reports available from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district said integration work for trial of Agni-II missile was almost complete.
“Integration work for trial of the missile is almost complete. Final check-up in the sub-systems of the missile is found to be flaw-less. Besides, a special strategic command force (SSC) raised by Army will conduct the trial with necessary logistic support provided by various laboratories of the ITR and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists,” the sources said.
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Patient dies after 5-floor fall at PGI
Chandigarh, : A 45-year-old man, who was admitted to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here, died after falling on Sunday from the fifth floor of the hospital building, the police said. Krishan Lal had come from Nainital in Uttarakhand and was admitted to the PGIMER for the last one week. “From preliminary investigation, it seems that he slipped and fell down from the fifth floor of the Nehru block.
However, our investigation is on and we are looking into various aspects of the case. It could be an accident or a suicide, the situation will become clear once our investigation is over,” a police officer said.
—IANS
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3 injured in communal clash in UP
Age Correspondent
Lucknow
Three persons were injured in a communal clash that took place in Bijnore district on Sunday.
An argument over the parking of a rickshaw led to clashes between members of two communities. One group alleged that the rickshaw had been wrongly parked in front of a house while the other group saw no reason for the argument.
Members of both the communities pelted stones at each other and the police had to use force to disperse the mobs.
A case has been registered and the police are trying to identify and arrest the culprits.
Additional forces have been deployed in the area to prevent recurrence of violence.