India announced today that it had successfully test launched a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

MODEL Elizabeth Hurley has not got off to a good start with her new father-in-law — he has offered to testify against her on charges of mocking Hinduism, a lawyer in the case said yesterday.

A Hindu religious activist has filed a complaint in a western Indian court saying that Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar’s Hindu wedding made a “mockery of Hindu customs”, it was reported today.