The Prithvi-II missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
Gopalpur-on-Sea is a picturesque and peaceful seaside resort offering pristine, palm fringed beaches.
Efforts are reportedly underway to locate it and bring it ashore.
India successfully tested the advanced version of Lakhsya, the indigenously built Pilotless Target Aircraft from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
The Pilotless Target Aircraft Lakshya was used as a support system providing the target for the exercise, defence sources said.
Squally weather with wind speed reaching 55-65 kmph was likely to prevail along and off the Orissa coast, the sources said.
Met department officials said the rainfall is higher this year due to the change in the currents in the Bay of Bengal. The department warns of more rain till Saturday evening following which the clouds are expected to clear.
Bangladesh's private GMG Airlines on Wednesday launched its thrice-weekly flights between Kolkata and the southeastern port city of Chittagong, to become the first private operator to go international, airline officials said.
The MeT office said that the low pressure was likely to intensify further and move in the northwesterly direction.
With the tribes together accounting for less than 1,000 people, largely disconnected from the rest of the world and having very low immunity levels, anthropologists fear they could get extinct should the pandemic spreads its tentacles across the islands.
A top navy official said the test-firing yielded desired results.
India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km
Due to active South West monsoon, coupled with low pressure area off coast of Machilipatnam, there has been widespread rainfall with heavy to very heavy falls since September 17 in the state.
Incessant rains, due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal, have wrecked havoc in Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts with several tanks being breached.
It was likely to move in a west-north-westerly direction and weaken gradually, triggering heavy rains in interior parts of the state.
India's practice session on the eve of their first Twenty20 match against Australia was called off due to intermittent showers in Ranchi on Friday.
The missiles were randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed strategic force command and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation as part of training exercise, a defence scientist said.
The Met department had earlier forecast the onset of monsoon over Kerala on May 24, over a week ahead of its scheduled arrival on June 1.
'When we talk of disaster, it is a combination of hazard and vulnerability.' 'If we reduce vulnerability, it will remain a hazard.'
A Navy spokesman said the fire, which broke out near the engine of the warship, was brought under control by Coast Guard and Naval ships after battling for over an hour and half.
India is pitted against China, South Korea and Thailand in the race to secure the huge gas found in offshore Myanmar.
The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile, blasted off at 10.52 am from a fixed platform with the help of an auto launcher in the launch complex-4 of the ITR, located about 72 km from Balasore, defence sources said.
The missile was fired from INS Rajput, stationed in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orrisa.
The test launch was conducted from INS Subhadra, about 40 nautical miles from Chandipur in the sea, at around 2.30 pm, sources said.
This the second time that the missile has been test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.
"Conditions are favourable for the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala and its further advance into some more parts of south Arabian sea, remaining parts of Maldives - Comorin area, some parts of Tamil Nadu and some more parts of Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours," said a statement by the Indian Meteorological Department.
Pak claimed that the Indian Prime Minister's 'internal politics' do not permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart.
Seven persons were killed in the worst-affected Nellore district, bordering Tamil Nadu, and three others died in a house collapse in Chittoor district.\n\n
Altogether 51 gram panchayats in 14 blocks of eight districts had been affected by the recent heavy rains and floods caused under the influence of the cyclonic storm.\n\n
Indian Space agency Indian Space Research Organisation would launch the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (LVM3 X mission) on December 18 which would carry active solid boosters, liquid core stage and a passive cryo-stage.
Sharp showers continued to lash many parts of Tamil Nadu, including capital Chennai, resulting in water-logging in many areas and forcing closure of schools in the city even as the weather office forecast more rains.
