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General Bipin Rawat Chopper Crash Live Updates: Rajnath Singh to brief parliament today over IAF chopper crash incident
General Bipin Rawat Chopper Crash Live Updates: The tragic incident where an IAF chopper has been crashed in Tamil Nadu was witnessed in Wednesday where the Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat along with his wife and eleven others have been reportedly dead. Meanwhile, the IAF Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari has arrived in the accident site as part of the inquiry. On the other hand, the union defence minister Rajnath Singh will address the parliament on Thursday to brief about the incident.
The corpses of Bipin Rawat and other are said to reach Delhi today and followed by the funeral on Friday. In the accident, Group Captain Varun Singh was the only one who survived in the crash. The accident occurred while CDS was on his way to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington where he was to deliver a lecture. As many as fourteen members were traveling in the chopper
Live Updates
- 8 Dec 2021 2:58 PM GMT
Chopper crashed minutes before reaching destination
The Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat crashed minutes before reaching its destination in Tamil Nadu's Wellington. The chopper took off at 11.48am from the Sulur Air Base and was reported to be missing at around 12.22pm, sources said. (ANI)
- 8 Dec 2021 2:57 PM GMT
Mortal remains of CDS Rawat, others to reach Delhi by Thursday evening
The mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife along with other armed forces personnel who died after a military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu is expected to arrive in Delhi by Thursday evening, sources said. (ANI)
- 8 Dec 2021 2:57 PM GMT
Celebs condole General Bipin Rawat's death
Veteran playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, actor Kangana Ranaut, Kamal Haasan and other cine personalities took to Twitter on Wednesday to mourn the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat's death in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika and and 11 other armed forces personnel died on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force said. (ANI)
- 8 Dec 2021 1:51 PM GMT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in Delhi.
- 8 Dec 2021 1:31 PM GMT
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu says "deeply shocked" at the demise of Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and other Armed Forces personnel in helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
- 8 Dec 2021 1:29 PM GMT
I extend my condolences to the family of Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife. This is an unprecedented tragedy and our thoughts are with their family in this difficult time, tweets Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
- 8 Dec 2021 1:07 PM GMT
HM Amit Shah extends condolences on the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others in IAF chopper crash
"CDS was one of the bravest soldiers, who has served the motherland with utmost devotion. His exemplary contributions & commitment can't be put into words," he says.
- 8 Dec 2021 1:05 PM GMT
"I am deeply anguished by the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu in which we have lost Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel of the Armed Forces. They served India with utmost diligence. My thoughts are with the bereaved families, " tweets PM Modi
- 8 Dec 2021 12:51 PM GMT
IAF Helicopter Crash Live Updates: Defence minister Rajnath Singh expresses grief
