CDS Gen Bipin Rawat chopper crash: Probe report likely to be submitted next week
India | January 01, 2022 18:02 ISTThe probe team led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh examined all likely scenarios for the crash, including a possible human error.
The probe team led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh examined all likely scenarios for the crash, including a possible human error.
Pralhad Joshi took a dig at the Congress party and alleged that posters of Late General Bipin Rawat are being used in Uttarakhand by the party to garner votes ahead of assembly polls in the state in 2022.
In the video message, General Rawat extended his greetings over the 'Swarnim Vijay Parv'.
With 17 gun salutes by tri-services personnel, the last rites of India's first Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madulika Rawat, were performed with full military honours at Brar Square in Delhi Cantonment on Friday.
A 3-day state mourning will be observed in Uttarakhand over the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 other personnel who lost their lives in a fatal military chopper crash in Tamil Nadu.
The Indian Air Force confirmed the tragic death of Rawat, his wife, and 11 other occupants of the force. A total of 13 of the 14 occupants of an IAF military helicopter (Mi-17V5) passed away after it crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district. Several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher paid their condolences on social media.
According to reports, there was dense fog in the area when the helicopter met with the accident bursting into flames.
“Even after turning Kashmir into an open air prison, Bipin Rawat's statement comes as no surprise because repression is GOIs only method to deal with the situation in J&K," Mehbooba Mufti said.
Tensions escalated between armed forces over the creation of four new integrated theatre commands on Friday, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat saying that the Indian Air Force is like "a supporting arm" akin to artillery or engineers in the Army.
In a slew of new reforms related to manpower in the armed forces initiated by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the retirement age of officers and jawans from technical branches is proposed to be increased.
On the first anniversary of National War Memorial, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat visited the Memorial in Delhi on February 25.
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