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Japanese envoy expresses grief over demise of CDS General Rawat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Japan's ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki has expressed condolences over the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday along with his wife and 11 others on board an Indian Air Force's ch
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Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan was flying Mi-17V5 helicopter that cr
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan was the pilot of the crashed Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, informed sources.
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CDS Gen Bipin Rawat dies in chopper crash; "irreparable loss" says Rajnath
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) died after a military helicopter crashed in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said today.
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CDS chopper crash: 13 of 14 personnel on-board confirmed dead
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Thirteen out of 14 occupants of the Indian Air Force military helicopter, which was carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and had crashed on Wednesday near Coonor near Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri hill district, have been confirmed dead.
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Chopper crash: CM Stalin to rush to Nilgiris mishap site
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will visit the spot in the Nilgiris, Coonoor where a Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others crashed on Wednesday.
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CDS Rawat's crashed chopper was heading from Sulur to Wellington
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Coonoor (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 8 (ANI): The crashed Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was heading for Wellington from Sulur, informed the Indian Air Force.
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CDS Rawat was on-board crashed chopper, confirms IAF; orders inquiry
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 8 (ANI): The Indian Air Force on Wednesday confirmed that Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was on- board an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter that met with an accident earlier today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
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Over 9,000 officers-level, 1.10 lakh junior-level posts lying vacant acros
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence on Monday said that over 9,000 officers-level and 1.10 lakh junior-level posts are lying vacant across the defence forces in India.
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Remaining 6 Rafale jets will be delivered to India by April next year, COV
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Emphasising that the COVID-19 has not disrupted the delivery of the remaining Rafale fighter jets to India, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said that right now 30 aircraft have been delivered while six will be delivered by April next year.
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IAF corporal shoots himself with his Insas rifle, dies
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): A corporal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot himself with the Insas rifle issued to him and died at the Air Force Station, Bawana.
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Indian Bio-Jet Fuel technology receives formal military certification
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Ministry of Science & Technology on Monday informed that CSIR-IIP Dehradun's home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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IAF chief to begin 5-day visit to Egypt tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari is set to begin his five-day visit to Egypt on November 28 to attend the Air Power Symposium and Defence Exposition (EDEX) in Cairo.
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