Tag: General Bipin Rawat

India says cloudy weather led to helicopter crash that killed defence chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 14 – Cloudy conditions due to unexpected weather led to the helicopter crash last month that killed the head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, and 13 others, the government said in a statement on Friday. “The accident was a result of entry into […]

India’s top general laid to rest with full military honours

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 – India’s top general, Bipin Rawat, was cremated in New Delhi on Friday with full military honours, including a 17-gun salute, two days after he and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in southern India. Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), […]

India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash

NEW DELHI — India’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, and 12 others were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state, the air force said. It said in a tweet that the helicopter “met with a tragic accident.” The dead included Rawat’s wife. The air […]

PM congratulates General Bipin Rawat on taking charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff

open view news desk The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated General Bipin Rawat on taking charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff.  “I am delighted that as we begin the new year and new decade, India gets its first Chief of Defence Staff in General […]

Visit of General Bipin Rawat, Coas to Maldives

open view news desk General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff left for an official visit to Maldives today. During his visit from 30 September to 03 October 2019, General Rawat will interact with the hierarchy of the Maldivian government and armed forces. This visit is aimed […]

China’s infrastructure development in Doklam is temporary: Gen. Rawat

OPEN VIEW WEB DESK New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said infrastructure development by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Doklam Plateau is temporary in nature. “As far as Doklam is concerned PLA soldiers are there in a part of the area, although not in numbers […]

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