India Defence News

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed parliament on Thursday that the IAF has launched a tri-service probe, which would be led by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command.

In a letter to the principal of the Army Public School in Chandimandir, Haryana, Group Captain Singh wrote to the children that not everyone would thrive in school and not everyone would be able to score in the 90s. 

Weather experts observe that the atmosphere was not at all supportive of helicopter movement at the Nilagiri range at the time when Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's Mi-17 V5 was passing by. 

Over a billion Indians united in mourning the demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and the men in uniform who perished in the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor.

Veterans fondly remember General Bipin Rawat as a compassionate and caring officer for whom the motto always was 'nation first'

A native of Ponnukkara in Kerala's Thrissur district, Indian Air Force's junior warrant officer Pradeep Arakkal lost his life in the Mi-17V5 chopper crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday (December 8). CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 10 others too died in this tragic incident.

Tributes are pouring in for Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other defence personnel who were killed in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday

On Wednesday (December 8), India lost one of its most decorated officers, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, in an IAF chopper crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.

India lost its Indian Army General CDS Gen Bipin Rawat in a freak accident, as his helicopter crashed. Consequently, the Indian sports fraternity mourned his demise, starting from Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli.

This was not the first time this year that a military aircraft has gone down in India. Let's take a look at some incidents that occurred earlier this year.