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General Bipin Rawat’s Cremation LIVE Updates: General Bipin Rawat’s Daughters Pay Last Respects

New Delhi: General Bipin Rawat’s funeral LIVE Updates | Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the country’s top military officer who was killed, along with his wife and 11 others on Wednesday in an IAF chopper crash near Conoor in Tamil Nadu, will be cremated with full military honours in New Delhi. The last rites of General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be held on Friday around 5 pm at Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment. General Bipin Rawat, 63, was the most senior official in the Indian military and the first chief of defense staff, a position created by the government in 2019. He was also an adviser to the Defense Ministry.

On Thursday evening, the mortal remains of General Rawat and others were brought to Palam Airbase in Delhi from Sulur in caskets wrapped in the Tricolour. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Palam airbase, paid his last respects to General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others who lost their lives in the IAF helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. The three service chiefs – Army Chief General MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari also paid their respects to CDS General Bipin Rawat and others who died in the chopper crash.

The Russian-made IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying the decorated officer, his wife and his staffers, was on its way from an air force base to the army defense services college when it crashed near the town of Coonoor, a hill station in Tamil Nadu. Group Captain Varun Singh was the lone survivor from the crash. He was shifted to Air Force Command hospital at Bengaluru for further treatment.

Apart from General Rawat and his wife, his Defence Adviser Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder and Staff Officer Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh also died in the crash. Other nine defence forces personnel who died in the chopper crash are Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan, Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, Junior Warrant Officer Rana Pratap Das, Junior Warrant Officer Arakkal Pradeep, Havildar Satpal Rai, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitendra Kumar, Lance Naik Vivek Kumar and Lance Naik B Sai Teja.

CDS General Bipin Rawat’s last rites today | LIVE UPDATES

12.30 pm: Avoid speculation, respect dignity of deceased: IAF on helicopter crash

“IAF has constituted a tri-service Court of Inquiry to investigate the cause of the tragic helicopter accident on 8 Dec. The inquiry would be completed expeditiously and facts brought out. Till then, to respect the dignity of the deceased, uninformed speculation may be avoided,” the Indian Air Force(IAF) said in a statement, news agency ANI reported.

12.03 pm: Father was my best friend, a hero: Brigadier Lidder’s daughter

“I am going to be 17. So he was with me for 17 years, we will go ahead with happy memories. It’s a national loss. My father was a hero, my best friend. Maybe it was destined and better things will come our way. He was my biggest motivator,” Aashna Lidder, the daughter of Brig LS Lidder, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

11.48 am: BJP president Nadda pays last respects to General Bipin Rawat

BJP national president JP Nadda paid tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat at their residence in New Delhi.

11.45 am: DMK’s Raja and Kanimozhi pay tribute to General Bipin Rawat

DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi pay their last respects to General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.

11.40 am: France, Israel envoys to India pay floral tribute Gen Bipin Rawat

French and Israel envoys to India, Emmanuel Lenian and Naor Gilon, paid floral tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat in New Delhi.

11.33 am: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal pays tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid his last respects to General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat in New Delhi.

 

11.28 am: General Bipin Rawat’s daughters pay last respects

The two daughters of General Bipin Rawat and wife Madhulika Rawat – Kritika and Tarini – paid their last respects to their parents.

11.20 am: Rahul Gandhi pays last respects to General Bipin Rawat

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid his last respects to General Bipin Rawat in New Delhi.

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11.10 am: NSA Ajit Doval Pays Tribute To General Bipin Rawat 

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval paid his last respects to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife at their residence in Delhi.

10.53 am: 5/11 Gorkha Rifles unit looks after funeral arrangements of Gen Bipin Rawat

General Bipin Rawat’s unit, the 5/11 Gorkha Rifles, is looking after his funeral arrangements, news agency ANI reported.

10.30 am: Brigadier LS Lidder cremated with full military honours

Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, who died in the IAF chopper crash along with General Bipin Rawat and others,  was cremated with full military honours at Brar Square, Delhi Cantonment.

10.24 am: Mortal remains of General Bipin Rawat brought to his Delhi residence

The mortal remains of General Bipin Rawat, along with his wife, have been moved to their Delhi residence.

10.17 am: Wife, daughter of Brigadier LS Lidder pay last respects 

The wife and daughter of Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, who died in the IAF helicopter crash on Wednesday, paid their last respects to him at Brar Square, Delhi Cantonment.

9.50 am: Rajnath Singh, Army Chief General Naravane Pay Tribute To Brig LS Lidder

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Army Chief General MM Naravane paid their tributes to Brigadier LS Lidder in Delhi Cantonment.

9.23 am: Mortal remains of Brigadier LS Lidder brought to Delhi Cantonment

The mortal remains of Brigadier LS Lidder have been brought to Brar Square in Delhi Cantonment. He was the Defence Advisor of General Bipin Rawat.

9.06 am: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, service chiefs to attend ceremony

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs – Army Chief General MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari – will attend the last rites ceremony of General Bipin Rawat and others.

9:00 am: Visual from Delhi Cantonment

8:00 am: Brigadier LS Lidder’s last rites to be performed at Delhi Cantonment

The last rites of Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, who was the Defence Advisor of General Bipin Rawat, will be held at 9.15 am in Delhi Cantonment.

7.45 am: IAF chopper crash | All possible angles being probed

The tri-services team investigating the tragic chopper crash near Coonoor that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others is focusing on all possible reasons including whether a human error caused the accident, people familiar with the development said. “All angles including possible human error will be investigated,” a senior military official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. In a statement in Parliament, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday announced ordering a tri-services enquiry into the accident.

7.40 am: When and where to pay tributes to General Bipin Rawat

The Army said that civilians can pay tributes to CDS General Bipin Rawat from 11 am-12.30 pm at his Kamraj Marg residence while the military personnel can pay respects between 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm on Friday.



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