Mortal Remains of CDS Bipin Rawat to Reach Delhi Today
Mortal Remains of CDS Bipin Rawat to Reach Delhi Today..The chopper crashed minutes before reaching its target in Wellington.
Rajnath Singh, the defence minister, will address both Houses of Parliament about the military chopper crash near Coonoor, which killed 13 people, including the chief of the defence staff, General Bipin Rawat. Rawat was on his way to a seminar at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. The chopper crashed minutes before reaching its target in Wellington. General Rawat, India's first chief of defence staff (CDS), received a flood of tributes. Important highlights 1. Bipin Rawat's and his wife's mortal remains are anticipated to arrive in Delhi on a military plane by Thursday evening. 2 . The last rites will be given in Delhi Cantonment on Friday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the bodies would be held at their home for people to pay their last respects. The funeral procession will begin from Kamraj Marg and end at the cremation in Brar Square. 3 . The Uttarakhand government has established a three-day state of mourning beginning December 9 in honor of Bipin Rawat's untimely…