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Top commanders of the Army, Air Force were killed in a helicopter crash in the Poonch district of the Jammu region in 1963. People recall the tragedy after CDS Bipin Rawat tragically died in a chopper crash.

The commanders were on an IAF Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter on November 22, 1963, travelling to inspect a new water-head that had been constructed

General Bipin Rawat, the first Chief of Defence Staff, has become the senior-most military leader of the country to have died in an air accident so far. The last senior military official to die in an air accident was Lt Gen Jameel Mehmood, who was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army from October 1992 to May 1993. He and his wife,

SEN. Panfilo Lacson listed on Monday three serious threats posed by China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), even as the lawmaker prodded the Duterte administration to enlist allied countries to press China’s compliance with an international court ruling upholding the Philippines territorial claims. “China’s creeping cross-border encroachments well within…

Air Marshall P K Barbora (Retd.) said not to politise government decisions taken in line with national security but shed light on India's position against war

RESUPPLY MISSION. Two resupply boats dock in front and beside the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday (Nov. 23, 2021). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian vowed to look into the alleged act of intimidation by the Chinese Coast Guard where personnel on a rubber boat took pictures and videos of Manila's resupply mission. (Photo courtesy of DND) MANILA - The Chinese envoy to Manila has vowed a probe into the alleged act...

RESUPPLY MISSION. Two resupply boats dock in front and beside the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday (Nov. 23, 2021). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian vowed to look into the alleged act of intimidation by the Chinese Coast Guard where personnel on a rubber boat took pictures and videos of Manila's resupply mission. (Photo courtesy of DND) MANILA - The Chinese envoy to Manila has vowed a probe into the alleged act...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - There is no truth to criticism that President Rodrigo Duterte denunciation of China's acts in the West Philippine Sea came "too little, too late", Malacanang said Tuesday. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles belied allegations of Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), saying Duterte has always been consistent in affirming the country's arbitral victory against Chi...

MANILA: Navy vessels from the Philippines successfully completed a resupply mission on Tuesday at a South China Sea outpost, its defence minister said, a day after its president spoke at an international summit for its blockade of the area.Two vessels were unhindered earlier on Tuesday in reaching the Sierra Madre, a ship intentionally grounded decades ago...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - There is no truth to criticism that President Rodrigo Duterte denunciation of China's acts in the West Philippine Sea came "too little, too late", Malacanang said Tuesday. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles belied allegations of Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), saying Duterte has always been consistent in affirming the country's arbitral victory against Chi...