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Gen Bipin Rawat's funeral live updates: 17-gun salute for Gen Bipin Rawat as daughters perform last-rites

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 10, 2021, 18:32:23 IST

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Gen Bipin Rawat's funeral live updates: 17-gun salute for Gen Bipin Rawat as daughters perform last-rites

The plaintive strains of bugles sounding the last post broke through the hush, men in uniform clicked their heels and a 17-gun salute rang out as Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife were cremated on Friday evening – the sun setting on a day written into India's military history and on the life of its most senior military officer. Stay with TOI for live updates.

10:22 (IST) Dec 10

Home minister Amit Shah, NCP leader Sharad Pawar at CDS Rawat's Kamraj Marg residence to pay last respects

10:15 (IST) Dec 10

Watch: The wife and daughter of Brig LS Lidder pay their last respects to him at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt.

#WATCH | Delhi: The wife and daughter of Brig LS Lidder pay their last respects to him at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt.… https://t.co/GD96fwno1b
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) 1639111373000

10:12 (IST) Dec 10

Bodies of CDS Rawat and his wife brought to Kamraj Road residence

09:58 (IST) Dec 10

Mortal remains of CDS Rawat and his wife being taken from Base Hospital to Kamraj Marg residence

09:49 (IST) Dec 10

Defence minister Rajnath Singh pays last respects to Brig Lidder

Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to Brig LS Lidder at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt.… https://t.co/GJdqGH7dzY
— ANI (@ANI) 1639109815000

09:48 (IST) Dec 10

NSA Ajit Doval pays last respects to Brig Lidder

Delhi: NSA Ajit Doval pays tribute to Brig LS Lidder at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. #TamilNaduChopperCrash https://t.co/AlPu4CQIW9
— ANI (@ANI) 1639109552000

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09:42 (IST) Dec 10

The three service chiefs pay tribute to Brig LS Lidder at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt

Delhi: The three service chiefs - Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar & IAF chief Air Chief… https://t.co/L7r3auHbtm
— ANI (@ANI) 1639109482000

09:39 (IST) Dec 10

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar pays tribute to Brig LS Lidder

09:28 (IST) Dec 10

Brig Lidder also dies in the chooper crash in Tamil Nadu

Delhi: The mortal remains of Brig LS Lidder brought to Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. He lost his life in… https://t.co/ahrmKkGViH
— ANI (@ANI) 1639108426000

09:27 (IST) Dec 10

The mortal remains of Brig LS Lidder brought to Brar Square, Delhi Cantt

09:02 (IST) Dec 10

PM Modi pays his last respects to CDS Rawat, others

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday evening reached the Palam airport and paid homage to CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other personnel of the armed forces killed in the helicopter mishap at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. Defence minister Rajnath Singh, national security adviser Ajit Doval and three Services chiefs were present on the occasion.

08:59 (IST) Dec 10

US secretary of state Antony Blinken spoke to external affairs minister S Jaishankar to express his condolences over the death of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, and colleagues in a chopper crash

08:40 (IST) Dec 10

The mortal remains of Gen Rawat and others who lost their lives in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash were brought to Delhi on Thursday

08:39 (IST) Dec 10

Civilians can pay tributes to CDS General Bipin Rawat from 11am to12:30pm at his Kamraj Marg residence

08:38 (IST) Dec 10

The funeral procession will start from Kamraj Marg after 2 pm

08:38 (IST) Dec 10

The last rites of CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be held around 5 pm at Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment

08:36 (IST) Dec 10

Copter black box found, tri-service probe begins

The high-level inquiry into the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash that killed General Bipin Rawat and 12 others on Wednesday has begun under a three-star officer, with technical defect or human error being the main focus and the possibility of sabotage being considered extremely remote. The crucial flight data recorder (FDR) has been recovered from the wreckage near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.

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08:32 (IST) Dec 10

Did IAF carry out recce before CDS' flight?

Conflicting reports have emerged on whether the IAF did a recce flight of the route before the Mi-17 V 5 carrying CDS Gen Bipin Rawat took off from Sulur air base for the helipad at Wellington on Wednesday and crashed at Nanjappachathiram, killing 13 of the 14 people on board.

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