Arunachal Cm Chopper

• Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu's body brought to Itanagar

  The body of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu was today brought by the Army to Itanagar from Keyla, where the helicopter with the Chief Minister and four others on board had crashed last Saturday. Mr Khandu's body was first brought to Luguthang, then airlifted to Tawang by an Army helicopter, and then brought to Itanagr. It will now be...

• Keeping fingers crossed: Chidambaram

  As the news came in that a crashed helicopter has been sighted in Arunachal Pradesh, Home Minister P Chidambaram said it cannot be confirmed yet whether this is the missing helicopter that had Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others on board.  "We have some information which is not encouraging....three bodies have been found," t...

• Chopper, 3 bodies found in Arunachal; news not encouraging, says Chidambaram

  Wreckage of a helicopter found in Arunachal Pradesh is believed to be that of the one used by Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu.  He has been missing along with four others since his helicopter took off from Tawang on Saturday at 9.55 am for Itanagar, the capital of the state."We have some information that is not encouraging...it is not g...

• Arunachal Chief Minister's son joins search party

  Even as Defence choppers took-off to search for the missing Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday morning, Dorjee Khandu's son Tashi Tsering Khandu is on a foot-march into the eastern Himalayas to find his father's chopper. Tashi has been trekking into Bhutan's snowy mountains with a search party since Sunday, scanning the forested areas, i...

• Searching Sela Pass for missing Arunachal CM

  Around three thousand security personnel are conducting ground searches at the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others, as inclement weather coupled with overnight rains led authorities to cancel aerial operations.Government Spokesperson Jarbom Gamlin said the ...

• Wreckage of Arunachal Chief Minister's Chopper, three bodies found: Sources

  Wreckage of a helicopter found in Arunachal Pradesh is believed to be that of the one used by Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu.  He has been missing along with four others since his helicopter took off from Tawang on Saturday at 9.55 am for Itanagar, the capital of the state."We have some information that is not encouraging...it is not g...

• Search for Khandu's helicopter focuses on three areas

  It has been over 50 hours that a helicopter carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, and four others went missing. Security forces have now focused their search operations at three locations along the Indo-Bhutan border to trace the helicopter. Sources in the Chief Minister's office say an intense ground and aerial search is on at the Eagle...

• Two days on, Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu's chopper yet to be found

  Nearly 48 hours after a helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four other people went missing, the chopper is yet to be found. (Read: Who is Dorjee Khandu)Massive search operations are on to locate the missing Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter that had taken off from Tawang at 9.50 am on Saturday. It lost communica...

• Dorjee Khandu's missing chopper: What led to the confusion?

  A helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four other people, which went missing on Saturday morning, has still not been found.But on Saturday afternoon, the CM's office and Governor JJ Singh confirmed that the missing chopper had landed safely in Bhutan. These reports were, however, denied later. NDTV has got exclusiv...

• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu's chopper still missing

  A helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four other people, which went missing on Saturday morning, has still not been found.  (Read: Who is Dorjee Khandu)Massive search operations are on to locate the missing Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter that had taken off from Tawang at 9.50 am on Saturday. It lost communi...

• ISRO roped in to trace Arunachal Chief Minister's chopper

  Government has alerted the Department of Space and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for help in locating the whereabouts of the missing helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others.Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said that Indian satellites have made two passes over the probable area from where the...

• High-level meeting discusses steps to trace Arunachal CM's chopper

  A high-level emergency meeting was held at the state secretariat in Itanagar on Saturday evening to discuss steps to be taken to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others.As the whereabouts of the Chief Minister's chopper was yet to be officially confirmed, the Army, SSB, ITBP personnel will b...