Dorjee Khandu Chopper

• Arunachal Pradesh: Tawang chopper service resumes

  After a gap of 31 months, chopper service was re-introduced in Tawang district, bordering China with the Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL).

• Khandu's last rites to be performed on May 10

  The last rites of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, who died in a chopper crash, will be performed on May 10 instead of May 11 as announced earlier. Buddhist monks suggested advancement of the date by a day after going through the scriptures and performance of rituals at Tawang, Jambey Tsering,  PRO to Chief Minister Jarbo...

• Central govt offices to remain closed in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday

  As a mark of respect to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu who died in a chopper crash near Tawang, all Central government offices in the state will remain closed on Friday.The national flag will fly at half-mast today and tomorrow in Arunachal Pradesh and in all states and UT capitals, including Delhi, says a statement received from Ho...

• 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...

• Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu dead, crashed helicopter found

  Five days after the helicopter that he was using went missing, Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu was found dead in Luguthang, near the China border. A government official and a relative of Mr Khandu have identified his body. (Read: Arunachal CM's relative identifies his body) "The Chief Minister and four others are dead," Union Minister for D...

• 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...

• Government statement on search operations

  Following the loss of contact with the helicopter carrying the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Shri Dorjee Khandu and five others (including two pilots) on Saturday, 30th April, 2011, a massive search operation was launched.  The search operations are being carried out by teams from the Army, ITBP, SSB, Arunachal Pradesh Police, NDRF and ...

• 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...

• Massive search operation for Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister

  A helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four other people, which went missing on Saturday morning, has still not been found. Massive search operations are on to locate the missing chopper:Defence sources have told NDTV that one IAF helicopter based in Tawang is making sorties to search the missing chopperOne Sukhoi-...