Top News Of The Day: General Bipin Rawat, Wife Among 13 Killed In Chopper Crash
General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, and his wife died today after a military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu, killing 13 on board. The only survivor, an Air Force Group Captain, is being treated for severe burns; The use of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official PMO Twitter handle to spotlight his "Laal Topi" jibe at the Samajwadi Party is snowballing into a new controversy with parties like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress red-flagging it in the middle of an acrimonious parliament session and the campaign for state elections ahead; Rohit Sharma was appointed captain of Team India in One-day Internationals on Wednesday, taking over from Virat Kohli and other top stories.
