COONOOR: Defence officials on Thursday retrieved the Flight Recorder, more popularly known as ‘Black Box’, of the ill-fated Indian Air Force helicopter that crashed near here on Wednesday.Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat and 12 others were killed in the incident.

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told Parliament that a tri-services inquiry led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh has started investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others.

LUCKNOW: A pall of gloom descended in Kanhauli village in Rudrapur tehsil of Deorai on Wednesday when the news of the IAF chopper crash came. Gallantry award winner Group Captain Varun Singh, who is the sole survivor of the mishap, originally belongs to this village in eastern UP.

Thiruvananthapuram: The state government on Thursday announced salary revision for Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) employees by hiking the basic pay from Rs 8,320 to Rs 23,000.

Kochi: Private bus operators have again threatened an agitation to press for their demands. Buses in Kerala will be off the roads from December 21.According to the United forum of the bus owners, they would go on strike since the Kerala Government did not keep the promise that all their demands would be met within a month.

A Malayali was among the 13 confirmed fatalities in the Air Force helicopter crash at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.Junior Warrant Officer A Pradeep, a native of Ponnukkara Village in Thrissur district, was involved in the accident that claimed the life of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.

New Delhi: Kerala has moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to prevent Tamil Nadu from releasing water from Mullaperiyar without notice and at night.