Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar has held "very productive" talks with the top military brass of the Maldives to further bolster bilateral defence and security cooperation amid concerns over China's increasing footprint in the Indian Ocean.
Investigators have ruled out any possibility of technical snag or sabotage in the crash of the Russian-origin twin-engine Mi-17V5 helicopter that was flying from Sulur airbase to Wellington on December 8.
No technical snag or sabotage and bad weather have been identified as the prime reason for the IAF chopper crash that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others on December 8 in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor.