PM Modi calls Cabinet Committee on Security meeting at at 6:30 pm today

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Security is due to meet today at prime minister Narendra Modi's residence.

The meeting is being held in the wake of CDS General Bipin Rawat's chopper crash in Tamil Nadu.

Thirteen people have died and one male survivor is being treated for severe burns. There is no official word on General Bipin Rawat's condition.

General Rawat's wife, his Defence Assistant, security commandos and Air Force personnel were on board.

Meanwhile, president Ramnath Kovind has cancelled all of his appointments in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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