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Khandu’s funeral on Friday 05 May 2011

The body of the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu, who was killed in the helicopter crash on Saturday, was brought to state capital Itanagar this afternoon in an air force helicopter from Tawang. Khandu's funeral will take place on Friday...

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Chopper found crashed, Khundu could be dead 04 May 2011

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram announced in Delhi a little while ago that the search and rescue teams looking for the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu’s missing helicopter had found the crash site in Lugudhang. Army helicopters also found three...

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Dorjee Khandu body identified 04 May 2011

Union Minister for Development of North Eastern region B.K. Handique today announced in Itanagar that the body of the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, who was killed in the helicopter crash, was identified by one of his close relatives. “One...

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PM, Sonia, PC pay tributes to Khandu 06 May 2011

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union home minister P Chidambaram today paid tributes to the former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu, who was killed in a helicopter crash along with four others on April 30. The...

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Khandu’s killing in copter crash confirmed 04 May 2011

The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed this afternoon that the Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu was killed in a helicopter crash.  Shortly after the statement, army rescue teams had recovered five mutilated bodies and the wreckage of the helicopter in...

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Chopper with Arunachal CM disappears 30 April 2011

A helicopter, carrying the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, has gone missing after it took off from Tawang at 9.50 this morning. Arunachal MP Takam Sanjay told media persons in Itanagar that the helicopter lost contact with the ground...

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Laughing Buddha cremated 10 May 2011

Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, fondly called as ‘Laughing Buddha’ by his admirers, was cremated today at his native village Shebdung with full state honours.   Khandu was killed in a helicopter crash 10 days ago in Tawang hill...

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