Missing Andhra CM’s copter may not have crashed, says Chidambaram

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A visibly distraught and at times emotional Congress president Sonia Gandhi told media persons outside the party headquarters on Thursday that she and other members of the Congress were deeply saddened by the death of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy and the four other people who had accompanied him in a helicopter that crashed in the Nallamala Forest Range on Wednesday.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had been killed in a helicopter crash, Home Minister P.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the bodies of Andhra Chief Minister Y.S.Rajashekhara Reddy and four others who were killed in the chopper crash are still at the site of the accident.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, while officially confirming" the death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Police is continuing a search for the missing chopper of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and now Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that everyone was concerned about the missing chopper that was carrying incumbent Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister K. Rosaiah will address a press conference at 4 p.m.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister K.Rosiah on Wednesday confirmed that the state government helicopter carrying Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy has landed in a forest area in Chitoor District, and efforts are on to locate it.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Security Adviser M.K.Narayanan on Wednesday evening said that search operations were being carried out in the Nallamallai forest area of Andhra Pradesh and some forward movements are expected by Thursday morning. Nallamalai forest is the area where the State Chief Minister Y.S.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening said both Revenue and Forest officials of that area have been pressed into the search operations for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram, after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him of the latest developments and efforts of the security forces to trace out Andhra Pradesh Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy, missing since 9.35 morning.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Police and paramilitary forces are moving towards a forested area where Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's missing helicopter was last spotted but the helicopter search has been called off, Home Minister P.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party on Wednesday held an emergency press briefing here with regard to the missing state government helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bell 430 helicopter that went missing Wednesday with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on board was not airworthy and was pulled out of the chief minister's use last year after the state purchased a new Italian chopper, civil aviation sources said.

July 31st, 2009 MEDAK - A trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district on Friday, killing two instructors. According to sources, the incident took place at around 9:45 a.m.