Pune:The black box, consisting the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR), of the Learjet 45 aircraft was recovered on Thursday, a day after it crashed near the Baramati airstrip.CVR and FDR are key to cracking the riddle behind the plane crash in which deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others…
Pune: A Maharashtra cabinet rejig is on the cards following the demise of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. A search has begun for NCP seniors to fill the shoes of Ajit, who held finance among his many portfolios and was to present the state budget next month for a record 12th…
PUNE: Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday said the final rites of her cousin and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar would be performed at the sports ground of Vidya Pratisthan in Baramati around 11am on Thursday.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah will attend the funeral,” a senior police officer told TOI….
Pune: Purandar tehsil, Maharashtra’s leading fig-producing region, is witnessing a difficult season as prolonged low temperatures over the past two months adversely affected fruit size, weight and overall yield, agriculture scientists said. The unseasonal cold has also led to a significantly higher premature drop of fig fruits, adding to the financial burdern faced by growers…
PUNE: The Alankar police on Wednesday detained three 15-year-old boys on the charge of murdering another teenager of the same age over friendship with a girl and dumping the body into Mula river on Jan 26.Sunita Rokade, senior inspector, Alankar police, said the victim’s mother filed a missing person’s report on Tuesday after he did…
Pune: A 40-year-old scooterist was killed and another scooter driver suffered severe injuries after their two-wheelers were hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on a Hadapsar flyover late on Monday night.The victim, who was from Hadapsar, succumbed to the injuries during treatment. The Wanowrie police identified the deceased as Satish Adagale of Kalepadal, Hadapsar….
Pune: Wednesday was supposed to be yet another hectic day for deputy chief minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar, as he was scheduled to address four campaign rallies for the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections after landing at Baramati airstrip around 9am. The first rally was scheduled at 10am in Nirwagaj, while the day’s…
BARAMATI/PUNE: New CCTV footage adds visual layer to eyewitness accounts of the crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others, with the aircraft seen tilting sharply moments before impact—suggesting a loss of stability during its final descent near Baramati airport. Residents living around the elevated runway said the private jet appeared…
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, 66, died on Wednesday morning when the private jet carrying him from Mumbai crashed near Baramati airport, approximately 100 km from Pune, plunging the state into political uncertainty.The crash, which occurred at 8:44 am, also claimed the lives of four others: pilots Captain Sumit Kapur and First Officer Shambhavi…
Pune: High flames, burning aircraft, and charred bodies were all the first responders could see after reaching the crash site at Atole Vasti near the Baramati airstrip on Wednesday morning.“We received an emergency call at 8.57am and two fire tenders were sent to the spot. We saw the mangled remains of the aircraft scattered around,…
