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,…
Baramati/Pune: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was killed on Wednesday morning after a private jet he was travelling on crashed near the Baramati airport, around 100km from Pune.Apart from Ajit Pawar, four others — two pilots, a flight attendant and a personal security officer — were killed in the crash around 8.45am. The deceased…
Maharashtra plunged into political uncertainty with the sudden demise of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, the state’s longest-serving DCM, who was poised to present his 12th state budget. With his portfolios temporarily reverting to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis until formal notifications are issued after the three-day mourning period, the government now faces the immediate challenge…
Ajit Pawar was one of those rare leaders who commanded both deep respect and a hint of fear among the people. Adoration did not come easily or automatically, but once earned, he secured a lasting place in public esteem. His career was not without controversy, yet he possessed the political acumen to navigate challenges and…
BARAMATI: The last rites of Vidip Dilip Jadhav, personal security officer (PSO) to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, were performed by his family in their native village in Satara district on Wednesday night. His young son lit the funeral pyre.Jadhav was among the five people killed when a chartered aircraft crash-landed in Baramati on…
BARAMATI: Acting on an urgent request from the Maharashtra government, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday deployed a team of Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel along with critical technical equipment from Air Force Station Lohegaon to Baramati Airport, defence officials said. The team swiftly established emergency ATC operations, including communication and other essential facilities,…
BARAMATI: Investigators probing the plane crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others have recovered the aircraft’s black box, comprising the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR), from the crash site. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) confirmed the recovery of the flight recorders, which are expected to…
Merger, Mahayuti (NDA) and the Pawars: NCP’s next move rests with Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule PUNE: The mortal remains of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar were on Thursday brought to his residence in Katewadi ahead of his last rites.Funeral preparations are underway at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati for the Nationalist Congress…
Pune: The Pune Rural police arrested the kingpin of an inter-state gang of burglars involved in stealing cash and gold jewellery collectively worth Rs68 lakh from a grocery store owner’s house in Khed’s Rajgurunagar on Jan 3. The accused was taken into custody with the help of CCTV footage. The gang, from Bijnor in Uttar…
PUNE: High flames, burning aircraft, and five charred bodies were what the first responders found after reaching the crash site at Atole Vasti near the Baramati airstrip on Wednesday morning.Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, along with pilots Captain Sumit Kapur and First Officer Shambhavi Pathak, flight attendant Pinky Mali, and personal security officer Vidip…
