Pune: Ajit Pawar, who began his political career as an MP from Baramati in 1991, maintained a firm grip on the politics and administration of Pune for decades. As the district guardian minister on multiple occasions, he became the face of city politics following the exit of the then-dominant Congress stalwart, Suresh Kalmadi. Under his…
BARAMATI/PUNE: As the ill-fated plane carrying Ajit Pawar made its final descent near Baramati, residents claim they saw the aircraft spiral. CCTV footage partly bore out this description as it showed the wings tilt to what appears to be an unstable degree as it loses altitude.“It was flying very low and circled around the airport…
BARAMATI: Police personnel identified the body of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar through his wristwatch and sitting position on the aircraft.Superintendent of police, Pune Rural, Sandeep Singh Gill told TOI, “Our team inspected all the bodies recovered from the crash site and identified the deputy chief minister’s body by studying his wristwatch. The police personnel…
Pune: City’s most parts will face water cuts on Thursday to assist repairs and maintenance works at various water supply units. The PMC’s water supply department said that the water distribution will be resumed late on Friday morning.All peth areas and parts of merged areas, including Mukai Nagar, Kolhewadi, Khadakwasla, Narhe and Gokulnagar, will not…
PUNE/BARAMATI: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar, 66, died on Wednesday morning when a private jet carrying him from Mumbai crashed near Baramati airport, around 100km from Pune, plunging Maharashtra into yet another phase of political turbulence.Apart from Ajit Pawar, 4 others – pilots Captain Sumit Kapur and first officer Shambhavi Pathak, attendant Pinky Mali and…
PUNE: Ajit Pawar was among the rare netas who draw deep respect and are slightly feared by the people. They may not be adored easily and automatically, but once they are, they make their place in people’s esteem. To be sure, Ajit Pawar’s career was shadowed by controversy, but he possessed the political smarts to…
PUNE: NCP chief Ajit Pawar‘s sudden death has complicated the possible merger of the two NCP groups, which was imminent after the Feb 5 zilla parishad elections in Maharashtra.Members of both NCP groups are united in grief but, considering the political dynamics in the state, where NCP groups are in rival camps, a consensus on…
Pune: Around 2.5 lakh beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme in Pune district were wrongly classified as belonging to families of govt employees due to an error in the e-KYC, which led to a halt in their monthly financial assistance of Rs1,500, officials said. Statewide, the women and child development (WCD) department has identified 24…
Pune: The 15 prime slots allocated to Pune airport last year may remain unused, even during the upcoming summer schedule starting from end-March, because of lack of required infrastructure, persisting problems with IndiGo — which has the highest number of flights, and the upcoming temporary runway closure in April.Aviation experts said local industry associations and…
Pune: The Central govt is planning to increase the network of charging stations in the country in order to promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), Union heavy industries minister and minister of steel, H D Kumaraswamy, said on Tuesday. The percentage of pollution caused by public transport vehicles in India is 40%, and to…
