A chartered Learjet 45XR aircraft crashed during landing in Baramati on the morning of 28 January 2026. Five people, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, lost their lives in this accident. It was a VIP flight and had two pilots, one cabin crew and two passengers. The plane was attempting to land at Baramati…
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)’s preliminary report on the Baramati plane crash in which former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed, has confirmed that there were visibility issues during landing. The report released on Saturday, also revealed that on the day of the accident, January 28, 2026, the ATC tower was manned by…
After the Learjet 45 plane crash that occurred in Baramati on January 28, 2026, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken strict action. After conducting a special safety audit of M/s VSR Ventures Private Limited, DGCA has grounded four Learjet 40/45 aircraft of the company with immediate effect. This decision was taken after…
NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar announced on Tuesday that he will hold a press conference at the Yashwantrao Chavan Center in Mumbai on Tuesday, February 12 to present “eye-opening points” in connection with the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash near Baramati in Pune district on…
Maharashtra District Parishad Election Results Live Updates: 12 Zilla Parishads (Zilla Parishad Elections 2026) and 125 Panchayat Samiti Elections of Maharashtra (Maharashtra Panchayat Samiti Election 2026) The results are to be announced today. After the elections of 29 municipal corporations in the state, Zilla Parishad elections were held, whose candidates will be decided today. On…
After the demise of Maharashtra’s prominent leader and former Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who lost his life in an air crash, the political equations in the state are continuously changing. A glimpse of this has been seen. Recently, senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar has held an important meeting with Ajit Pawar’s sons Parth and Jai…
A mechanical fault was detected in a helicopter shortly before it was scheduled to ferry Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde for Zilla Parishad election campaigning in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, news agency PTI reported, citing airport authorities. The defect was identified late on Monday evening, just hours before the BJP leader’s planned flight to Latur, an official said….
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Maharashtra president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare on Sunday asserted that his party will continue as a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), dismissing speculation about an imminent merger with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP). Tatkare said the party would move ahead on the political line and…
Despite Ajit Pawar’s death casting a shadow over Maharashtra politics and his wife Sunetra Pawar being elevated to the position of Deputy Chief Minister, rumors of a potential merger between two NCP factions have not died down. On Saturday, the senior Pawar admitted that discussions for a reunification of the two factions had been going…
Union Minister Piyush Goyal stated on Saturday that he did not anticipate a reconciliation between the two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions — formerly led by Ajit Pawar, who tragically died in a plane crash, and his uncle Sharad Pawar. He noted that the NCP, serving as a key ally in Maharashtra’s Mahayuti coalition, has…
