Ajit Pawar passes away: ‘The plane crashed, then exploded’ — eyewitness recalls horror, failed rescue attempts

A devastating plane crash near Baramati airport on Wednesday morning claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others, with eyewitnesses describing scenes of repeated explosions, raging flames and helpless locals unable to rescue those on board. The small charter aircraft, which had departed Mumbai around 8 am, went down during…

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Will Sharad Pawar team up with Ajit for Pune civic polls like Thackeray brothers’ BMC tie up? Supriya Sule answers

A day when Uddhav and Raj Thackeray have joined hands for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, speculation are rife that Pawar political family patriarch and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar will team up with nephew Ajit for the Pune civic polls. Ajit Pawar had dramatically broken away from his uncle’s side…

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