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Ajit Pawar Death: The final phone conversation between flight attendant Pinky Mali and her father, Shivkumar Mali, has emerged following the Baramati plane crash that claimed the lives of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.

A Civil Aviation Ministry statement outlined the sequence of events leading to the crash, including a potentially worrying point that the pilot 'did not give readback of landing clearance', i.e., there was no message, as is protocol worldwide.

Days after a public declaration of his desire to divorce his wife, Aparna Bisht Yadav, Prateek Yadav, the younger son of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, has shared a new post on Instagram with a contrasting message.

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Ajit Pawar - the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and one of the state's key power brokers, certainly after the July 2023 split from uncle Sharad Pawar's side - died in a plane crash Wednesday morning.

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was travelling in a Bombardier Learjet 45 - operated by VSR Aviation - when it crashed in an open field, killing all five on board minutes before landing at Baramati Airport in Maharashtra.

Ajit Pawar, unlike most other politicians who mask their pursuit of power with pious claims of 'public service', wore his ambition on his sleeve.

In what is being seen as the strongest minority outreach by Bangladesh's radical Islamists, Jamaat-E-Islami leader Shafiqur Rahman has appealed to Hindus to vote for the party in the upcoming elections.

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Supriya Sule, along with Sunetra Pawar, reached Baramati on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after Ajit Pawar's plane crashed in the area early this morning after takeoff from Mumbai.

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The airport in Maharashtra's Baramati near which the Learjet 45 private jet carrying Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed, killing all five on board is an 'uncontrolled' airfield with flight traffic information, the government said Wednesday.

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IIT Bombay Student Housing Project: A total of 2,700 alumni donors, spanning batches from the Class of 1962 to the Class of 2024, contributed to the project, with donations ranging from Rs 10 crore to Rs 1,000.

Minutes before the plane carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed, killing him and four others, it was flying towards the runway and fell 100 feet before approaching it, an eyewitness said.

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In one of his final interviews NCP faction leader Ajit Pawar - who died Wednesday morning in a plane crash near Baramati - lamented the evolution of the political landscape in the country, declaring parties and leaders were abandoning ideologies.

Amazon on Tuesday appeared to have mistakenly alerted many Amazon Web Services cloud computing employees about layoffs planned for Wednesday morning with a commiseration email and team-wide meeting invite sent hours early.

Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) leader Supriya Sule said she was devastated by the tragic death of her Dada and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in an air crash in Pune's Baramati area.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed after an aircraft carrying him crashed in Pune's Baramati on Tuesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed.

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Around 8:43 am, the Learjet 45, went silent, suggesting the likely time of the crash, according to Flightradar24.

JEE Main Session 2 Registration: NTA will open JEE Main 2026 Session 2 registration by January 31 with exams scheduled from April 1 to April 10, 2026. Candidates must register via the official website.

The India-EU Free Trade Agreement opens access to the European Union's $572.3 billion pharmaceuticals and medical devices market, boosting India's pharma sector, employment, MSMEs and global supply chain integration, according to the government.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has plunged into mourning after the death of party chief and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India offers live online classes and mock test series for CA Final and Foundation candidates appearing in May 2026 exams.

According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the plane encountered severe technical difficulties and instability during its final approach at approximately 8:45 AM.

Ajit Pawar's Plane Crash Lands In Maharashtra's Baramati

An aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has crashed in the Pune district this morning. As per the latest reports, the plane lost control and crashed while landing at the Baramati airport.

In September 2023, a private plane skid off the runway and crashed while trying to land amid heavy rain at Mumbai airport.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that holding elections now would be a mistake, as he faces the possibility of a snap vote should he fail to pass a national budget.

As India and the European Union announced a free trade agreement after nearly two decades of negotiations, the Donald Trump administration in the United States believes the deal appears to be favouring New Delhi.

The first phase of the Parliament's Budget Session begins today with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the nation, days before the Narendra Modi government presents the Union Budget.

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) recently introduced the Equity Regulations to address caste-based discrimination faced by students from reserved categories in higher education institutions (HEIs).

The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on Wednesday with the address of President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of both Houses.

The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination December 2025 results will be available from February 17 2026 on NBEMS website.

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A 30-year-old man allegedly killed his said lover in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, dismembered her body and put her head in a packet and threw it in a canal, a police official said on Tuesday.

JEE Main 2026 January session resumes on January 28 with exams for BE/BTech, B.Arch, and B.Planning held in two shifts across multiple centers.

Russia's grinding invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly two million military casualties -- killed, wounded or missing -- between the two countries, according to a study published Tuesday by a US think tank.