Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari attended the funeral held at the Vidya Pratishthan ground, around 100 km from Pune. Several senior leaders cutting across party lines were present to pay their final respects to the 66-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief
29 January,2026 12:32 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentAjit Pawar death: The Ministry of Civil Aviation confirmed the recovery of the black box from the aircraft that crashed at Baramati, killing Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and five others. AAIB and DGCA teams are leading a time-bound, transparent investigation as per SOPs and AAIB Rules, 2025
29 January,2026 12:20 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe accused officer, aged 57, was working as an assistant estate officer with City and Industrial Development Corporation. His associate was allegedly used as a middleman to collect the bribe, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said
29 January,2026 12:16 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentAjit Pawar died on Wednesday after the aircraft he was travelling in crashed at Baramati airport. He was on his way to attend a public meeting linked to the Zilla Parishad elections
29 January,2026 11:59 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were performed on Thursday at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati by his sons, Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar, amid a massive outpouring of grief
29 January,2026 11:52 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentSupporters lining the route raised slogans of “Ajit Dada Amar Rahe” as the cortege reached the ground. Pawar’s son Jay, nephew Rohit Pawar and other relatives accompanied the procession
29 January,2026 12:18 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentAccording to the Sameer app, the city’s air quality index (AQI) on Thursday stands at 85, which falls in the “satisfactory” category. Sensitive individuals may experience minor breathing discomfort under these conditions
29 January,2026 10:31 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentIn an editorial published in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray-led camp said Pawar’s demise was comparable to the untimely loss of towering leaders such as Pramod Mahajan, Gopinath Munde, Vilasrao Deshmukh and R.R. Patil
29 January,2026 10:04 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe autopsies of pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor and co-pilot Captain Shambhavi Pathak were carried out at the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati
29 January,2026 09:03 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentPawar, 66, was killed on Wednesday morning when a chartered Learjet aircraft crashed near the Baramati airstrip, about 100 km from Pune. Four others on board — two pilots, a flight attendant and Pawar’s personal security officer — also lost their lives in the accident
29 January,2026 08:53 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentPawar, 66, was among five occupants of a chartered aircraft that went down on Wednesday morning, barely 200 metres from the edge of the tabletop runway at Baramati airport in Pune district
29 January,2026 08:45 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe funeral procession is scheduled to begin at 9 am from the Vidya Pratishthan campus (Gadima), move through key parts of the town to allow people to pay their respects, and conclude at the Vidya Pratishthan ground, where the last rites will be performed at 11 am
29 January,2026 08:31 AM IST | mid-day online correspondentAjit Pawar death: Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra FDA Minister Narhari Zirwal said the public wants Sunetra Pawar to be inducted into the state ministry after Ajit Pawar’s death. Zirwal said the party leadership will discuss the matter as political debates intensify in Maharashtra
29 January,2026 04:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
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28 January,2026 08:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Anish PatilLocals who tried to save animal dumped in drain demand swift legal action
28 January,2026 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah KhanThe accused in the case are also accused of extorting Rs 5 lakh from another suspected Bangladeshi woman in Kalyan, in Thane district in Maharashtra, officials said
27 January,2026 10:57 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentHowever, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kalyan Ghette said the police have not received any official information regarding Tike’s death so far
27 January,2026 08:28 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentA murder case has been registered against three relatives of the deceased, identified as Dilshad Maqbul Ahmed Shah, and they have been detained, police officials said. The incident took place near a hotel in a slum area of Shantinagar
27 January,2026 08:07 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentUnknown accused raises personal loan in officer’s name while he was on election duty, siphons off amount via online transactions
26 January,2026 09:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya IyerVictim run over by unidentified vehicle on Pashan Road-Panchavati stretch; police scan CCTV to trace accused
26 January,2026 08:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Amarjeet SinghTeams from the country's premier anti-smuggling agency carried out a raid and unearthed a fully operational laboratory, equipped for mephedrone production, camouflaged as a poultry farm. The unit was frequently shifting locations to evade detection
26 January,2026 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentPolice reconstruct how a minor dispute inside a crowded compartment of the local train ended with a man bleeding to death on the platform at Malad station
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