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  Ajit Pawar Plane Crash Probe: Fadnavis Writes To Amit Shah After Rohit Pawar Raises Questions

  Earlier on February 26, Rohit Pawar had also demanded the resignation of Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu in connection with the crash.

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  Sunetra Pawar Elected As National President of NCP Nearly A Month After Ajit Pawar's Death

  The announcement was made by senior NCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel.

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  DGCA Grounds VSR's Four Learjet Aircraft Over Safety Lapses Month After Ajit Pawar's Death In Plane Crash

  During the inspection, the audit team observed several non-compliances of approved procedures at VSR ventures and discovered that the aircrafts were inefficient in the aforementioned areas.

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  Ajit Pawar Plane Crash: Preliminary Report To Be Out On Or Before Feb 28, Says Minister Mohol

  On February 19, the civil aviation ministry had said a preliminary report will be made public within 30 days of the accident.

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  Four-Member DGCA Team Visits Ajit Pawar Plane Crash Site In Baramati

  Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu had said the investigation into the plane crash would follow a time-bound approach.

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  DGCA Orders Safety Audit Of Non-Scheduled Operators After Ajit Pawar's Fatal Crash

  This step has been taken following the crash of a VSR Ventures aircraft in Maharashtra's Baramati on Jan 28, which led to the death of Ajit Pawar and four others.

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  Ajit Pawar's Wife Sunetra Takes Oath As Maharashtra's First Woman Deputy Chief Minister

  A letter to that effect was submitted to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who forwarded it to Governor Acharya Devvrat.

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  India-EU FTA, Ajit Pawar's Death And NSE's IPO Dream Cleared: The Week That Was

  Here are the top five events that defined the week, heading into Budget.

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  Ajit Pawar's Wife Sunetra To Take Oath As Maharashtra's New Deputy Chief Minister: Sources

  The wife of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will take oath on Jan. 31, 2026 at 5 p.m.

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  NCP Merger to be Announced in Mid-Feb? Four Potential Names Emerge To Lead The Party

  The NCP and NCP- SP (Sharadchandra Pawar) merger was facilitated by the late Ajit Pawar, who had held several meetings with his uncle Sharad Pawar in December and January, sources told NDTV.

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  Ajit Pawar Was 100% Keen On Merging Two NCPs, Entire Process Was Complete: Aide

  Kiran Gujar, who has been associated with Ajit Pawar since before his entry into politics in the mid-1980s, told PTI that Pawar had confided in him about this only five days before Wednesday's fatal plane crash.

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  Baramati Plane Crash: ALPA India Warns Against Rumours, Backs DGCA-AAIB Probe

  Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, two pilots and two others died in the Learjet 45 plane crash near Baramati airstrip on Wednesday morning.

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  Ajit Pawar Cremated With Full State Honours, Parth and Jay Light Their Father's Funeral Pyre | Watch

  On Thursday morning, the mortal remains of Ajit Pawar were taken from the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Hospital in Baramati, where they were kept overnight, to his village.

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  Ajit Pawar No More: What Does His Death Mean For Maharashtra Politics?

  Ajit Pawar's death disrupts the fragile equilibrium in Maharashtra politics. As Deputy CM in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government, he was instrumental in maintaining the Mahayuti coalition's stability, which includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), and his NCP. His passing creates an immediate leadership vacuum.

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  Ajit Pawar Funeral: Maharashtra Dy CM Laid To Rest With Full State Honours, Baramati Mourns

  At the packed Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati, Pawars sons Parth and Jay lit the funeral pyre as his wife Sunetra, who is a Rajya Sabha member, struggled to hold back tears, while the air resonated with chants of "Ajit Dada amar rahe".