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Sunetra Pawar, wife of deceased NCP president Ajit Pawar, was on Saturday sworn in as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The 62-year-old Pawar, who has resigned as Rajya Sabha MP, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a brief ceremony at the Lok Bhavan here. Earlier…
Sunetra had challenged Ajit’s cousin Supriya Sule, who was the sitting MP from Baramati, during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. She was unsuccessful in her bid back then. Once she takes oath as the deputy chief minister, she will be required to get elected to either of the two wings of Maharashtra’s legislature. Sunetra would be…
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Wednesday said AAIB will take an in-depth look into the plane crash at the Baramati airport, and there are no safety concerns regarding the aircraft’s operator. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others died in a Learjet 45 aircraft accident on Wednesday morning. The aircraft, bearing…
The Baramati plane crash, which killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on Wednesday, could have been avoided if the airport runway had been equipped with an instrument landing system to guide the pilot through marginal visibility, according to an aviation expert. There is a need to ensure that all evidence at…
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Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday sought to downplay his closed-door meeting with estranged nephew and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Pune, and asserted no issue related to their respective parties was discussed. Speaking to reporters in Kolhapur city, the former Union agriculture minister insisted discussion at the meeting solely…
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Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the Jalgaon train accident was the result of a “sheer rumour” about fire by a tea-seller inside the Pushpak Express, which led to panic and some passengers jumping off. Some passengers of the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express, who got off the train after an alarm chain-pulling…
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Political turbulence in Maharashtra continues unabated, even after the assembly elections. Speculation is rife that eight MPs and ten MLAs from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by Sharad Pawar, are poised to join Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s faction. Reports suggest these legislators are in close contact with Ajit Pawar’s group and may announce…
You have voted for me, but that doesn’t mean you own me, said Ajit Pawar. (FILE) Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar lost his cool after a large number of people gave him memorandums with various demands and told them they didn’t “own” him just because they voted for him. Addressing a public meeting…
Mumbai: Asha-tai Pawar, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s mother, on Wednesday said she prayed to Lord Vitthal that her son and his estranged uncle Sharad Pawar should come together again. Asha-tai visited the famous Vitthal and Rukmini temple at Pandharpur in the morning. Talking to reporters outside the temple, she said, “I prayed that…
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Ajit Pawar has been vocal about his chief ministerial ambitions. Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said he and his deputies Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde would work 24/7 in shifts. “Ajit Pawar will work in the morning since he is an early riser. I am on duty from noon to midnight while…