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Tempted by glittering returns of Bitcoin and Ethereum, lack of clarity is holding you back? Will Union Budget 2026 lend some clarity to the crypto framework in India?The Halwa ceremony is now over, final preparations are in place and all eyes are on what Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s red bahikhata is holding for various...

NEW DELHI: The final moments of the Learjet 45 carrying Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar were marked by repeated landing attempts and poor visibility, before the aircraft crashed and burst into flames near the runway threshold at Baramati.Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said preliminary information indicates poor visibility at the time...

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PUNE: Baramati, the Pawar family’s pocket borough, which shaped Ajit Pawar’s rise under the towering influence of his uncle Sharad Pawar, was also the town where the Maharashtra deputy chief minister breathed his last in a plane crash on Wednesday. The irony was stark: the constituency that made Ajit Pawar a political force also became...

Digvijay Singh, Ajit Pawar and Mallikarjun Kharge (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the plane crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others. The calls are being ranged from a DGCA-led probe to a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry.Ajit Pawar (66) was among five people killed when...

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was among five people killed when a chartered Learjet 45 crash-landed at Baramati airport on Wednesday morning, with all those on board confirmed dead. The flight had departed Mumbai earlier in the day before losing control during a landing attempt and bursting into flames on impact, officials...

NEW DELHI: The aircraft carrying Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar crashed in Baramati on Wednesday morning, moments after being cleared to land, according to details provided by ministry of civil aviation citing the person manning air traffic controller (ATC) at the airfield.The crash occurred at around 8.44am, barely a minute after the aircraft was...

Ajit Pawar (IANS Photo) Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others have died after their business jet crashed during a botched landing attempt at Baramati airfield on January 28. The aircraft, a Bombardier Learjet 45XR registered as VT-SSK, was operating a non-scheduled flight from Mumbai to Baramati when it went down at approximately...

NEW DELHI: He was ‘dada’ to supporters and a headache to opponents – a workhorse politician with a sharp tongue and sharper instincts. Ajit Pawar never stopped chasing the top job and his politics always carried the impatience of a man running out of time. A six-time deputy chief minister, feared for his authority, respected...

Image credit: PCB NEW DELHI: Former India opener and 1983 World Cup winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi, urging Pakistan to stay away from the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup after Naqvi hinted at a possible withdrawal from the tournament.Pakistan have kept suspense alive over...