Ajit Pawar’s funeral today in Baramati; Amit Shah to attendThe last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be held with full State honours on Thursday (January 29, 2026) at 11 a.m. at Vidya Pratishthan in Baramati, Pune. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the State cabinet will be present at the funeral. Baramati airstrip used for flight training, lacks navigational aids despite VIP trafficThe aircraft involved in Wednesday’s (January 28, 2026) crash at Baramati was attempting a second landing amid poor visibility at an airstrip that, despite witnessing frequent VIP movement, is primarily used for flight training. ), Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, on Wednesday (January 28, 2026), said that scrutiny should be done only in cases of a specific suspicion instead of mass re-verification of all employees with disability. The ‌storm started to develop on Friday (January 23, 2026) and dumped snow across a large region over ​the weekend.

Source: The Hindu January 29, 2026 03:29 UTC