The sudden and tragic death of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash near Baramati has shaken Maharashtra and the nation. While rumours and conspiracy theories have circulated, Sharad Pawar has strongly dismissed all political narratives, calling the crash “purely accidental” and urging citizens and leaders alike to respect the family’s grief. Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis condemned attempts to politicize the tragedy and highlighted Ajit Pawar’s decades of public service. WATCH 

Ghislaine Maxwell is making a bold new move from behind bars, launching a fresh legal challenge aimed at overturning or sharply reducing her 20-year federal sex trafficking sentence. Convicted in 2021 for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network, Maxwell now claims her trial was fundamentally flawed and that critical evidence never reached the jury. In newly filed court papers, Maxwell argues that post-trial disclosures from civil lawsuits, sealed court records and previously unavailable materials would have dramatically altered the outcome of her case.