Prominent Indian politician Ajit Pawar, 4 others killed in air crash

MUMBAI, India: Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, India's wealthiest state, who was killed in a charter aircraft crash on January 28 along with four others, was accorded a state funeral the next day.

Pawar and four others died when their private Lear Jet 45, owned by VSR Ventures, crashed in the politician's hometown of Baramati while attempting a landing, some 155 miles from Mumbai, the state