AJIT SOLANKI

The tail of the airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
AP PHOTO: Air India plane’s tail juts from a building
The photo looks unreal at first glance. The tail of an airliner jutting out from an unremarkable building. There are no people in the image. But it captures the violence of the Air India crash.
June 12
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Fiery Air India crash kills 241 people aboard, leaving 1 survivor, airline says
Air India says all but one of the 242 people aboard a flight bound for London have died in a crash in Ahmedabad. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived.
June 12
A worker inspects a diamond at Shree Ramkrishna Exports in Surat, India, on April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
AP PHOTOS: Decades-old diamond industry in India’s Surat faces an uncertain future
SURAT, India (AP) — In a narrow street made narrower by rows of parked motorbikes, businessmen sitting cross-legged on the sidewalks or perched on the motorbikes, are conducting business with their clients.
May 22
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center left, and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, center right, wave to greet people from a vehicle in Vadodara, India, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
The leaders of India and Spain launch India’s first private military aircraft plant
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez have inaugurated India’s first private military aircraft plant.
October 28, 2024
Earthmovers remove burnt debris the day after a fire broke out in an amusement park in Rajkot, India, Sunday, May 26, 2024. A massive fire damaged a large part of the park on Saturday, killing more than twenty people and injuring some others, news reports said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Bodies of 27 ‘burnt beyond recognition’ after a massive fire in Indian amusement park, relatives say
Dozens of family members looking to recover the bodies of loved ones who died in a massive fire at an amusement park in western India have been told they were burnt beyond recognition and tests were needed to identify the remains.
May 26, 2024
Bollywood actor Rani Mukherjee, center, wearing specs arrives at airport to attend the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Jamnagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
India’s richest man is bringing Rihanna and 1,200 guests to a pre-wedding bash for his son
It might be the biggest party this small west Indian city has ever seen. As billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani prepares for the wedding of his son this summer, he’s expecting billionaires from around the world, heads of state, and Hollywood and Bollywood royalty to attend a three-day bash in th
March 1, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Yellen visits India again to promote closer ties and tackle global economic problems
On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in Asia for a series of Group of 20 finance minister meetings in India.
July 16, 2023
Cyclone batters fishing hub but veers away from Indian coast
A cyclone in the Arabian Sea battered an Indian fishing hub with heavy wind, wave and rain and was forecast to still bring dangerous weather even as it veered away from the western coast.
June 13, 2019