Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP minister Rane targets Thackeray cousins

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Patil`s experience in cooperative movement to help party, says Shinde 

He joined the Sena in Shinde`s presence at the latter`s residence on Friday. Shinde said Patil`s experience in the cooperative movement and his organisational skills would help the party. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Congress leader Vishwasrao Patil joins Shiv Sena
Vishwasrao Abaji Patil, a Congress leader from Kolhapur, joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde here. Patil is former president and current director of the Gokul Dudh Sangh, a milk producers cooperative.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra cabinet clears Atal Setu toll relief, police housing township, irrigation project
The Maharashtra cabinet on Saturday cleared 10 key proposals, including toll relief extension for electric vehicles on Atal Setu and a housing project for Mumbai police personnel, a day after the BJP-led Mahayuti scored a decisive victory in the civic polls. The cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, also okayed the revised cost and the state`s share for the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-2), aimed at improving suburban rail and urban mobility infrastructure. Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar were not present at the meeting. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Nitesh Rane dismisses allegations that BJP was `handing over Mumbai` to Adani

The remarks came in response to a statement by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut that had Eknath Shinde not "turned traitor" and split the Shiv Sena, the BJP would not have been able to gain control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Meanwhile, dismissing the allegations that the BJP was "handing over Mumbai" to industrialist Gautam Adani, Rane said the opposition did not want development of Mumbai and Maharashtra through capable partners.