Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Central Government’s recent decision to ban sugar exports, terming the move "economically disastrous" for Maharashtra’s cooperative sector. We are closing the LIVE blog now

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday praised his uncle and NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in 1992 that provided 33 per cent quota to women in local bodies. "Saheb (Sharad Pawar) was chief minister at the time and it was my first term as MLA. He said the House should not be adjourned till the bill is passed. We passed the bill after debate at 3:30am," the deputy CM said at an event in Pune. We are closing the LIVE blog now