Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said 45 per cent of crop loss assessment in the drought-affected regions of the state has been completed, and assured that the government would provide financial assistance to the affected farmers before Diwali. This LIVE blog is now closed

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced a Diwali bonus of Rs 26,000 for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) employees. We are closing the live blog.