E-waste disposal: Entities to register with 2 Kolhapur agencies
The civic body is going to make all commercial and government entities in the city that generate e-waste to register with agencies approved by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for...
View ArticleCPI demands implementation of Land Acquisition Act, 2013
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday demanded immediate implementation of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and called for a state-wide agitation on March 10 to support their demand.
View ArticleAll okay with chemical conservation of idol in Kolhapur
All the stakeholders involved in conservation of the deteriorating idol of goddess Mahalaxmi on Monday gave approval to the use of chemical method for the purpose and said the entire procedure should...
View ArticleColleges await approval to fill 275 teachers' posts in division
As many as 275 higher secondary teachers' posts are lying vacant in junior colleges across Kolhapur division.
View ArticleGokul voters' list: 149 have objections in Kolhapur
As many as 149 individuals have raised objections against the voters' list prepared by the milk and animal husbandry department for the elections to Kolhapur district cooperative milk producers' union,...
View ArticleKolhapur group to agitate for improvement in PDS
The Ration bachao samiti will be organising morcha at the district collector's office on Tuesday, demanding that black marketing be controlled and the Public Distribution System (PDS) be improved to...
View ArticleKolhapur cops mum over progress of probe
A week after unidentified men shot at veteran leader Govind Pansare and his wife Uma, the police remained tight-lipped regarding the progress of investigation and refused to reveal information.
View ArticleSUK to bid adieu to VC Pawar tomorrow
Shivaji University will bid adieu to vice-chancellor N J Pawar, pro-vice-chancellor Ashok Bhoite and BCUD director Arjun Rajage in an official send-off event on Wednesday at the Lok kala Kendra.
View ArticleKolhapur's Elephant attack victim still in ICU
Balaku Arekar, 65, of Savarde village in Radhanagari tehsil, who was attacked by a wild elephant on Friday, is currently admitted in the intensive care unit of CPR civil hospital here, while the forest...
View ArticleMSEDCL to colour electric poles to avoid staff deaths
Shankar Shinde, chief engineer of Kolhapur zone of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), said the power utility firm would undertake colouring of electric poles to avoid...
View ArticleIndustries, forums pin hopes on railway budget
City-based industries and passengers forums have high hopes from the upcoming Union railway budget. They are expecting that the government will make some announcements that would benefit the city in...
View Article5,000 women from across district demand regular foodgrain supply
Around 5,000 women from across the district participated in a morcha organised by the Ration Bachao Samiti demanding regular supply of foodgrain at ration shops through the public distribution system...
View Article'Provide tanker within 10 days of demand'
District guardian minister of Satara Vijay Shivtare on Tuesday instructed the district collector that if water tanker is not provided within 10 days of raising an official demand, then the officers...
View ArticleProbe ordered into 'wrongdoings' at co-op bank
District deputy registrar Sunil Shirapurkar has ordered inquiry into the alleged wrongdoings in the cooperative bank of primary teachers known as Prathamik Shikshak Sahkari Bank.
View ArticleHonest bus conductor returns gold chain to owner
A bus conductor of Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) proved returned a gold chain worth Rs 70,000 to its owner, who had recently lost the item while travelling in a bus. For his act, senior officers...
View ArticlePolice await Uma Pansare's recovery to record statement
The city police are awaiting recovery of Uma Pansare, wife of slain communist leader Govind Pansare, to record her statement and verify the sketches of assailants that were prepared with the help of an...
View ArticleI am not deterred by criticism, will not resign, says Malavi
The growing criticism within her own political party has not deterred city mayor Trupti Malavi from holding on to the key post. Nearly three weeks after she was booked for allegedly taking a bribe,...
View ArticleKMT bags national award
The Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) has won first place in the 'Maximum Improvement in Vehicle Productivity' category of the Association of Sate Road Transport Undertakings.
View ArticleGhatge new chairman of CII South Maharashtra
Mohan Ghatge of Ghatge-Patil Transport Company was elected chairman of the southern Maharashtra zonal council of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Sunday.
View ArticlePansare attack case: Three more teams formed to help with probe
The Kolhapur police have formed three more teams to assist the 20 existing teams in investigating the attack on Govind Pansare and his wife Uma while the couple was returning from their morning walk on...
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