No operator for MPCB helpline, auto-call recorders absent too
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has started a toll-free helpline to receive complaints regarding activities that could result in the pollution of the Panchganga river.
View ArticleCivic body to mark parking zones to rejig auto stands
Municipal commissioner P Siv Sankar has decided to mark all areas in the city as parking and no-parking zones as a precursor to the task of revamping autorickshaw stands.
View ArticleState offers 100/quintal to boost raw sugar export
The state government is preparing to provide Rs 100 per quintal financial assistance for export of raw sugar. If it is added to the union government's plan, then a sugar factory will get Rs 500 per...
View ArticlePolice to crack down on bikes without no plates
Taking a lesson from the recent attack on veteran communist leader Govind Pansare, the city have decided to take action against the motorists riding their two-wheelers without number plates.
View ArticleDivisional panel will offer chance to raise demands: MP
City MP Dhananjay Mahadik has welcomed Union railway minster Suresh Prabhu's announcement about forming a divisional committee of the railways.
View ArticleGovt not serious about probe: Rane
Former chief minister Narayan Rane on Thursday alleged that government is not serious in nabbing the assailants who killed veteran communist leader Govind Pansare.
View ArticleMore than 80 schools in city to conduct RTE admissions online
Over 80 private schools in the city will carry out their RTE quota admissions online this year. The online admission system will be restricted to private schools within the corporation's jurisdiction...
View ArticleReport suspected H1N1 cases, schools told
In a bid to make the school students and teachers aware about the havoc of swine flu, civil surgeon B D Arsulkar has asked the government as well as private schools across the city and district to take...
View ArticleHSC exams: Division records 9 copying cases
As many as nine cases of copying were registered in the Kolhapur division till Thursday in the ongoing HSC examination.
View ArticlePansare's kin demand speedy probe
Not satisfied with the progress of the investigation into the murder of communist leader Govind Pansare, close relatives of Pansare and members of the Pansare Samata Sangharsh Samiti on Thursday met...
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Prabhu formula can redevelop Kolhapur station building
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu, who had mulled the idea of redeveloping Kolhapur railway station through private parties in January this year, had then surprised local railway authorities and leaders...
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Kolhapuris participate in obstacle race
The Sadale-Madale village on the outskirts of the city was bustling with activity on Sunday with as many as 380 participants and their dear ones present at the venue for an obstacle race. Among those...
View ArticleCitizens’ hopes high on national religious site, smart city status
Kolhapur will be watching Union Budget 2015-16 with three major expectations such as getting included in the smart cities project, national religious site status, and benefits from the Mumbai-Bengaluru...
View ArticleCPR hospital ill-prepared to tackle swine flu: Activists
The CPR Bachao Kruti Samiti has demanded a full-fledged swine flu ward with additional staff at the hospital for tackling the current outbreak of swine flu that has wreaked havoc across the state.
View ArticleKDCC ex-directors may not be able to contest polls
Key politicians in the district, who are former directors of the Kolhapur district central cooperative (KDCC) bank, are unlikely to get a chance to contest the elections to the bank.
View ArticleIndustry wants link to Rajapur or Vaibhavwadi
The plan for a new railway line between Karad and Chiplun has put a question mark on the possibility of connecting Kolhapur with Rajapur/Vaibhavwadi via railway.
View ArticleNCP decision on Malavi likely today
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is likely to announce the action to be taken against mayor Trupti Malavi on Monday.
View ArticleCops narrow down probe on finding bike in Govind Pansare attack case
Two weeks after the attack on veteran communist leader Govind Pansare and his wife Uma, the police are still clueless about the assailants, barring the fact that they were riding a bike.
View ArticleMinister asks officers to sort out cast validation applications
State social justice minister Rajkumar Badole has asked the officials concerned to swiftly deal with the applications for cast validation. He also asked them to present their difficulties before him.
View ArticleShivaji University library to provide free e-books on campus
The Shivaji University library will soon offer more than 100 e-books in the popular Marathi fiction and non-fiction categories across the university campus in an attempt to cultivate the reading habit...
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