Examiners firm on one HSC paper a day
Repercussions of the teachers’ state-wide non-cooperation movement over the assessment of HSC examination answer sheets have started having a telling effect on the Kolhapur division.
View ArticleKMC prepares road map to boost revenue
The severe fund crunch to take up new infrastructural projects has prompted the civic administration to include a road map of measures to boost revenue generation and plug losses.
View ArticleNo new taxes in Rs 389.45-cr draft budget
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has increased the revenue collection targets for the next financial year without adding any new taxes in the Rs 389.45-crore draft budget presented to the...
View ArticleKMC to seal over 2,782 shops running without licence
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has revealed that as many as 2,782 shops in the city are running without acquiring proper licence from the civic administration.
View ArticleProvisional results likely on March 16
The Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) is likely to announce the provisional results of its second Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) on March 16.
View ArticleZila Parishad to provide free sanitary napkins to girl students
The district administration’s decision to provide free sanitary napkins to girl students in standards VI to XII will come into effect from June this year.
View ArticleMayor Malavi gets a two-month breather
Her colleagues in the civic body are upset with her, but Trupti Malavi is here to stay, at least for the time being.
View ArticleSUK yet to announce 5k results of Oct exam
The examination department of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) is yet to announce results of 5,000 students who took their semester examination in October last year.
View ArticleTwo arrested for using LPG as fuel for autorickshaw
The Laxmipuri police on Saturday afternoon arrested two persons for allegedly refilling liquid petroleum gas (LPG) for commercial use as fuel in an autorickshaw in the Shaniwarpeth area of the city.
View ArticleCongress, NCP to table oust-mayor proposal tomorrow
The corporators of Congress and NCP will table two proposals in the general body (GB) meeting on Monday seeking action against mayor Trupti Malavi for “misusing the powers conferred to her by the...
View Article‘MPCB should inspect polluting industries’
District collector Rajaram Mane has asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to take stern action against the “polluting” industries and sugar factories without hesitation.
View ArticleStrike may affect exam assessment
The indefinite strike called by Gramin Dak Sewaks (rural postal employees) is likely to affect answer papers assessment schedule of the ongoing higher secondary school certificate (HSC) and secondary...
View ArticleRR Patil’s wife to contest bypoll
The NCP on Saturday formally announced the candidature of Suman Patil, the widow of former deputy chief minister and senior party leader R R Patil, to contest the April by-election to Tasgaon-Kavathe...
View ArticleAssailants were young, spoke in Marathi, Uma Pansare tells police
Uma Pansare, wife of slain communist leader Govind Pansare, told the police on Sunday that the two men who shot at them on February 16 were young, not wearing masks and were speaking in Marathi. The...
View ArticleState may approve Rs 226 crore district plan
The state government is likely to approve the Kolhapur district expenditure plan of Rs 226 crore for the next financial year, which is only marginally higher than the plan approved for 2014-15.
View Article12 engineering students to impart IT education to rural students
For many school students in the remote areas of the district, laying hands on a computer is a distant dream. However, 12 students from the city-based Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of...
View ArticleDharmashalas demand land, tax exemption
The representatives of dharmashalas from Western Maharashtra have demanded the government to provide them additional land for expansion and exemption in several taxes for providing facilities to the...
View ArticleDistrict sets target of Rs 68 crore revenue
The district collectorate has set a target of Rs 68 crore revenue collection in the 2015-16 financial year, while it has met 76% of the set target for the current fiscal.
View ArticleChandgad taluka villagers to continue protest against AVH
Though the situation at Chandgad taluka is normal now, a police team continues to stay at the Patane phata near Halkarni MIDC area.
View ArticleDistrict anganwadis need corporate support: ZP CEO
At least five corporate houses have approached the Kolhapur zilla parishad (ZP) for supporting its various activities under the corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the details about the...
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