Survey finds diabetes, BP common among rural women
A recent health survey has found cases of hypertension and diabetes, the common urban sedentary lifestyle diseases, among rural women.
View ArticleA month on, police still groping in the dark
A month after veteran communist leader Govind Pansare and his wife Uma were attacked by unidentified assailants, the police are still groping in dark.
View ArticleMalavi turns to Cong-NCP backing in civic body
Even as the NCP leaders have been training guns on city mayor Trupti Malavi for not resigning from the post, she is busy garnering support of corporators of the ruling alliance in the civic body.
View ArticleScrap cases against us, say KATC members
The Kolhapur Anti-Toll Committee has demanded the withdrawal of cases filed against them during their agitation against toll collection at the toll plazas in the city.
View ArticleFewer farmers in district opting for state-aided drip irrigation
Farmers in the district are shying away from setting up government-aided drip irrigation systems on their land. In the three years since the government subsidy was launched, the number of farmers...
View ArticleMahavitaran launches drive to recover 1.17crore
The Maharashtra state electricity distribution company (Mahavitaran) has started a drive to recover pending dues of Rs 1.17 crore from 15,000 customers in the city.
View ArticleCivic panel to push for populist projects
With an eye on civic polls later this year, the members of the civic standing committee are likely to push for inclusion of the populist projects in the 2015-16 budget during the discussions on the...
View ArticleShahu medical college proposes new hospital of 750 beds
The Rajarshi Shahu government medical college has proposed a 750-bed hospital in Shenda Park. The proposal of Rs 160 crore will take at least a year to sanction, an official said.
View ArticlePower cut brings RTO to standstill
Come Wednesday and citizens will face major inconvenience at the regional transport office (RTO) here as the power connection to the office is cut by the MSEDCL for not paying dues of over 61,000.
View ArticleBoating in Rankala lake to start today
The boating facility in Rankala lake is finally set to start on Wednesday after a gap of four years.
View ArticleStage set for Gokul polls, voting on April 23
The commissionerate of cooperation (election) on late Monday evening announced that the elections to cooperative giant Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Society, popularly known as Gokul...
View ArticleWith clear skies, temperature begins to soar in city
The mercury has shot up over the past few days in the city as the cloud cover from unseasonal showers cleared.
View ArticleRestriction on VIP darshan on anvil for Jotiba yatra
The annual Jotiba yatra will be celebrated under the watchful eyes of the district administration, which will take strict note to restrict VIP darshan and install 16 CCTV cameras on the temple premises...
View ArticleTraders upset with post-dated LBT abolition plan
The state government decision to abolish local body tax (LBT) from August 2015 has supported the city trader’s stand against the levy, which was first introduced in Kolhapur in 2011.
View ArticleCity’s pre-IAS training centre to get funds
The BJP-led state government in its maiden budget has proposed to strengthen the pre-IAS training centres at Kolhapur and Nagpur in a bid to improve the success ratio of candidates from Maharashtra...
View ArticleNumber of Grade A primary schools rises from 50 to 206
The number of primary zilla parishad (ZP) schools in the grade A category increased from 50 to 206, revealed a report of the district primary education office.
View ArticleKolhapur posts higher per capita domestic product than state’s average
The per capita net district domestic product (DDP) of the Kolhapur district for the financial year 2014-15 stood at 1,19,783 as against the state average of Rs 1,17,091, stated the economic survey...
View ArticleKolhapur to Purna summer train to run on Wednesdays
The Central Railway started a summer special train between Kolhapur and Purna on Wednesday from the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus.
View ArticleStorm brews over GB proposal to remove Malavi, she threatens action
The move to include proposals seeking removal of mayor Trupti Malavi from the post and her disqualification as corporator for discussion during the general body meeting has split the members of the...
View ArticleUniversity to accept manual examination applications
The examination department of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) is having a tough time resolving its technical glitches because of which the October semester result of at least 1,000 students are...
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