No decline in oral cancer cases in district: Experts
Criticizing BJP MP Dilip Gandhi’s recent claim that there is no clear evidence of correlation between tobacco and cancer, medical experts have said that around 2,000 fresh cases of oral cancer are...
View ArticlePublishing environmental report before July 31 a tough ask for KMC
With the deadline to submit the environmental status report (ESR) for the fiscal 2014-15 to the state government about three months away, the civic body is yet to start its preparations.
View ArticleOver 750 water samples from Jotiba checked
The district health department inspected over 750 water samples from the recently-held annual Jotiba yatra from over 200 sources, including those of restaurants, vendors, water tankers and wells...
View ArticleEngineering students develop broom scavenger machine
Five final year students of the city-based Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering have developed a broom scavenger machine, which will help in refining a raw broom into a better...
View ArticleTwo youths from Karad trapped in Yemen
Two youths from Chargaon village in Karad taluka are trapped in Yemen, according to their families.
View ArticleState to produce 100L tonne sugar
With 100 lakh tonne sugarcane still waiting to be crushed, the sugar production in the state is set to cross the 100-lakh tonne production mark. This is going to be a record production for the first...
View ArticleIncentive for ration shop owners for data collection
: In an attempt to encourage and accelerate data collection of ration card holders, especially the beneficiaries of the Food Security Act, the central government has decided to give an incentive of Rs...
View ArticlePolice to take custody of two held in Belagavi for chain snatching
The city police are set to take custody of two members of the notorious Irani gang, who were arrested by Belagavi cops on Sunday for their alleged involvement in chain snatching incidents.
View ArticlePansare probe making no headway: MLA
NCP MLA from Mumbra Jitendra Awhad on Tuesday said that the investigations into the killings of rationalist thinker Narendra Dabholkar and veteran communist leader Govind Pansare have not made any...
View ArticleShunting line to start soonat Kolhapur railway station
The ongoing work of laying the shunting line at the Kolhapur railway station will be completed in the next 3-4 days, enabling it to handle more trains.
View ArticleBreach of privilege motion against DGP
The Shiv Sena MLA told TOI, "I moved a breach of privilege motion against the duo and the state assembly speaker Haribhau Bagade accepted it and has forwarded it to the committee to take action on it."
View ArticleVillages shrug off merger plan but grapple with shortage of funds
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation proposal for merger of five villages that have witnessed rapid urbanization into the civic limit has evoked mixed response from the residents, who fear the additional...
View ArticleMan gets life in jail for killing wife
A local court in Jaysingpur on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in April 2012 over suspecting her character.
View ArticleNew CREDAI president to look into city expansion
Mahesh Yadav, the newly-elected president of the Kolhapur branch of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association (CREDAI) said that his body will follow up with the state for the expansion...
View ArticleMSRTC introduces more trips, but has few drivers
Pratap Sawant, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Pune regional manager in a meeting held in Kolhapur on Wednesday has asked the Kolhapur division to increase its load factor from...
View ArticleAsst inspector held for taking 2,000 bribe
The ACB sleuths on Tuesday caught an assistant police inspector of the Panhala police station, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000.
View ArticleKMC plans change in land use for Shahu memorial
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will table a proposal to change the zoning of a plot of land in the Laxmi Vilas Palace area, where the construction work for the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj's...
View ArticleTwo youths from Karad return from Yemen
Two youths from Karad tehsil trapped in strike-torn Yemen safely returned to India on Tuesday.They were rescued from Yemen capital of Sanaa and reached Cochin.
View ArticleFadnavis for CID enquiry against devasthan samiti
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that an enquiry would be launched into the allegaions against the Paschim Maharashtra Devasthan Samiti (PMDS), the government-appointed body that...
View ArticleCong's Mahadik declares panel with four new faces
Congress MLC Mahadev Mahadik and former MLA PN Patil on Wednesday announced their panel for the Gokul dairy elections.The Mahadik-Patil faction has fielded four new candidates for the 18-member panel.
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