AAI proposal to acquire 11ha land for airport soon: MP
The Airport Authority of India (AAI), which has planned to spend Rs 100 crore in the first phase of Kolhapur airport expansion, has decided to send a proposal to the forest department for handing over...
View ArticleKP Patil to continue as NCP Kolhapur head
The former member of legislative assembly from Radhanagari and sitting head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Kolhapur district unit K P Patil will continue as the party's district head.
View Article18 including 7 women booked for taking loans against fake jewellery in Kolhapur
The Shahupuri police on Tuesday filed a first information report (FIR) against 18 people, including, seven women in the city for allegedly availing of gold loans worth Rs 65 lakh from a private bank by...
View ArticleGynaecologists slam 'impractical' provisions in Act in Kolhapur
PCPNDT ActKolhapur: Gynaecologists in the city on Wednesday wore black strips to work in protest against some provisions in the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic (PCPNDT) Act.
View ArticleATMs to provide purified water at only 1 per litre
The civic body has identified 68 spots across the city to install water ATMs, from where the citizens can get a litre of purified drinking water at Re 1 as against the bottled water available in market...
View Article'Pansare murder was an act of terror'
The first convention of the BJP's newly elected state working committee next month is likely to run into controversy as Uma Pansare, widow of slain rationalist Govind Pansare, has criticized the party...
View ArticleKMC gets notice for dumping material
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Thursday issued notice to the civic body for dumping material to construct an earthen dam at Rankala lake.
View ArticleComplete sports complex work in a month: Patil
Guardian minister Chandrakant Patil in a review meeting on Tuesday instructed the district sports office to finish the incomplete work of constructing the divisional sports complex within a month.
View ArticleFinal test for heritage status aid awaits Rajaram college
The authorities of Rajaram College are waiting with baited breath to clear the final hurdle for getting aid under the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) special heritage status.
View Article35 colleges in state under UGC's CPE scheme
As many as 35 colleges in Maharashtra have either been selected for the University Grants Commission's (UGC) coveted scheme of Colleges with Potential for Excellence (CPE).
View ArticleMore than 400 lawyers protest at Azad Maidan
As many as 400 lawyers from Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and parts of Solapur districts on Friday protested at Azad Maidan in Mumbai demanding a separate bench of the Bombay high...
View ArticleKMC squads to reassess properties
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has constituted a 24-member squad comprising employees of the property tax department to reassess properties in the city.
View ArticleProposal to shift traffic office to Buddha Garden opposed
The Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh has opposed the civic body's proposal to shift the office of city traffic department to Buddha Garden.
View ArticleCommittee told to shortlist 10 forts for conservation
The state government has asked the committee for forts restoration and conservation to prepare a list of 10 forts which need immediate attention.
View ArticleMSC bank poll likely by June-end
The election to the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) bank's is likely to be held in the last week of June, indicated Anand Jogdand, secretary of state cooperative election authority on Friday.
View ArticleDumping site row: Civic body threatens not to collect waste
The civic body has threatened residents of Takala and Rajarampuri to stop collection of garbage from the areas if they continued to oppose the landfill site at Takala.
View ArticlePansare kin moves HC for SIT probe
Slain rationalist Govind Pansare's family has moved the Bombay high court demanding the setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder.
View ArticleCyber law workshop held at SUK
The journalism and mass communication department of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur held a one-day workshop on social media and cyber law on campus on Friday.
View ArticleMayor seeks legal help to avoid removal from post
Mayor Trupti Malavi has sought suggestions from legal experts before signing the proposals approved by the general body to remove her from the post.
View ArticleState pollution board serves disconnection notice to sugar factory
The state pollution board has issued notices to a sugar cooperative factory in Kolhapur and at least eight textile units in Ichalkaranji town for allegedly causing pollution of the Panchganga.
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