‘Better coordination needed among Marathi film producers’
The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal has appealed to film producers to coordinate and streamline their film release dates so that they do not eat into each others’ business.
View ArticleKMC brings 2,700 more traders in LBT ambit within a year
The civic body has added around 2,700 new traders under the ambit of local body tax (LBT) in the last one year. The total number of traders registered with the civic body has now reached 20,400.
View ArticleKMC starts distributing forms for workers certificate
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made around 50,000 forms available for city-based construction labourers to pursue the workers certificate as demanded by the state government.
View ArticleTwo drowned in separate incidents in the district
In two separate incidents on Tuesday, a youth and a boy drowned in different parts of the district.
View ArticleRevoke ban on bullock cart races, demand farmers
Members of Akhil Bhartiya Shetkari Bachao Sangharsha Kruti Samiti and Paschim Maharashtra Chhatrapati Shahu Racing Association have demanded that the ban on bullock cart races be revoked.
View ArticleOver 150 from Kolhapur crack JEE
More than 150 city-based aspirants have cleared the joint entrance exam (JEE).The Central Board of Seconfary Education (CBSE) announced the JEE (Mains) result on Monday.
View ArticlePansare's last work to be released tomorrow
Shramik Pratishthan, a leftist publishing house, is bringing out the last work edited by slain communist leader Govind Pansare on Friday.
View ArticleFalse complaints of Kolhapur hotelier serving beef flood civic health dept
The health department of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received 16 false complaints against a hotel owner in city alleging that he is serving beef to customers.
View ArticleCommittee to look into discrepancies in BEd paper
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) exam department has formed a committee to look into the alleged discrepancies in last week's B.Ed semester exam.
View ArticleCR floats tender for water supply
The Central Railway has come up with a plan to set up drinking water facilities through tankers at 14 stations between Kolhapur to Shenoli at a total cost Rs 20.23 lakh.
View ArticleAssistant motor vehicle inspector in ACB net
Anti-corruption sleuths on Tuesday caught an assistant motor vehicle inspector from the city red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
View ArticleTwo years on: No identity cards for ragpickers yet
Two years back, the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) had proposed to issue identity cards to the ragpickers in the city.The project, which was initially proposed by a local NGO, is yet to see the...
View ArticleIndustry upset with late hike in sugar import duty
The union government's decision to increase import duty from 25% to 40% has not gone down well within the industry as most of the sugar production has been completed and some 5-7 lakh tonne raw sugar...
View ArticleDoctors not keen on biomed waste disposal
The city has around 1,500 general practitioners but just 250 of them have been registered with the firm appointed to collect and dispose of the biomedical waste generated in the city.
View ArticlePradakshina marg of shrine to be coated with white polymer
Devotees visiting the Mahalaxmi temple will get some respite from the summer heat as the floor of the pradakshina marg will be covered with a layer of white polymer that will help it cool.
View ArticleSchools angry over fresh RTE norms
The school managements across the state are up in arms against the fresh government notification saying that the 25% admissions reserved under Right to Education (RTE) Act for children from...
View ArticleGovt announces new schedule for RTE admissions
The admission procedure for the 25% Right To Education (RTE) quota seats will start in December every year and would be completed by March 10. The new system will be useful in the coordination of the...
View ArticleSpeed up steps to improve soil health, says minister
In view of the agricultural lands turning saline, cooperation minister Chandrakant Patil on Thursday asked the water resources department to speed up measures to improve the soil health on around 6,000...
View ArticleNo statutory status for model prescription format: FDA
The food and drugs administration (FDA) has failed to act against doctors not following the ‘model prescription format’ claiming that the guidelines lack statutory status.
View ArticleNGO seeks help to provide food to HIV infected kids
As many as 127 children in the city and fringe areas living with HIV require help from the society to survive. They require nutritious food since they are on high medication, said officials of NGO...
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