City's wettest day in May since 2009
Heavy showers lashed the city for two hours on Tuesday disrupting city traffic, power supply and communication services.The downpour akin to a cloudburst was the highest rain received in a day for May...
View ArticleMSEDCL blamed for trees falling
The heavy rainfall in the city on Tuesday, along with the storm resulted in branches of trees falling as well as the uprooting of trees.
View ArticleKolhapur-Vaibhavwadi railway track survey started
Industries in Kolhapur have high hopes after the start of the Kolhapur Vaibhavwadi railway line survery in Vaibhavwadi since May 4.
View ArticleKolhapur experiences 20-hour power cuts
The heavy rain on Tuesday has affected electricity supply in most parts of the city for over 20 hours.
View ArticleKMC starts facility to pay property tax through banks
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has opened a facility to pay property tax through the banking mode.
View Article'Visit villages to check scheme implementation'
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday asked district collectors from across the state to make a ground-level progress report of Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan after inspecting villages.
View ArticleLosses worth Rs 54 lakh due to unseasonal rain in 2 months
Unseasonal rain in the district from March has caused damages to life and property to the tune of Rs 54 lakh.
View ArticleThree killed, 20 injured as luxury bus rams another on highway
Three people, including two girls, were killed and twenty injured when a private luxury bus rammed into the mini-bus in which they were travelling on the Pune-Bangalore national highway near Kini...
View Article18 driving schools in dist may lose licence
As many as 18 driving schools in Kolhapur are likely to lose its license to operate as they do not have the necessary standards needed to set up a driving school.
View ArticleWRD approves 43.2cr for pending projects
The state water resources department (WRD) has approved Rs 43.2 crore for completing pending irrigation projects in Kolhapur district. Altogether eight projects are underway in the district of which...
View ArticleKolhapur: Govt plans ‘pucca’ houses in slums
The state government is planning to launch a separate scheme for providing pucca houses to the slumdwellers living in cities such as Kolhapur.
View ArticleOnly 13% farmers are women
The number of women farmers at 20.52 lakh is only 13% of the total 1.36 crore farmers in the state, reveals the Agriculture Census 2010-11.
View ArticleHC asks committee to decide over Chavan's caste certificate in a month
The Bombay High court has asked the Kolhapur divisional caste scrutiny committee to take a decision on Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) corporator and Congress leader Sachin Chavan's caste...
View Article2.65cr revenue deficit in KMC's property tax collection
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has found revenue deficit of Rs 2.65 crore in property tax collection in the last fiscal, municipal commissioner P Siva Sankar on Monday.
View ArticleDecision on autorickshaw stops likely on Thursday
The regional transport office here has called for a meeting on Thursday to make a final decision on cancellation and allocation of autorickshaw stops in the city.
View ArticleKolhapur district has second highest number of marginal farmers at 5 lakh
With just over five lakh marginal farmers in the district, Kolhapur has stood second in the state behind Satara.
View ArticleJoshi's death huge loss to consumers' movement in city
| City-based consumer activists have paid tribute to the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat Bindumadhav Joshi, who died in Pune on Sunday.
View ArticleKMC starts independent survey of inter-city roads, toll collection
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started surveying the toll collection on inter-city roads and the quality of work done under the controversial integrated road development project (IRDP).
View ArticleState cabinet nod to HC circuit bench in Kolhapur
The state cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution favouring the setting up of a circuit bench of the Bombay high court in Kolhapur, for a region covering Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri and...
View ArticleKMC rap for property tax defaulters
Municipal commissioner P Siva Sankar has issued notices to some 1,300 property tax defaulters, who were granted waiver in fine and interest in the tax amount.
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