Pawar-led panel wants Centre to buy sugar stock
Former Union agricultural minister Sharad Pawar demanded the purchase of 10% of the total sugar production in the country.The demand was placed before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening.
View ArticlePansare case: Police still probing 'all possible angles'
Almost three months after unidentified assailants killed veteran communist leader Govind Pansare, the city police are yet to get any vital leads in the case.
View ArticleThree youths arrested for role in vandalism
The Shahupuri police on Monday arrested three youths, who were allegedly involved in damaging a poster of Ambedkar creating tension in the city on April 16.
View ArticleKolhapur railway station platform elevation work to commence soon
The Central Railway has finalized a contractor to undertake the work of platform elevation and construction of a shed on platform no.
View ArticleLayering project in shrine awaits archaeology dept nod
The project to layer the pradakshina marg in Mahalaxmi temple is awaiting the state archaeology department's permission.
View ArticleHouse burgled while owner was on vacation
Unidentified persons broke open a flat in More Mane Nagar at Sambhaji Nagar and stole gold jewellery weighing 50 gram while the occupants of the flat were away on vacation.
View ArticleBrace for water cuts over next 15 days in Kolhapur
The sweltering heat and soaring temperature is going to be slightly difficult to handle over the next fortnight. Most parts of the city will face water cuts for next 15 days owing to the renovation...
View ArticleKolhapur's civic staff missing from work to face rap
A surprise visit by civic chief P Siva Sankar on Tuesday afternoon to the corporation's divisional office at Shivaji Market sent the staff into a tizzy.
View ArticleSecond goods wagon derailed at same spot in three weeks near Kolhapur
A goods carrier wagon derailed near Adarki station at the location where a similar incident had taken place on April 22. The four wagons carrier was supposed to reach Ghorpadi today evening.
View ArticleMaharashtra's new LBT amnesty scheme could hit civic finances
KOLHAPUR: The civic body has initiated the process to compute the amount of fines imposed on traders evading the local body tax (LBT), which is likely to be waived as part of the amnesty scheme...
View ArticleRare primate rescued from Pune slum
A rare ebullient primate, Slender Loris, was rescued from a slum in Pune last week and released in a forest near Kolhapur. The schedule 1 animal is commonly found in Chandgad and adjacent forest areas...
View ArticleOvercast skies and drizzle bring down temp to 29.5°C
The city woke up to a sunless Thursday as dark clouds hovered over its skyline for most of the day, which resulted in a drop in the maximum temperature by three degrees to 29.5 degrees celsius from...
View ArticleCongress mulls going it alone in KMC polls
Congress leaders from Kolhapur stressed on contesting independently without joining hands with the NCP in the Kolhapur municipal corporation's elections in October.
View ArticleMPCB recommends prosecution of civic body for Rankala fish deaths
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) may find itself in trouble because of its “inability” in curbing pollution in Rankala lake in the city.
View ArticleCircuit bench can bring down pendency of cases, boost development in city too
The state cabinet’s approval to setting up of a circuit bench of the Bombay high court in this western Maharashtra city has come as a major relief for thousands awaiting justice with the court already...
View ArticleKATC Rejects Guardian Minister Patil's Plan of Omission of MH-09 Vehicles
The Kolhapur Anti Toll Committee (KATC) has rejected the omission of vehicles with a number plate registered under MH-09 and stressed that they want complete freedom of toll for Kolhapur.
View ArticleLack of political will delaying Pansare murder case investigation, say...
Three months after unidentified assailants killed veteran communist leader Govind Pansare, police are yet to make any significant progress in the case.
View ArticleCivic body fails to restrict dumping of debris, harmful waste along nullahs
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has failed to restrict dumping of garbage, construction debris and even biomedical waste along major nullahs in the city.
View ArticleDistrict links 20k Aadhaar card numbers with voter IDs
The district collectorate on Sunday implemented a special drive across 3,100 centres in the district to link voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards.
View ArticleGokul hikes milk prices by Rs 1 per litre for Greater Mumbai
The Kolhapur district cooperative milk producers’ society, popularly known as Gokul dairy, has increased milk prices by Rs 1 per litre only for the Mumbai region, which includes Thane district.
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