Schools get notice for not complying with norms
As many as 13 city-based schools have got Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) notices for non-compliance with the infrastructure norms under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
View ArticleTeenaged girls top missing persons list, trafficking angle being probed
The district police were unable to trace about 23% of the total missing persons last year; most of whom were girls. Of the nearly 1,500 persons reported missing, 39 girls aged between 7 and 14 years...
View ArticleRare animals spotted via camera traps in forest
Five rare animals, including mouse deer, jungle cat, ruddy mongoose, leopard cat and pangolin, were spotted with the help of camera traps in the recently concluded estimation of wild animals in the...
View Article99% result in ICSE exam for Kolhapur school
As many as 131 students out of 132 from the city-based Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School cleared the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISCE) in the Monday’s announced results.
View ArticleUGC comes out with new guidelines for Yoga Day
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued additional guidelines on the International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21 in universities and colleges across the country.
View ArticleCamera traps spot rare animals in Kolhapur
Five rare animals, including mouse deer, jungle cat, ruddy mongoose, leopard cat and pangolin, were spotted with the help of camera traps in the recently concluded estimation of wild animals in the...
View ArticleFour camera traps stolen from Kolhapur forests
As many as four camera traps, placed for recording and documenting wild life, have been stolen within few months of its deployment in the Kolhapur forest area. The forest department officials suspect...
View ArticlePollution board proposes closure of textile park
The Kolhapur office of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has proposed closure directives against the Metro Hi-tech Cooperative Textile Park at Kagal Hatkanangale Five Star MIDC, after it...
View ArticleDrive to link Aadhaar card to voter ID gets poor response
As the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) election nears, the district administration has been pushing to link voter ID cards of all city residents to their Aadhaar cards before the polls.
View ArticleZP schools to get booklets to maintain record of extra-curricular activities
The education department of the Kolhapur zilla parishad will soon be allotting booklets to 2,005 schools to help them keep a track of their extra-curricular activities. The booklet, which will act as a...
View ArticlePansare’s kin, activists 'trace' his footsteps
The family members of veteran communist leader Govind Pansare and social activists conducted a morning walk on Wednesday on the route which Pansare used to follow. The walk from the spot where Pansare...
View ArticleOne year later, another survey for identifying rickshaws stops
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Regional Transport Office (RTO) has decided to carry out a second survey of the disputed spots where autorickshaw stands can be allocated. A meeting...
View ArticleBJP state meet to focus on new land bill and beef ban
Bharatiya Janata Party's state-level convention is set to spend time deliberating on government's decision to ban sale and possession of beef and the contentious land acquisition bill, especially when...
View ArticleLand acquisition delays rail line
Issues such as construction of the Phaltan-Baramati track, double-lining of Pune-Miraj-Londha track and measurement of land owned by railways in Kolhapur were raised during the divisional meeting of...
View ArticleCM and KATC to discuss toll issue tomorrow
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has invited members of the Kolhapur Anti-toll Committee (KATC) to discuss the toll issue on Saturday.
View ArticleCivic body plans to set up biogas plant to treat organic garbage
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) plans to decompose organic waste to generate biogas at the unused dome of the old sewage treatment plant (STP) in Kasba Bawda.
View ArticleKolhapur Royal Family Member to focus on Fort Conservation
City based Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, member of the roral family said that he was going to focus on conservation of forts and will take up the matter with the state government.
View ArticleForest officials in Satara seal Koyna windmills
The wildlife section of the forest department has started sealing of several windmills and resorts in Patan tehsil of Satara district after the owners failed to pay the fine imposed by the state...
View Article‘Jaitapur project to clear hurdles’
Senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde on Friday breathed a new life into the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, saying that it is one of the important projects before the country.
View ArticleKolhapur district health dept maps 185 delivery points
The district health department has identified as many as 185 delivery points across the district, which has basic facilities and staff to handle child births and pregnant women.
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