45 schools run illegally
It has been a ritual before the beginning of every academic year for the district primary and secondary education department to warn parents and students to avoid admissions in the illegal schools that...
View ArticleCivic body's water tax dues amount to Rs 6.11 crore
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Wednesday started issuing notices to 1,357 water tax defaulters threatening to disconnect their water connections.
View ArticleKolhapur's expansion plan set for take-off
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation on Thursday passed a resolution approving the merger of 18 villages and two industrial areas into the city limit, a proposal drafted afresh after the state urban...
View ArticleMake ETP fully operational in nine months: HC
The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the textile units to make the common effluent treatment plant (ETP) in Ichalkaranji fully operational within nine months, precisely by March next year.
View ArticlePoliticians don’t see eye to eye on merger
Political parties stand divided over the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) proposal to merge 18 villages and 2 industrial estates into the city limit. The proposal is likely to snowball into a...
View ArticleITI online admission commences
The Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) for the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) has started with admissions and forms will be made available till June 24.
View ArticleReport on Mahalaxmi idol in 4 days
The officials of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) who had examined the Mahalaxmi idol on Thursday said they will file a status report with the director general of the ASI in four days.
View ArticleSangli police arrest two for smuggling barking deer
Two persons were arrested on Thursday for smuggling two barking deer near Peth naka, around 40km north of Kolhapur on National Highway 48. The deer are around four months old and have been shifted to...
View ArticleKolhapur still waiting for monsoon rains
The monsoon clouds have finally crossed the Konkan and covered the central Maharashtra on Friday.
View ArticleCentral railway approves two more coaches for all five passenger trains
The Central Railway has approved two additional coaches for all the five passenger trains originating from the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus here.
View ArticleKolhapur to have 191 autorickshaw stops
The much awaited decision of the regional transport office on autorickshaw stops in the city is finally in sight with the officials zeroing in on 191 stops, as against the existing 152.
View ArticleKMC identifies 10-acre land at Halsawade for garbage disposal
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has identified a 10-acre land at Halsawade village, around 13km from here, either to start a garbage processing unit or develop it as a landfill site.
View ArticleCivic body woos fringe villages with tall promises
In a bid to woo the villages proposed to be merged into the civic limits, the civic body has promised them to implement projects under the Union government’s Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for...
View ArticleState to provide interest-free crop loans
The state government has decided to provide interest free crop loans to reduce the burden on the farmers. The crop loan has the highest share in the state government's credit plan.
View ArticleCops gear up to tackle monsoon traffic mess
The traffic department in the city has stepped up traffic management anticipating mess on roads during monsoon. It has identified eight major routes that get inundated following heavy showers,...
View ArticleIndustries threaten shutdown over merger
Industrialists from Shiroli and Gokul-Shirgaon industrial estates have threatened to shift their business outside the state or to any other part of the district if the state government approves the...
View ArticleMaggi packets worth 36L withdrawn from Kolhapur markets
The city Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unit has recalled Maggi packets worth Rs 36 lakh till Saturday, even as the ban on the sale and production of the food product continues in the state.
View ArticleCivic body to set up plant to clean Rankala soon
The civic body will soon set up a plant to clean the Rankala’s polluted water by using hydrodynamic cavitation technology, which will leave the lake’s inhabitants unharmed.
View ArticleNo additional divisions, university tells colleges
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has told all the colleges affiliated to it that the state government has decided not to allow any additional divisions this year.
View ArticleStandard XI CAP set to start from Tuesday in Kolhapur region
The class XI centralized admission process (CAP), which will be supervised by the deputy director of education for Kolhapur region, is set to kick off from Tuesday.
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