Shetti slams Kolhapur District Central Cooperative for 5% deduction from loan
Newly-elected board of directors recently announced the decision and said the move was aimed at increasing the bank's deposit and ensure farmers save money for rainy days.
View ArticleGovt plan on river conservation stuck in cold storage
The state environment department announced the Maharashtra River Conservation Project (MRCP) in March last year on the lines of the NRCP.
View ArticleStudents and NGOs gear up to make PM's Yoga Day a success
Regularly practitioners of yoga and those work in spreading yoga awareness hope that the celebration of Yoga Day at the international level will help reach out to a larger number of people.
View ArticleCivic body to relax fire safety, parking norms for old hospitals
In 2012, the KMC stalled the process of renewing licences of as many as 194 hospitals.
View ArticleTwo projects, single tender for common component
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to execute the work of laying optical fibre cables in the city, which is a common component in Safe City and WiFi projects, by floating a single...
View ArticleYoga Day celebrations a hit in Kolhapur
Hundreds of students, educational institutes, government officials, regular practitioners and residents on Sunday participated in the maiden International Yoga Day celebrations.
View Article‘Grant municipal council status to KMC if merger plan rejected’
The Kolhapur merger action committee, which has been formed to support extension of the civic limits, on Sunday demanded the state government to grant municipal council status to the civic body if it...
View ArticleFinally, water scheme for 42 villages in Jat taluka
Angry residents from the drought-hit Jat taluka were on Sunday promised implementation of four new water supply schemes to rid the region of the perennial drought and scarcity.
View ArticleKMC to act against encroachments at parking places from Monday
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will initiate action against encroachments in parking areas from Monday after corporators were irked over poor parking management.
View ArticleOver 14K forms for Class XI admissions
The six Centralized Admission Procedure (CAP) centres in the city have received 14,165 applications for the Class XI admission this year.
View ArticleBhai Vaidya to get Rajarshi Shahu award
Veteran socialist thinker Bhai Vaidya will receive this year's Rajarshi Shahu Puraskar, a prestigious award in the state. It is dedicated to the people and institutions following the principles of...
View ArticleCollege girls ensure schooling of child with learning difficulty
A couple of college-going girls organized an event in the city on Sunday and ensured schooling of at least one child of Swayam School, an institute for the mentally disabled.
View ArticleKATC sceptical after evaluation committee head is transferred
The Kolhapur Anti-toll Committee (KATC) on Monday raised suspicions over the completion of evaluation work undertaken by the state due to the transfer of Santoshkumar, the head of the evaluation...
View ArticleWoman talathi caught red-handed in ACB net
Anti-corruption sleuths on Monday caught a woman talathi from Tamdalge Nimshirgaon village of the taluka Shirol red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from the complainant.
View ArticleBikers enjoy helmet-less ride despite signing bond
| Bikers in the city are still enjoying a helmet-less ride despite the regional transport office (RTO) asking people to sign indemnity bonds on compulsorily wearing helmets before getting driving...
View ArticleWildlife panel approves proposal for jack-well work at Kalammawadi dam to...
The state wildlife committee under the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday approved the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) demand to construct a jack-well at the Kalammawadi dam site.
View ArticleShiv Sena aiming to win 50 seats in civic body elections in October
The Shiv Sena is aiming to win 50 out of the 77 seats in the elections to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) scheduled in October this year.
View ArticleMLA demands abolition of KMC
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) building, demanding the abolition of the civic body and blaming officials and corporators involved in...
View ArticleCourt asks govt reasons for disqualifying Malavi as corporator; next hearing...
The division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere of Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the state government to file an affidavit stating the basis for issuing notification to...
View ArticleAllowing garbage disposal on open land to attract fine
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will now hold owners responsible for allowing garbage to be dumped on their open land space.
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