Govt promises in HC to reinstate textile corp chief
The Bharatiya Janata Party has come under attack — this time from its important ally the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna.
View Article683 students in 72 madrassas in division: Survey
The July 4 survey on out-of-school kids has identified 683 children from madrassas in Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.
View ArticleKMC receives four bids for Shahu memorial project
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received response from four bidders for the project to develop Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj's memorial area at Nursery Baug.
View ArticleOfficials told to take action against erring hospitals
MLA Rajesh Kshirsagar has asked the officials of the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY) to take action against hospitals which are violating the norms set under the scheme.
View ArticleLBT tangle: State allows 10% variation
The state has allowed the 10% variation in assessment of local body tax (LBT) considering the traders' difficulties, while paying the self-assessed defaulted tax amount.
View ArticleShetti slams factories for misleading farmers
Farmers' leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Raju Shetti came down on sugar factories that are claiming financial losses due to the reduction in retail and wholesale sugar prices.
View ArticleKMC starts monthly e-newsletter
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started an e-newsletter fulfilling one of the 13 criteria required to get shortlisted in the Smart Cities' project.
View ArticleAadhaar-ration card linking in district stands at dismal 4%
The enrolment for Aadhaar cards in Kolhapur district is as high as 94% of the total population of 38,76,001.
View ArticleProcess to prepare city's draft dvpt plan to start next year
The civic administration has decided to start the process of preparing the draft development plant (DP) of the city for the period between 2021 and 2040 from next year.
View ArticlePolice bust fake currency racket in Sangli, seize 34L
The Sangli police on Friday busted a counterfeit currency racket at Dattawad in Shirol taluka and arrested five people.
View ArticleLocal bodies must spend 25% on sewage mgmt
The first comprehensive draft plan of Krishna river basin management has proposed to make it mandatory for the local bodies to reserve 25% of their capital budget for the sewage treatment plants.
View ArticleHousehold toilets up by 7.5% in four yrs: Survey
The number of household toilets in the city has increased by 7.5% in the last four years, but the dependency of the people on public lavatories has decreased significantly during the same period,...
View Article760 teachers post vacant in division, claims teachers body
The Kolhapur District Federation of Junior College Teachers Organisation (KDFJCTO) has claimed that as many as 760 teachers posts are lying vacant across the Kolhapur division, comprising the Kolhapur,...
View ArticleJadhav to be school board’s new chairman
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator Mahesh Jadhav is set to become the chairman of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) School Education Board. Congress corporator Bharat Rasale will...
View ArticleUniversity seeks status of anti-ragging committees
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has asked its 282 affiliated colleges about the status of anti-ragging committees ahead of the commencement of the new academic year.
View ArticleRestructuring of electoral wards complete
The State Election Commission and the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) have completed the restructuring of electoral wards ahead of the civic body polls likely to be held in October last week.
View ArticleSangli police bust fake currency racket
The Sangli police on Friday busted a counterfeit currency racket at Dattawad in Shirol taluka and arrested five people.
View ArticleOver 125 booked for traffic violations
The city traffic police have penalized over 125 vehicle owners and collected a fine of Rs 13,000 from them for not following norms at the signals in the last three days.
View Article10 arrested from gambling den; cash, vehicles worth 6 lakh seized
The crime branch of the city police on Saturday raided a gambling den in the Town Hall area and caught 10 people red-handed allegedly involved in the illegal activity.
View ArticleBJP sets eyes on gaining poll ground in city
The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are hoping to gain multifold increase in their representation in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, largely because of the BJP-led governments in the state and the...
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