Kolhapur man gets seven-year RI for raping minor
A local court has convicted a 21-year-old man for abducting and raping a minor in January last year and sentenced him to seven-year rigorous imprisonment (RI).
View ArticleKolhapur villagers move Bombay HC over merger row
Five fringe villages on Friday filed a petition in the Bombay high court (HC) over the controversial merger issue.
View ArticlePlan to get 8 more ambulances for Kolhapur
The district collector has proposed purchase of eight more ambulances under the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services to increase the response time and minimize the fatality rate of accidents.
View ArticleKolhapur woman gets life term for killing husband
| The court of district and sessions judge M B Tidake on Friday convicted a 25-year-old woman for killing her husband and his first wife in 2011 and sentenced her to life imprisonment.
View ArticleKolhapur records state highest average of emergencies tackled in a day
The district has reported the highest average in the state for the number of emergency calls received daily as against the number of ambulances.
View ArticlePolice bust sex racket, nine arrested under PITA
A crime branch team raided a farmhouse near Panhala fort on Saturday midnight and arrested nine persons, including the property owner, for allegedly running a sex racket on the premises.
View ArticleWater stock in state's dams goes up by 9%
The dams in the state have just 43% water stock as on Saturday, though the majority of dams in western Maharashtra are getting good showers compared to Marathwada.
View ArticleVarsity to develop system for result efficiency
In the backdrop of Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) exam department problems including result delays and other technical issues, the SUK is likely to end its three-year contract with the Maharashtra...
View ArticleLawyers boycott Lok Adalat at district court
The Kolhapur District Bar Association (KDBA) boycotted the Lok adalat that was organised at the district court on Saturday.They stayed away from court proceedings on Saturday.
View Article17% of district's population still illiterate
With the population of Kolhapur district as high as 38 lakh, 17% of the people are still illiterate.
View ArticleSSS joins BJP alliance, leaves Sena in the lurch
The BJP-Tararani alliance has gained an edge over the Shiv Sena in the run-up to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls.
View ArticleSUK alumnus on editorial board of international science journal
Dipak Dubal, a former student from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK), has been selected as part of the editorial board of the international scientific journal 'Scientific Report', published by the...
View ArticleOver 1.5k families approach KMC for toilets
In less than a month, the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has received over 1,500 applications from the families lacking toilet facility.
View ArticleMinister promises toll cancellation before polls
District guardian minister and leader of the Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) Chandrakant Patil on Sunday announced that the state will stop the Ideal Road Builders (IRB) toll collection before the code of...
View ArticleKolhapur emerges 158th in Centre's clean cities list
The Swachh Bharat rankings released by the Union urban development ministry on Saturday has placed Kolhapur at 158th position among 479 class I cities in the country.
View ArticleTeachers asked to participate in bandh
All India Federation of Elementary Teachers Organizations (AIFETO) on Monday has appealed to teachers to participate in the bandh called on September 2 to oppose the Union government's decision to make...
View ArticleSanitation plans remain on paper
The civic body's lacklustre approach towards implementing sanitation measures in the city has been exposed yet again, with Kolhapur slipping in country-wide cleanliness rankings from 137 to 158 in just...
View ArticleNCP reaches out to people directly: Mushrif
Former state minister and senior NCP leader Hasan Mushrif on Monday said his party believes in reaching out to people without middlemen and power traders.
View ArticlePolice await pay for work on off days
| The police have welcomed the state government's decision of giving full-day salary to the cops who work on their weekly offs or if their offs are cancelled.
View ArticleCivic bodies to give Rs 5k for toilet construction
In a bid to boost construction of toilets in the urban areas, the state government has roped in urban civic bodies to provide financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to the citizens, who are willing to do so.
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