Panel probing if beggars using drugs to silence children
The Kolhapur district children welfare committee (DCWC) has expressed concerns that a beggars’ group might be using sedatives to silent the babies it carries.
View ArticleAge no bar to get name added to birth certificate
The Union government decision to provide fresh birth certificate to applicants whose name was not mentioned in the original birth certificate has found many takers. The tradition in several communities...
View ArticleNo longer releasing untreated effluents, claim industrial units
Six industrial units that faced closure notice in May for failing to start the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the five-star Kagal-Hatkanangale MIDC claimed that they have fulfilled the...
View ArticleElephant damages crops worth 70,000 in Chandgad
A tusker entered the Chandgad tehsil and damaged crops and banana plantations worth Rs 70,000 on Wednesday evening. A similar incident had happened last week in the same area, and the villagers have...
View ArticleStudents’ safety at stake as authorities pass buck
More than two months have passed since the opening of schools this year but not a single school in the city or across the district has set up the mandatory school transport committee (STC).
View ArticleVarsity to submit 5 year master plan in last week of August
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) will submit its next five-year master plan to the higher education department in the last week of this month.
View ArticleLight showers in city after brief dry spell
The city received light showers on Friday after a brief two-day dry spell. The met department recorded around 11mm rain in the morning.
View ArticleKMC to table fresh proposal for leasing out its schools
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will table a fresh proposal of leasing out its defunct schools buildings to private educational institutes in the general body meeting on August 20.
View Article1L co-op institutes in state bogus, says minister
State co-operation minister Chandrakant Patil has said as many as one lakh co-operative institutions in the state exist only on paper. He said these institutions are neither functional nor useful to...
View ArticleCircuit bench: Four lawyers among eight held for self-immolation bid
Eight people including four lawyers were arrested when they tried to immolate themselves on the premises of the district court during a flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day in an attempt to press...
View ArticleResurvey of out-of-school kids identifies merely 7 more kids
The district primary education officer, Subhash Chaugule, stated that the July 31 resurvey of the out-of-school children has identified only seven such kids across the district. The officer added that...
View ArticleChain snatchers attack woman, rob another of gold jewellery
Even as the police recently claimed that there are no gangs of robbers in the district, there is no respite for the villagers from chain snatchers and robbers.
View ArticleNew textile policy proposes Rs 80,000cr investment
The state government has in-principle accepted a new textile policy that moots Rs 80,000 crore investment in five years in the sector which will be developed around the concept, ‘fabric to fashion’.
View ArticleSUK announces youth fest dates
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has announced the dates for the upcoming district and central youth festivals. The district youth festival according to an August 13 university circular will...
View ArticleFive get 2-yr RI for violence in 1995 gram panchayat polls
The district and sessions court has convicted five people for attacking two men during the gram panchayat elections in 1995 and sentenced them to two-year rigorous imprisonment (RI). The court of...
View ArticleNGO finds many out-of-school cases in remote areas in Gaganbavda, Radhanagari...
The city-based non-governmental organization (NGO), Avani has identified as many as seven out-of-school kids in the Gaganbavda and Radhanagari talukas.
View ArticleNew textile policy proposes Rs 80k crore investment in 5 years
The state government has in-principle accepted a new textile policy that moots Rs 80,000 crore investment in five years in the sector which will be developed around the concept, 'fabric to fashion'.
View ArticleThree held with pistol on I-Day eve
The arrested have been identified as Satish Siddheshwar Toragalkar (47), a resident of Ghumat lane, Raju Sarjerao Jadhav (34), a resident of Kaikade Lane and Sandip Prakash Mane (19), near Ambabai...
View ArticleFive get two-year RI for violence in 1995 gram panchayat elections
The district and sessions court has convicted five people for attacking two men during the gram panchayat elections in 1995 and sentenced them to two-year rigorous imprisonment (RI).
View ArticleValuables worth Rs 3 lakh looted
Four incidents of shop break-ins were reported from a shopping complex located in the Gandhinagar area on Friday, 5km away from Kolhapur.
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