Film city MD calls meeting on proposed Chitranagari merger
Vilas Patil, managing director of the Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation Ltd, has called a meeting on September 10 to discuss the proposed merger of Kolhapur Chitranagari with...
View ArticleState to decide on textile policy after Sept 11
The state government has decided to take a final call on the proposed textile policy after September 11. The policy is expected to attract investments worth Rs 80,000 crore. The investment will come in...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) shifts 20 from property tax dept
Perturbed by the alleged irregularities in the property tax department, the higher authorities of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) have transferred its 20 employees to other departments.
View ArticleActivists, leftist organisations to send letters signed in blood to Maha govt
Social activists and leftist organisations have decided to send letters inked in blood to the Centre, state government and the police department demanding speedy investigation into the murder of...
View ArticleUtilise 20 crore funds for pending work, urge corporators
The corporators of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have written a letter to the Pune divisional commissioner and the district administration requesting them to utilise funds worth Rs 20...
View Article20 crore grant to provide better infrastructure to Shivaji University, Kolhapur
With the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) getting Rs 20 crore grants under the Union government’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme, officials said that the present infrastructure...
View ArticleMaha govt to measure entire land in state
The state government has decided to measure the entire land in the state so that dispute-free records will be created across the state.
View ArticleVivekanand college in Kolhapur tops in district youth fest
The city-based Vivekanand College topped the 35th district youth festival organised at the city-based Mahavir College conducted by the Shivaji University, Kolhapur last week.
View ArticleDespite low rainfall, Kolhapur fares well in Pune division
Despite receiving low rainfall this monsoon, Kolhapur district has fared quite well among its counterparts in the Pune division as far as the number of days with dry spells is concerned.
View ArticleDeclare district as drought hit, says Mushrif
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and MLA from Kagal Hasan Mushrif on Sunday demanded that the state should declare drought in district as the rainfall is below 50% this monsoon.
View ArticleCabinet clears fodder camps in Parbhani, Solapur, Ahmednagar
The state cabinet on Monday decided to open fodder camps in the Solapur, Ahmednagar and Parbhani districts to save the cattle in these areas, where lack of rains has resulted in severe shortage of fodder.
View ArticleArmed gangrobs two at Ambap phata
A group of unidentified persons on Saturday night robbed two men of valuables worth Rs 2.25 lakh at Ambap phata, 15km away from here on Pune-Bangalore national highway.
View ArticleDrought-like conditions may cause shortage of officers for elections
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) election schedule is likely to get affected if the state government declares drought in Maharashtra, sources in the election process told TOI.
View ArticleObscene MMS: Teacher gets 13-year RI
The sessions court has sentenced a 34-year-old former teacher to 13-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) for making and circulating an obscene MMS clip of a schoolgirl in 2008.
View ArticleVarsity to confer R K Kanbarkar award from next yr
The family of late R K Kanbarkar, former vice-chancellor of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has decided to confer a national award in his memory.
View ArticleOver 250 approach BJP-Tararani Aghadi for candidature
Over 250 people have approached the BJP-Tararani Aghadi alliance seeking candidature for the forthcoming Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections.
View ArticleIs it appropriate to stay away from drought-hit state?
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Monday slammed chief minister Devendra Fadnavis over his five-day Japan tour and asked whether it was appropriate for him to stay away from drought-hit...
View ArticleRTE admissions: Education dept extends deadline to September 28
The district primary education department has extended its deadline to September 28 to grant admissions to 25% under the Right to Education (RTE) quota this year.
View ArticleHigh temp may hit grape production in Sangli dist
| Soaring temperatures over the last one week in Sangli and Satara districts have taken a toll over the grape growers' cutting practice.
View ArticleFire department to get GPS system
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is yet to install the global positioning system (GPS) enabled wireless communication sets on its fire-fighting vehicles two years since state sanctioned the funds.
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