Lawyers to meet tomorrow, vow to intensify stir in Kolhapur
A joint action committee (JAC) of six districts has arranged a meeting of lawyers from Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and parts of Solapur districts on Sunday to take a call on...
View ArticleActivists plan probe as cops grope in dark
Fed up with the lack of progress in investigations into the murders of rationalist leaders Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare, the left-inclined organizations here have decided to start an...
View ArticleMeeting for Chitranagari's merger postponed
The meeting to decide the fate of the proposed merger of the Kolhapur Chitranagari with the Mumbai-based film city has been postponed because of the unavailability of the film city's managing director,...
View ArticleMore rain in store for Kolhapur
After two days of incessant rains, it was a rain-free day in the city and district on Friday. However, the city witnessed continuous cloud cover, with occasional sunshine in some areas.
View ArticleNGO demands scholarships for rag pickers in Kolhapur
Avani, a non-government organization on Friday demanded that the Kolhapur zilla parishad provide educational scholarship to 850 children who are rag pickers.
View Article'Prepare plans to tackle impending water scarcity'
District collector Amit Saini has asked the officials to prepare contingency plans for tackling water scarcity, which is looming large over the district because of low rainfall this season.
View ArticleKMC finally drafts hawking policy for Kolhapur
After two years of consultation with various sectors, the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has finally drafted a hawking policy.
View ArticleKMC turns to employees to run pay & park facilities
The civic body has decided to run its pay and park facilities by deploying its employees following poor response from contractors to the tenders it had floated.
View ArticleCommittee to keep check on humidity in Mahalaxmi temple
After the chemical conservation of the Mahalaxmi idol, the state department of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday issued guidelines to the district authority responsible for maintaining...
View ArticleLowest-ever water inflow into Koyna
The water inflow in Koyna dam, the state’s largest and most important dam, has dropped to 65 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet – lower than the 89 TMC it received in 1972, when the state suffered its...
View ArticleThree slapped with MCOCA sent to police custody
A three-member gang that was arrested recently and booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been remanded in police custody till September 19.
View ArticleConduct baseline tests from Monday, district education office
The deputy education director office of the KOLHAPUR: division and the district primary education office have instructed the primary schools to start conducting the baseline tests for the classes II to...
View ArticleUrban co-op banks edgy over Gandhi panel suggestions
The urban cooperative banks (UCBs) in Maharashtra, a large number of which have their origin in the thriving cooperative sugar industry, are up in arms against the recent recommendations of the...
View ArticleQuality Control competition conducted in Kolhapur
The 28th industrial circle level Quality Control competition held at the regional level was organised by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Maharashtra unit on September 9.
View ArticleSena, Congress to start interviewing aspirants
The Shiv Sena and Congress will conduct interviews of the candidates aspiring to contest the forthcoming Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections from next week.
View ArticleToll abolition likely to be declared in winter session
The minister was speaking to media persons on the backdrop of former finance minister Jayant Patil's allegation that the government put a stay on toll collection in view of the upcoming Kolhapur...
View ArticleVC inaugurates SUK's youth skill development centre
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) vice-chancellor D B Shinde inaugurated the youth skill development centre at the university campus on Friday.
View ArticleThree CRPF companies to guard district during Ganesh festival
To help the Kolhapur police maintain law and order in the district during the upcoming Ganesh festival, three teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrived in the city on Friday.
View ArticlePatil wants KMC to delayaction against hawkers
District guardian minister Chandrakant Patil on Sunday assured the hawkers' organisations that he will ask the civic body to postpone the impending action against hawkers which was expected to be...
View ArticleTwo years on, KMC to start spot billing trial in 'D' ward
The civic body's ambitious plan to bring in transparency and efficiency in the water tax collection will finally see the light of the day.
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