Local competent authority to clear construction plans near tiger reserve
The local competent authority of a village or a panchayat samiti is authorized to sanction construction plans near the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Pune divisional commissioner S Chockalingam clarified here...
View ArticleSchool activity scheme growth under scrutiny
Activity Based Learning (ABL), the ambitious project of the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad’s district primary education department to improve the quality of education, is all set to expand its presence from...
View ArticleCID trying to find Gaikwad’s link with Dabholkar murder
A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Pune visited the city on Thursday and took detailed information about Samir Gaikwad, who has been arrested in connection with the Govind...
View ArticlePolice recover 23 cellphones from Gaikwad's house
The Kolhapur police have seized 23 cellphones that they said were being used by Samir Gaikwad, the first suspect in the Govind Pansare murder case arrested on Wednesday.
View ArticleChavan says sent proposal to ban Sanatan Sanstha, Shinde disagrees
Amid increasing demands to ban right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha after the arrest of its member Samir Gaikwad in connection with the Govind Pansare murder case, two senior Congress leaders have come up...
View ArticleExperts look into cane price imbroglio
The Deccan Sugar Technologists' Association (DSTA) on Friday held a meeting with various factions of farmers' organisations to find an amicable solution over the sugarcane purchase price fixing formula...
View ArticleUniversity's PhD test may be delayed
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur's (SUK), PhD entrance test may be delayed since the exam date is clashing with Ganesh visarjan on Sunday, September 27.
View ArticleRBI proposal on conversion of co-op banks draws flak
The staff members of urban cooperative banks observed a token strike on Friday and carried out their duties wearing black armbands to protest against the high power committee of the Reserve Bank of...
View ArticleCops suspect same brain behind murder of all three rationalists
The police suspect the same brain behind the killings of the three rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and M M Kalburgi.
View ArticleCBI team in Kolhapur for information on Pansare murder case investigation
After a crime investigation department (CID) team from Pune visited the city on Wednesday, a three-member team from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Pune also visited the city for details...
View ArticleMushrif slams Vikhe Patils for Pawar jibe
Former minister and senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party Hasan Mushrif on Friday hit back at former Union minister and senior Congress leader Balasaheb Vikhe Patil over the latter's jibe at...
View ArticleRs 125-crore plan for Rankala lake development phase II
Pune-based NJS India Ltd has prepared a draft report for the second phase of Rankala lake's development at a cost of Rs 125 crore.
View ArticleRajarampuri, Shahupuri noisiest roads in Kolhapur
The city's commercial areas Rajarampuri, Shahupuri and the Mahadwar road were the noisiest on Thursday as Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated with sound levels exceeding 100 decibels.
View ArticleMandals to face action for violating noise level norms
Kolhapur police stated that they will take action against Ganesh mandals that violated noise level norms during first day of the festival on Thursday.
View ArticleState awaits AAI's response to 1.75 crore pending payment
District guardian minister Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said the state government is awaiting the Airports Authority of India's (AAI) response over pending payment of Rs 1.75 crore required for...
View ArticleKolhapur district MLAs prepare list of 19 villages for 'model' tag
MLAs from the district have finalized the list of 19 villages for the Aamdar Adarsh Yojana drafted on the lines of the Union government's Pradhan Mantri Sansad Gram Yojana.
View ArticleCollect data on financially weaker girl students in SUK colleges: Patil
Guardian minister of Kolhapur Chandrakant Patil,has instructed officials of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK), to gather information about girl students
View ArticleNIA team in city today, to quiz Gaikwad
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will visit the city on Sunday to interrogate Samir Vishnu Gaikwad (32), a full-time member of Sanatan Sanstha, who has been arrested.
View ArticlePolice focus on names found in Gaikwad's diary
The Kolhapur police are focusing on around 100 people whose names have been found in the diaries that were seized from Sanatan Sanstha member Samir Gaikwad's home recently.
View ArticleBan Sanatan Sanstha, Vikhe Patil tells government
Leader of the opposition in the assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Saturday said the Maharashtra government should immediately ban Sanatan Sanstha.
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