90% independent candidates lose their election deposits
The citizens of Kolhapur have given a clear mandate for major registered parties and brought an end to the era of independents dominating the civic body.
View ArticleNGO to hold fund-raising initiative for rural women's empowerment
The city-based NGO, Reflections foundation, started by a group of students in 2008 to encourage and promote reading among women in rural areas, will be organising a fund-raising event at Tarabai Park...
View ArticleBJP still eyeing mayor's post
The BJP-Tararani Aghadi is falling nine short of a majority in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation but has not given up hope of electing its mayor.
View ArticleDefeated BJP-Tararani candidates blame leaders
Candidates who contested the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation polls on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Tararani Aghadi alliance tickets and lost, are a disgruntled lot.
View Article16k engg students sought re-evaluation of papers
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK), received 16,000 re-evaluation applications from the engineering courses for the March 2015 semester examination, revealed a university report.
View ArticleRejection letters sent late, have to study doubly hard: KIT students
Management students from the Kolhapur Institute of Technology (KIT) are unhappy with the varsity panel for rejecting most re-evaluation applications.
View ArticleLonger dry spells reported in state over last 3 years
With each passing year, the state is experiencing longer dry spells during the monsoon that are affecting its central parts.
View ArticleBalloon seller held for buying leaky cylinder
Police here have arrested a person who had brought a cylinder filled with chlorine to a fabrication shop at Shivaji Udyamnagar area on Tuesday that leaked causing the death of one person.
View ArticleOutgoing corporators' last meeting tomorrow
The last general body meeting of the corporators elected in 2010 would be held on Saturday.
View ArticleCentre clears widening of Satara-Kagal NH-4 stretch
The Union environment and forest ministry has given its green signal for the road widening project proposed along the 133-km stretch between Satara and Kagal.
View ArticleASI panel sits on proposal to axe 13 trees, halts bridge construction
An Archaeological Survey of India committee has been sitting on the proposal for cutting down 13 trees, halting construction of a new bridge parallel to the old Shivaji Bridge that connects Kolhapur...
View ArticlePay FRP or face ire, Shetti tells sugar factories
Leader of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna Raju Shetti announced on Friday that he will give sugarcane factories till a month after they start crushing to pay the one time Fair and Remunerative Price...
View ArticleAnti-toll panel to resume agitation
The Kolhapur Anti-toll Committee (KATC) has decided to resume its agitation against the state government's failure to stop toll collection permanently.
View ArticleVarsity's 'No Vehicle Day' cancelled due to sem exams
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK), has cancelled its No Vehicle Day initiative for the second consecutive month due to the ongoing semester examination.
View ArticleWrongly tagged on GPS, map misleads city temple visitors
A tourist who came to Kolhapur to visit the renowned Mahalaxmi temple ended up at the Mahlaxmi temple near Kalamba Lake in Kalamba village after he was misdirected by the map on his phone.
View ArticleSilver ornaments worth 1cr seized near Nipani
The Belagavi police on Thursday seized 284 kg of silver jewellery being illegally transported to Hupari, a town in the Kolhapur, famous for silver ornaments.
View ArticleNAAC adviser bats for colleges' self-assessment
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) assistant adviser, Ganesh Hegde, has said that colleges need to develop a self-assessment culture which will ensure quality assurance on their part.
View ArticleParties to nominate co-opted members before December 2
Political parties have a tough task ahead of them as they have to nominate five co-opted members to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation. The number of candidates they can nominate depends on the...
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