Laughter clubs plan health cards for over 1,500 members
The Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Hasyayog Parivar, an umbrella association of 45 laughter clubs in Kolhapur, announced its plan to maintain health cards of over 1,500 members.
View ArticleFormer corporators lobby for co-opt seat
Former corporators from the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are lobbying party leaders to get nominated as co-opt corporators to the civic body.
View ArticleExperts from Gujarat to review Rankala projects
Civil and environmental experts from the Gujarat based Maharaja Sayajirao University will visit Rankala lake next week to scrutinise the pollution problem of the water body and the Kolhapur Municipal...
View ArticlePolice focus on students to spread safety awareness
The best way to reduce the number of road accidents is to follow the traffic rules, district collector Amit Saini said here on Tuesday.
View ArticleAutorickshaw union seeks reduction in permit costs
Autorickshaw drivers and owners under banner of Indian National Trade Union Congress organised a morcha at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in city on Monday morning while the inauguration programme...
View Article30 eateries get notices over poor standards
The city's Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) office is continuing its action on eateries for not meeting established standards.
View ArticleAppoint advocate general, demand Pansare's kin
The family members of slain rationalist leader Govind Pansare have demanded appointment of an advocate general to hear the petition filed by Sameer Gaikwad, who sought to transfer the case outside...
View ArticleKMC to appoint new contractor to operate STP
The municipal corporation has decided to appoint a new firm to operate and commission the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Kasba Bawda.
View ArticleBhudargad delegation demands wider Kolhapur-Goa road
A delegation from Bhudargad tehsil, native place of state PWD minister and Kolhapur's district guardian minister Chandrakant Patil yesterday, demanded the speedy completion of the...
View ArticleWoman killed after uprooted tree falls on her
A woman was allegedly killed after a tree uprooted on Monday evening and fell on her while she was gathering wood, at Kasaba Tarale village of Radhanagari taluka.The woman is Anita Ashok Patil (40).
View ArticleRally to spread awareness on road safety
The city traffic department along with the Regional Transport Office and Public Works department will be organise a rally here to spread awareness on the even of 'Road Safety' fortnight.
View ArticleAbandoned bag at Chhatrapati Pramila Raje civil hospital leads to bomb scare
Panic spread on Monday evening following rumours about a bomb when an abandoned bag was found in the x-ray department of the Chhatrapati Pramila Raje (CPR) civil hospital.
View ArticleSeveral posh hotels violate norms: FDA
The surprise checks conducted by the Food and Drugs Administration officials at many luxury hotels and eateries have found several violations related to hygiene, use of sub-standard material and in...
View Article7 yrs on, Rankala road work to begin
The civic body has finalised the contractor to construct the road from Rankala Tower to Crusher Chowk.
View ArticleTraditional hunting after Makar Sankranti on forest department radar
Forest officials have decided to step up vigil in the rural parts of Kolhapur and Satara districts to check the practice of hunting on the day after Makar Sankranti.
View ArticleRagpickers may get job to segregate solid waste
Ekati, a non-profit organisation working for financially weak and homeless women on Wednesday demanded the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) to provide the work of segregating the garbage generated...
View ArticleTwo zilla parishad clerks arrested for taking 2,500 bribe
Sleuths from Anti-Corruption Bureau here arrested two clerks attached with the Kolhapur zilla parishad women and child welfare department for allegedly accepting a Rs 2,500 bribe from a complainant.
View ArticleOne held for murder of senior citizen
The Juna Rajwada police on Wednesday arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly murdering a senior citizen on a busy road in Shivaji Peth area last Thursday.
View ArticleRoad fatalities fell over last five years
The exponential rise in the number of vehicles hitting the streets every year in the district has been accompanied by a marked dip in the number of road fatalities over the last five years.
View ArticleAfter 37 yrs, PWD to get 93 gunthas back
Sub-divisional officer of Karvir taluka Prashant Patil on Tuesday has ruled that the 93-guntha land adjacent to the new court building belongs to the public works department.
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