Green team collects 50 water samples
The team of experts of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) collected over 50 water samples from different parts of the catchment areas of Panchganga river during its recent...
View ArticleApplications invited for youth awards
The Kolhapur district sports office (DSO) has invited applications for district and state-level youth awards for 2013.A deadline of February 27 has been set for the same.
View ArticlePre-IAS centre to provide 10 more scheduled caste seats
There is good news for students belonging to the scheduled caste (SC) category, who are preparing for competitive exams such as Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Maharashtra Public Service...
View ArticleTeachers' body to boycott higher secondary certificate exams
The decision to boycott the exam, which is likely to affect more than 15 lakh students across the state, has come after the state's inability to fulfill teachers' demands.
View ArticleMinister assures support; industries decline to commit anything
Though the industrial leaders welcomed the minister's initiative, they declined to commit anything right now.
View ArticleIndustrial associations met Karnataka minister
Barely two hours after meeting Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) officials and expressing dissatisfaction with the power tariff structure in the state, representatives...
View ArticleAmbiguity in GR on tariff cut irks consumers
The state government’s recent announcement to cut the power tariff by 20% is an eyewash, said representatives of consumer forums here on Friday, reacting to a government resolution the industries,...
View ArticleSUK holds IT literacy workshop for teachers
The department of technology (DoT) of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) organized a day’s workshop for teachers as part of the spoken tutorial project in collaboration with the Indian Institute of...
View ArticleFood security scheme to cover 26 lakh people in Kolhapur
Around 26 lakh people across Kolhapur will be benefited from the Union government’s food security programme set to be launched in the district on Saturday.
View ArticleGovernment may ask three parties to sort out toll issue
The state government is likely to take a stand that the toll issue of Kolhapur has to be solved by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), Maharashtra Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and the IRB...
View ArticleMid-day meal scheme on education meet agenda
Issues such as of teachers in the mid-day meal scheme will be among the top agendas of the one-day state-level education conference and teachers’ gathering organized by the State Primary Teachers’...
View ArticleAnganwadi workers to stage stir in Mumbai
Anganwadi workers across the district have threatened to take out morchas and stage an indefinite fast at Azad Maidan in Mumbai from next week following the state cabinet’s failure in taking any...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation draws flak for poor storm water management
Standing committee members of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday asked the administration to impose a penalty on a Mumbai-based private company for delay in completing the storm water...
View ArticleHigh court asks state to file affidavit on Kalamba TDR case
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the state government and the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) to submit an affidavit in connection with the Kalamba transfer development rights (TDR) case and...
View ArticleVeer Shiva Kashid memorial state's responsibility: Chhagan Bhujbal
Maharashtra public works department (PWD) minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday said that the state government is taking guardianship of the Veer Shiva Kashid memorial constructed at Nebapur near...
View ArticleToll plazas must close after term: Sharad Pawar
Union agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said toll plazas operating in the state after completion of terms should be closed.
View ArticleSharad Pawar calls for spreading Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj's views...
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday stressed the need to spread Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj's views of equality and social justice across the country.
View ArticleProjects involving residents big flop
The civic body has started preparing the draft for the next fiscal budget but the development projects it had planned to carry out through public participation in the current financial year have mostly...
View ArticleShivaji University to begin academic inspection from February 24
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) will begin academic inspection of all its affiliated colleges in Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts from February 24.
View ArticleHigh prevalence of STIs among seasonal migrants
The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) had set aside funds worth Rs 25 lakh for the project, which is expected to be completed in May.
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