Kolhapur Municipal Corporation seals six shops without licences
The civic body on Saturday sealed six shops at Shahu Cloth Market for running without licences as part of its drive against units operating illegally.
View ArticleFocus on eco-friendly interior designs: Experts
The second day of the 10th national convention of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID-2014) 'Indesia' on Saturday saw experts discussing scenarios in the interior designing industry in the...
View ArticleGreen cover for over 4,000 hectares in region
The HMA involves voluntarily participation of forest employees and local villagers through the JFMCs to regenerate and conserve the natural forests.
View ArticleWeekend spells better crowd, sales for Kolhapur Kala Mahotsav
Kolhapur Kala Mahotsav 2014 witnessed a rousing response on Saturday, with a weekend crowd thronging the Dasara Chowk venue to lap up art, handicrafts and lip-smacking food.
View ArticleTeachers' boycott will hit paper assessment
Kolhapur division officials of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) said there were no options left for the conduction of Class XII practical tests and...
View ArticleMaharashtra: Independent agency for midday meal scheme before June, minister...
Maharashtra rural development minister Jayant Patil on Sunday said that the state government will try to set up an independent agency for the functioning of the midday meal scheme from the upcoming...
View ArticleForest guards to be armed with hi-tech devices soon
The territorial forest department has decided to soon equip guards with personal digital assistants (PDA) to help them monitor forest resources more effectively.
View ArticleSonography centres in Kolhapur asked to exercise caution
District civil surgeon RC Chougule has asked sonography centres to take utmost care while registering accurate information about the tests, failing which the health department will crackdown on the...
View Article2 killed, 1 injured as truck crushes two-wheeler riders
Two people were killed and one injured when a speeding dumper truck rammed into two motorcycles near the IT park area on Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium Road on Sunday at around 10 am.
View ArticleSugar production 8 lakh tonnes lesser than last year
Sugar production by January 31 this year is about 8 lakh tonnes lesser than that on the same date last year, said a report released by the Indian Sugar Mills Association on Monday.
View Article78 Swabhimani Shetakari Sanghatana men told to pay Rs 82.7 lakh for damage
The district administration has issued notices to 78 members of Swabhimani Shetakari Sanghatana (SSS) to pay Rs 82.75 lakh within a month for the loss caused due to damaging public property during its...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation to hire hands for waste management
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), which faces the herculean task of clearing the garbage piled up on city roads, will appoint 320 employees on contractual basis to handle the trash.
View ArticleHigh court postpones hearing on toll collection till February 24
Maharashtra advocate general (AG) Darius Khambata appeared on behalf of the state government as the HC bench comprising justices A S Oka and M H Sonak maintained that the case will have repercussions...
View ArticleDuo murdered by gang of eight
Two youths from Kolhapur were murdered by a gang of eight under a flyover in the Rajarampuri area in the city on Sunday night.
View ArticleNCP holds talks with probable LS candidates
The move has brought relief for some ministers from the region, who were uncomfortable that they could have asked to contest the Lok Sabha election.
View ArticleSitting Sangli MP faces challenge
Sitting Sangli MP and Union minister of state for coal Pratik Patil is likely to face tough competition in the upcoming general elections as former Congress MLA Ajit Ghorpade and Nationalist Congress...
View ArticleToll collection starts at 5 booths
The Ideal Road Builders (IRB) company resumed collection of toll at five of the nine toll plazas in the city amid tight security on Wednesday morning, almost three weeks after protesters burnt down...
View ArticleMayor among 54 arrested, freed on bond
The Shahupuri police arrested 54 people, including city mayor Sunita Raut and civic body corporators, for staging protest without permission at the Shiroli toll booth in the city on Wednesday morning.
View ArticleKolhapur Anti-Toll Committee calls bandh in Kolhapur today, corporators...
The Kolhapur Anti-Toll Committee (KATC) has called for a bandh in the district on Thursday to protest the alleged manhandling of mayor Sunita Raut and the lathicharge on corporators at the Shiroli toll...
View ArticleSatara MP's photo with PI's gun triggers probe
A photograph of Member of Parliament from Satara, Udayanraje Bhosale, posing with a revolver outside a religious place in Satara, may land him in trouble.
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