Campaign for Kolhapur begins
Dhananjay Mahadik, the NCP's Lok Sabha candidate and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Mandlik have begun campaigning in the Kolhapur constituency.
View ArticleTriangular fight in Congress bastion
Pratik is the second time MP from the constituency and enjoys the legacy of his grandfather and former Maharashtra chief minister late Vasantdada Patil.
View ArticleElection fever: It's Shetty vs Awade in Hatkanangale
The Hatkanangale constituency is set to witness a tough fight between sitting MP Raju Shetty of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and Congress candidate Kallapanna Awade in the forthcoming Lok Sabha...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation fails to tax borewell users
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) plan to impose sewage management tax on the usage of water through borewells has failed to take off as it had not conducted the survey of households.
View Article15,000 voters register in district on Sunday
Over 15,000 new voters registered themselves in Kolhapur district on Sunday in the special drive launched for voters' enrolment by the district election commissioner.
View ArticleShivaji University exams rescheduled to avoid clash with poll dates
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has rescheduled 12 of its examinations from April 16 and 17 to April 27 and May 4 to avoid a clash with poll dates.
View ArticleDevane promises support to Mandlik
District Shiv Sena president Vijay Devane on Monday promised full support to Sanjay Mandlik, the Mahayuti's candidate for Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency.
View ArticleMandlik's resignation letter forwarded
The Congress party's district unit president P N Patil on Monday said that he had forwarded the resignation letter of zilla parishad president Sanjay Mandlik to the Pune divisional commissionerate.
View ArticlePatil applies to AAP for candidature from Hatkanangale
Veteran farmers' leader Raghunath Patil is among the eight candidates likely to get a ticket from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for contesting the Lok Sabha election from Hatkanangale constituency.
View ArticleKolhapur tops in sugar recovery rate
Kolhapur division has topped the state in maintaining the highest sugar recovery rate at 12.44% this year, followed by Pune with a recovery rate of 10.96%.
View ArticleCrop over 5,600 ha damaged in Sangli
The Sangli district is one of the worst-hit by the hailstorm in western Maharashtra as grapes cultivated in over 5,600 hectares of land have been completely damaged, as of Tuesday evening.
View ArticleDistrict health administration rolls out free medicine scheme
The district health administration has rolled out a free medicine scheme across its 20 sub-divisional and 73 rural primary health centres.
View Article'Don't privatize garbage collection'
The KMC took the decision as there was a dearth of employees to collect 176 tonnes of garbage generated in the city.
View ArticleKolhapur zilla parishad moots keeping track of HIV+ cane cutters
Every year, some two lakh sugarcane cutters migrate to Kolhapur district alone on the job and are found to be vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
View ArticleLukewarm response to 'My Stamp'
The postal department's 'My Stamp' initiative received a moderate response in Kolhapur on Tuesday with only 20 people showing interest in creating personalized stamps.
View ArticleDistrict poll panel to brief parties about expenditure
"The political parties should know the changes made by the Election Commission related to expenditure during the election and what kind of expenses is included in the criteria.
View ArticleDivisional commissioner accepts Mandlik's resignation
Eleven days after Sanjay Mandlik quit as the president of the Zilla Parishad (ZP), the Pune divisional commissionerate finally accepted his resignation on Wednesday.
View ArticleParties rope in star campaigners
While the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are yet to chalk out plans for their star campaigners, BJP, Shiv Sena and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to field its national and state...
View Article16,000 soldiers to vote by postal ballots in the district
The district election office is drawing up a list of postal voters in Kolhapur.Around 16,000 soldiers are registered with the Kolhapur district election commission as postal voters.
View ArticleFour held for hoarding LPG cylinders, refueling autos
The Karveer and Shahupuri police on Wednesday raided two places in their jurisdictions where liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders were allegedly being hoarded to illegally refuel vehicles.
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