Candidates brave sun, walk for nearly 20km a day
With just three weeks to make an impression they possibly couldn't in five years, candidates in the fray for the Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency are braving heat and dust to reach out to the otherwise...
View Article‘Wrap up primary school exams before polls’
The examinations for city-based primary schools will be conducted in the first week of April.
View ArticleCongress-NCP candidates are highest poll spenders
Congress candidate Kallappa Awade from Hatkanangale Lok Sabha constituency is leading the poll expenses in the district so far, surpassing the Nationalist Congress Party’s Dhananjay Mahadik, who is...
View ArticlePatil hat-trick chance faces Dhature hurdle
The entry of former Congress MLA from the Miraj constituency Hafiz Dhature into the fray for the poll to the Sangli Lok Sabha seat has thrown a sort of challenge to sitting MP and Union minister of...
View ArticleCivic body hopes to start two basins at STP today
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started the work of constructing the sewage treatment plant on war footing with an aim make two of the six basins, each with the capacity to treat 12.5...
View ArticleCitizens brave heat to usher in Gudi Padwa
Residents thronged markets in the city braving the sweltering heat for their last-minute shopping on Sunday, with jewelleries and electronic items being the most favourite picks, on the eve of Gudi Padwa.
View ArticleHot spell ahead of new year revelry
Vinod Powar is barely in his twenties but cannot bear the ongoing heat spell in the city.
View ArticleAwhad accuses Modi of polarizing voters on caste, communal lines
Addressing a media conference here, he said, "The BJP has divided the country on the lines of religion and caste and Modi, who is polarizing the voters, cannot run a government.
View ArticleMarkets cash in on revellers' rush on Gudi Padwa
The residents of the city on Monday celebrated Gudi Padwa amid a lot of enthusiasm and traditional flavour by raising Gudis at their houses.
View Article10 more days for property tax recovery even as fiscal year ends
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has extended the recovery period for property tax for ten more days though the financial year ended on March 31.
View ArticleShivaji University, Kolhapur mandates NOC for external PhD guides
The decision was taken by SUK authorities in a board meeting earlier last month in the wake of fake degrees from CMJ University.A circular was put up on the university's website on March 24 announcing...
View ArticleSynchronize signals for smooth vehicular flow: Experts, traffic cops
Traffic cops and city-based experts are demanding synchronization of traffic signals that have been newly installed for safer vehicular flow.
View ArticleGoing to Mumbai? Pay Rs 45 more
On an average, the new rates will cost the private bus operators plying daily on Kolhapur-Pune-Mumbai route an additional Rs 9,000 per month.
View ArticleTemperature soars, no relief in sight
The city on Tuesday recorded 38.4 degree Celsius temperature, while the minimum temperature recorded was 22.3 degree Celsius.
View ArticleIrrigation officials to meet district collector on water-lifting charges
On March 15, the irrigation department had slapped a notice on the KMC administration on paying up its water-lifting charges of around Rs 7.5 crore, pending since April 2006.
View Article2 cops suspended for not filing case after raid at matka den
Two policemen from Laxmipuri police station were on Monday suspended for allegedly not registering a case against two men running an illegal matka den they had raided last week.
View Article80,000 first-timers to vote this time in Kolhapur
The 2014 Lok Sabha elections will see 80,000 debutante voters from the district, exercising their right to vote for the first time.
View ArticleVoters' number goes up by 33,000 in district
The total number of voters in the district is increased by 33,589, according to the fresh data released by the district election office.
View ArticleHawk eye on sensitive booths
The police department has identified 129 sensitive polling booths across the Kolhapur and Hatkanangle Lok Sabha constituencies.
View ArticleSharad Pawar to address rallies in textile town, Gandhi maidan
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will address two rallies in Kolhapur district on April 13; the first rally is scheduled to be held in Ichalkaranji and then at the Gandhi maidan in...
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