Civic body to get expert hand for demolition drive in Kolhapur
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is going to appoint a demolition expert to bring down dilapidated buildings in the city to ensure that scientific procedure is followed while razing the...
View ArticleTraders to meet in Pune to oppose local body tax
'Vyapari Mitra', a city-based organization of traders, has called a meeting of all traders' associations from 26 municipal corporation areas of the state on May 14 at Pune.
View ArticleKolhapur-Solapur day train likely by July 1
Central Railways is likely to start a daytime train between Kolhapur and Solapur to facilitate regular travelers from July 1.
View ArticleEducation assessment drive in division from May 19
As many as 206 colleges across Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts will be assessed and inspected from May 19 across the division.
View ArticleUGC aid for holding meets depends on performance
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited applications for financial assistance to colleges and universities for organizing conferences, workshops or seminars under the UGC'S 12th plan period.
View ArticleBhausaheb Nimbalkar, who almost broke Don's record, enters Wisden
Under the headline 'Nimbalkar, the nearly man', Clayton Murzello has written about the cricketer's performance during a Ranji Trophy match between Maharashtra and Kathiawar in December 1948 in Pune.
View ArticleGovernment likely to restart diesel subsidy to MSRTC
There is much relief in store for the state road transport corporation.The Centre, which had pulled the plug on diesel subsidy to the corporation, is expected to restart it.
View ArticleRehab centre told to state facilities
Meanwhile, the forest department started the process of shifting Sunder and conducting medical tests on Monday.
View ArticleNo major clue in Karad counterfeit notes case
The ongoing investigation on counterfeit currency notes that were found in Karad last week is yet to throw up any major clues.
View ArticleAutomated weather stations to be set up across state
State agriculture and marketing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said that Rs 100 crore were being spent to set up automated weather stations (AWS) in the state.
View ArticleSix-member panel to select youth for awards
The sports and youth welfare department, Pune, has invited applications for state-level youth awards for the year 2013.The last date for receipt of the applications is May 25.
View ArticleRamdas Athavale expects to get berth in new cabinet
Republican Party of India (RPI- A) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ramdas Athavale said on Monday that the NDA will get majority in the Lok Sabha elections and form government at the Centre.
View ArticleKolhapur traders to participate in anti-LBT stir today
City-based traders have decided to participate in the agitation scheduled in Pune on Wednesday to press for their demand to revoke implementation of local body tax (LBT).
View ArticlePolice cover sought to raze structures
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has demanded protection from the district police to conduct its drive of removing illegal buildings in the Tawade Hotel area.
View ArticleCorporators, administration lock horns over slaughter house project
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's (KMC) has plans to construct a modern slaughter house (abattoir) near the Isolation Hosptal in the Sambhajinagar area on a build-operate-transfer basis (BOT).
View ArticleMaharashtra government forms committee to probe sudden fall in mango prices
Maharashtra government has formed a high-level committee to investigate the recent fall in mango prices and to formulate the process to comply with European Union norms so that the import ban can be...
View ArticleSewage water halts drainage work
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation’s efforts to complete the drainage works along the Rankala lake before the onset of monsoon has hit a road block as the sewage from the nearby areas is accumulating...
View ArticleRevenue from LBT down to 1 crore
The reluctance of traders to pay local body taxes (LBT) has resulted in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) generating just Rs 1 crore for May as opposed to the Rs 6 crore it raked in last month.
View ArticleKolhapur Anti-Toll Committee asks parties to join June 9 rally
The Kolhapur Anti-Toll Committee (KATC) on Wednesday appealed all political parties to participate in the ‘mahamorcha’, a rally to be taken out on June 9. It also appealed political leaders to put up a...
View ArticleYouth stabs older brother to death
A 19-year-old youth stabbed his older brother following a family dispute at the Rajarampuri area of the city on Tuesday night.
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