Govt sets up experts' panel to assess IRB work
The state government on Monday appointed a five-member expert committee to evaluate the quantum of work done by Ideal Road Builders (IRB) under Kolhapur integrated road development project.
View ArticleOver 350 apply for PMEGP in 2 days
Over 350 people have responded to the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in two days. The scheme provides financial assistance for small scale businesses.
View ArticleDrives to increase eye donation awareness on the cards
The district office of the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) is planning to launch campaigns to spread of awareness about eye donation and increase the number of donors.
View ArticleKMC prepares ground for effective merger
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), which is eager to extend its limits by merging 17 villages, faces a herculean task to provide basic civic amenities to the villagers.
View ArticleMohsin's family seeks ban on HRS
Mohsin Shaikh's family on Tuesday sought a ban on the Hindu Rashtra Sena, whose activists brutally assaulted him in Pune on June 2.
View Article'Make people aware of voters' registration drive'
The district collectorate has started the process of updating the voters' list ahead of the upcoming assembly polls likely to be held in October.
View ArticleNCP leaders demand quick action on issues
The NCP leaders on Wednesday demanded the state government to take immediate action on toll, local body tax and Maratha, Muslim reservation issues.
View ArticleAIDS control officials worried about 'lost' sex workers in Kolhapur
Rupa (name changed), a sex worker in her late twenties, escaped from her room in Yadav Nagar, the red-light district of Kolhapur city, when the police conducted a raid on the area in August 2013.
View ArticleMaharashtra education board: Repeaters of HSC exams may apply online from...
Online applications will be accepted from June 12 to June 25 with the regular fee and from from June 26 to July 2 with a late fee.
View ArticleWoman gets seven years' rigorous imprisonment for killing infant in 2012
The district and sessions court on Thursday sentenced Mahananda alias Anju Raju Navgunde (35) to seven years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a four-year-old boy in 2012.
View ArticleForest offences decline in 25 years
The state forest department's first-ever review of statistical data on offence cases in the last 25 years has come as a relief to it.
View ArticleFootball fever grips Kolhapur, merchandise a hit
The city's annual football season just got extended by two months, with professional players and amateurs ready to relish the World Cup fever to fullest.
View ArticleChavan's formula to end tax turmoil fails to pacify traders
The Federation of Association of Maharashtra (FAM), the apex body of traders in the state, on Thursday made it clear that it will not accept octroi as an alternative to local body taxes.
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation to submit LBT report to CM today
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will submit its report on the local body tax (LBT) issue, along with alternatives, to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday.
View ArticleVarsity speeds up work on sub-centre plan
Shivaji University, Kolhapur's (SUK) vice-chancellor N J Pawar met Satara and Sangli district collectors last week for allotment of land for proposed sub-centres in the districts.
View ArticleTree census begins, to be halted during rains
The Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) on Thursday began the much awaited tree census in the city.The civic body has appointed a Mumbai-based agency for the task and expects to complete in six months.
View ArticleKMC against increasing VAT and scrapping local body tax
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday opposed the traders' demand to increase the value added tax (VAT) and abolish local body tax (LBT).
View ArticleUniversity Grants Comisssion considers anti-corruption as college subject
City-based college principals and students have given a positive feedback on the University Grants Commisson's (UGC) consideration to include anti-corruption as a subject in the higher education...
View ArticleGovernment to form cell to attract corporates
In a bid to attract more corporates, the state government's school education and sports department has decided to form a corporate social responsibility (CSR) cell.
View ArticleEducation department gears up for CAP
The office of the deputy education director has geared up for the centralized admission process (CAP) for class XI with the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)...
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