Over 70 villages report decrease in groundwater level
Latest Groundwater Survey and Development Agency records indicate a dip in groundwater level by one metre in as many as 70 villages from western Maharashtra.
View ArticleKolhapur trekking group scales Mount Kalapattar
Four members of a trekking group from Kolhapur recently scaled Mount Kalapattar, from where one gets a glimpse of Mount Everest.
View ArticleNod to pre-season loan of Rs 3,200-cr for sugar factories
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank has sanctioned a pre-seasonal loan worth Rs 3,200 crore for 29 sugar factories in the state, an official communication from the bank stated.
View ArticleHigh on tax contribution, low on basic amenities
The city's oldest industrial hub that has over the past six decades become the biggest contributor to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's (KMC) treasury is in a mess.
View ArticleTeachers' body to agitate against state on December 18
MFJCTO has launched an agitation against the state government over pending demands, which include a pay scale in keeping with the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission.
View Article'Keep tabs on RTE norms compliance by schools'
According to officials, the primary education department has been consistently notifying the BDOs in the 12 talukas to keep a closer look on the compliance of the RTE infrastructure norms from September.
View ArticleShivaji University bags seven prizes in inter-varsity festival
The team of Shivaji University, Kolhapur has bagged as many as seven prizes in the inter-university youth festival.
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation starts property review to track tax evaders
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation has launched a drive to scrutinize properties and the corresponding taxes that the respective owners have to pay.
View ArticleChemists adamant on decision to go on strike
Chemists in the city are adamant on their decision to be a part of the three-day state-wide strike from December 16 despite an appeal from the Food and Drug Administration to keep the shops open.
View ArticleReview of lift irrigation schemes in Sangli
The tribunal was set up for water distribution among Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh of Krishna river, the most important river in the western Maharashtra.
View ArticleMSRTC offers special Saundatti package tour
The state government's public transport department has received a booking of 147 buses for the upcoming pilgrimage at Saundatti in Karnataka.
View ArticleAnti-superstition crusader's kin hail passing of bill
Hamid Dabholkar, son of the slain anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar, has welcomed the state legislative assembly's decision to pass the anti-superstition bill.
View Article14 CBSE students fined for failing to provide eligibility certificate
The Kolhapur divisional board of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) had fined 14 students of Shahu Vidyalaya Rs 5,000 each on Wednesday.
View ArticleState decides to waive off sugarcane purchase tax
The Maharashtra government has decided to waive off the sugarcane purchase tax, which will save tax paid by the sugar factories.
View ArticleState govt postpones co-operative elections by 1 year
The state government has postponed the scheduled elections of thousands of co-operative societies and institutions in the state by a year.
View ArticleNo concessions in water tax, corporators see red over sewage management tax
Corporators of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation expressed their displeasure in the standing committee meeting on Friday over water bills added to the sewage management tax and sent to residents...
View ArticleTeachers should increase participation in research: N J Pawar
Vice-chancellor of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) N J Pawar expressed his concern about poor teachers' participation in research activities.
View ArticleCracks in Congress over SMKMC drainage project
Corporators of the ruling Congress are divided over the Rs 114-crore drainage pipeline project in the Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKMC) with one group seeking revision of the entire...
View ArticleSunder to be shifted to Bangalore rescue unit
The forest department has initiated steps to send Sunder, an elephant, from the custody of a temple in Kolhapur to a rescue centre in Bangalore in the wake of a Bombay high court (HC) order.
View ArticleMESMA invoked to stop shutdown
The state government has invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services and Maintenance (MESMA) Act 2011 in view of the strike by chemists from December 16.
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