MSRTC uses simulator to make bus drivers aware of fuel waste
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has installed a basic mobile simulator at the central bus stand depot in the city to make its drivers aware of the need to curb wastage of fuel.
View ArticleShivaji University to host international conference on environmental issues
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur will host the 33rd annual session of the academy of environmental biology and an international conference on biosciences with a special focus on environmental issues...
View ArticleDistrict administration gears up for TET
The district administration will host the first ever teacher's eligibility test (TET) in the state on Sunday.
View ArticleIndustry opposes village merger plan
The administration's plan to merge 17 villages with the limits of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has hit a new roadblock - the industrial associations of Shiroli MIDC and Gokul-Shirgaon MIDC.
View ArticleTough one, say Teachers' Eligibility Test aspirants
Candidates appearing for the first-ever Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) on Sunday termed it "a tough experience", with many stating that they had not expected the difficulty level to be this strong...
View ArticleVarsity declares schedule for west zone inter-university youth festival
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has released the tentative schedule for the 29th west zone inter-university festivalon Thursday.
View ArticleDecember 17 limit for minority scholarship applications
The directorate of technical education (DTE) has reminded candidates representing minority communities and pursuing professional and technical courses to apply on or before December 17 both in online...
View ArticleVillagers up in arms against windmill plan
A group of villagers from Bhudargad tehsil in the district has requested MLC and BJP leader Chandrakant Patil to raise in the assembly their opposition to a proposal to construct windmills in the area...
View ArticleShiroli Manufactures' Association of Kolhapur opposes merger proposal
The Shiroli Manufactures' Association of Kolhapur (SMAK) on Sunday opposed the proposed merger of the Shiroli industrial estate within the limits of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC).
View ArticleWeapons on display draw hundreds to Dasara chowk ground
For the residents of Kolhapur, it was a rare Sunday afternoon when they had a glimpse of military weapons such as anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guide missiles and that too from a close quarter.
View ArticleFederation of Associations of Maharashtra urges state to adopt Subodh Kumar...
Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) on Sunday urged the state government to adopt the Subodh Kumar report suggesting alternatives to the local body tax (LBT).
View ArticleOutrage over SC verdict among LGBT members
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community staged an agitation in Sangli on Sunday to express their disappointment over the recent Supreme Court verdict regarding section...
View ArticleOnly 3 of 70 med graduates join as officers in rural parts of region
The directorate of medical education and research (DMER) has allotted 70 medical graduates to Kolhapur region to work at rural primary health centres for a year. However, only three of the 70 have...
View ArticleCivic panel to look into sewage management tax issue
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will set up a grievance redressal committee after corporators on Monday opposed the civic body’s move to add water bills to the sewage management tax, which has...
View ArticleShivaji University Kolhapur seeks students’ enrolment details
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) has asked all the 279 colleges affiliated to it to send statistical details of students enrolled in the academic year 2013-2014.
View ArticleTwo Sangli traders held for VAT evasion
The Vishrambaug police in Sangli arrested two traders from the city after receiving a written complaint from the state sales tax department regarding evasion of value added tax (VAT).
View ArticleGovt nod to Rs 80cr for city's underground power cables
The state government has sanctioned Rs 80 crore for the city to have underground electricity cables for the first time.
View ArticleDistrict-level research fest to start tomorrow
The Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) will organize the district-level Avishkar research festival from Thursday.
View ArticleBench demand: Bombay high court panel holds meeting with lawyers
The Bombay high court committee of three judges on Monday conducted a meeting with the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of lawyers from six districts, who have been demanding a circuit bench of the HC at...
View ArticleSecond Kolhapur International Film Festival from Thursday
The 2012 Brazilian film Sudoeste ('Southwest'), directed by Eduardo Nunes, will open screenings at the second Kolhapur International Film Festival on Thursday at the Shahu Smarak Bhavan.
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