Treasury officials land in ACB net
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday caught two treasury office employees while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from a man for processing his mother's pension documents.
View ArticleShetty steps up seat heat on alliance partners
Farmers' leader and two-time member of Parliament from the district Raju Shetty has said his party, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna, would continue the alliance with the BJP and the Shiv Sena if his...
View ArticleYashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University to felicitate ideal teachers...
The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) will honour as many as 80 ideal teachers on Friday, Teachers' Day, it said in a circular.
View ArticleGirl, 9, found hanging from cradle rope
A nine-year-old girl was found hanging from the rope of a cradle in which her younger sister was sleeping at her residence in the Bara Imam area on Wednesday.
View ArticleNew train plan derails Kolhapur's dreams
The revised time table issued by the Railways has left those associated with the industry and tourism sectors in the city a disappointed lot as it had no mention of anything new for Kolhapur.
View Article'Teaching is sacred, must be respected'
Newly appointed teachers must understand that teaching is not a process of creating exam oriented students, but developing in them a true understanding about a particular field or subject, said the...
View ArticleHubli-Kurla Train To Benefit Mumbai Bound Kolhapur passengers
Commuters travelling between Kolhapur and Mumbai may gain an indirect benefit from the increased frequency of a bi-weekly train on the Hubli-Mumbai route.
View ArticleKolhapur's project now a state model
The Kayapalat (facelift) project initiated by the health department of the Kolhapur zilla parishad has been finally adopted by the state public health department.
View ArticleCivic body to set up blood separation bank by March '15
Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) will set up its first blood component separation bank at the Firangai Talim area in Shivaji Peth.
View ArticleKMC seeks MPCB nod to use quarry for dumping waste
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has submitted a detailed project report to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for using an abandoned stone quarry at Top for landfill purpose.
View ArticleMaharashtra State Road Transport Corporation re-opens its diesel stations
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's Kolhapur division on Friday re-opened diesel stations at all its depots in the district, except Kolhapur city and Sambhajinagar depots.
View ArticleGet procession vehicles certified: RTO
The regional transport office (RTO) has appealed to the Ganesh mandals to get their vehicles which are going to be used in the final day procession of Ganapati visarjan, certified by September 7.
View ArticlePM finds eager audience in dist schools
Friday was not a regular school day.At 2.30pm, a curious set of students, parents and teachers gathered at their respective schools across the district to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech.
View ArticleCollectorate gets 60 new machines for Aadhaar cards
The district administration has recently received 60 machines for registering new holders of Aadhaar card.The service was suspended some months ago as it did not get sanctioned in the parliament.
View ArticleNo buses on 8 routes on immersion day
The Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) has decided not to run its buses on eight routes in the city on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi (idol immersion day) on September 8.
View ArticleSalokhe to contest against Satej Patil
Niwas Salokhe, the man steering the anti-toll agitation here, has decided to contest the forthcoming assembly election against minister of state for home Satej Patil.
View ArticleOver 40k household Ganesh idols donated
Over 40,000 household Ganesh idols were donated by devotees on Thursday, for immersion at a single point and averting water pollution, making this the highest donation figure till date.
View ArticleCCTV cover for Bappa immersion route
Marking a first for the city, the Ganesh idol immersion procession in Kolhapur will be covered by CCTV cameras.
View ArticleDistrict administration plans to destroy old, unused sonography machines
The district administration is trying to find a way to destroy old and unused sonography machines to avoid their use for sex determination.
View ArticleExperts guide students on competitive exam
Ajit Tike, deputy superintendent on probation at Kolhapur, guided the aspirants on the highs and lows of exam preparation.
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