Committed to remove toll: Chandrakant Patil
State PWD minister Chandrakant Patil on Friday said that the attack on toll plaza is not admissible but his party is committed to close the controversial toll plazas in the state, including the one in...
View ArticleNGO wants edu dept action in rural areas
Members of city-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Avani on Wednesday protested against the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad’s Primary Education Department’s alleged inability to implement government...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation seeks details of IRB toll collection
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has written to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Friday to provide the detailed statistics of toll collection started by Ideal Road...
View ArticleGovt positive about scrapping toll, says Patil
The state government is mulling over the possibility of issuing a notification to grant a stay over the toll collection by Ideal Road Builders (IRB) Company in Kolhapur. Minister for public works...
View ArticleCo-op banks get time till March to recover bad loans
The state government has decided to extend the deadline for recovery of outstanding loans of the urban cooperative banks to March 2015.
View ArticleNo. of SSC applicants likely to increase this year: Gosavi
The Kolhapur divisional board of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) recorded more than 1.22 lakh online applications received as of Saturday.
View ArticleMahadik stresses on need for foot overbridge at Kolhapur railway station
Member of Parliaent Dhananjay Mahadik has called for construction of a foot overbridge (FOB) connecting the Kolhapur railway station with Shahupuri and Rajarampuri areas, a project that has been...
View ArticleUncleared garbage raises a stink, at-risk citizens demand bins & regular lifting
The citizens are reluctant to visit Kapiltirth Market, a busy market place located at the heart of the city due to the rising stink caused by the garbage piled up across the area.
View ArticleRTE admissions improve in division
The Kolhapur division recorded an improved 57% admission rate under the admission quota of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act for this academic year as against 44% in the...
View Article25-year-old SSB constable from Kagal shoots self in Uttaranchal
Santosh Chandrakant Powar (25), a constable in the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Champa in Uttaranchal, allegedly shot himself with his service rifle around 4.30am on Saturday.
View ArticleCorporators threaten to quit over bad condition of Rankala Tower Road
Three corporators of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday threatened to resign in protest against the lack of civic action in improving the condition of the Rankala Tower Road.
View ArticleDistrict 2nd in number of business establishments
The district stands second in the state after Mumbai in terms of total number of establishments that are generating business and employment thanks to the co-operative and textile sectors along with the...
View ArticleNagpur among ten districts showing fall in job creation
The state has reported growth as high as 47% in establishments, while rise in jobs is 36% but not all districts in the state are on the same page.
View ArticleCivic body's plans to rehabilitate slums on hold
The central government's announcement to roll out a new slum rehabilitation scheme replacing the earlier Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has left the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) in a quandary.
View ArticleSelf-evaluation: Education department to take action against 'misrepresentation'
The state school education department will propose action against private schools and officials involved in the deliberate misrepresentation of the self-evaluation system, said Ashwini Bhide, state...
View ArticleLED lights fitted in Mahalaxmi temple to check idol erosion
The eco-friendly light-emitting diode (LED) lamps have been placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Mahalaxmi Temple on a trial basis to explore the possibility of reduction of erosion of the...
View ArticleKonkan vastu fest at Ratnagiri
The Ratnagiri builders and developers association (RBDA) and CREDAI, Ratnagiri have jointly arranged the Konkan vastu festival 2014 from December 19 to 22 at Ratnagiri.
View ArticleCentral team to review crop loss in state soon: Fadnavis
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the Union government will skip some time-consuming procedures and a drought-review team will soon arrive in Maharashtra to assess the losses due to...
View ArticleKolhapur sees second dengue death this year
A 30-year-old woman from Subhashnagar area has become the second victim of dengue fever in the city this year on Monday.
View Article'Will raise toll issue in next cabinet meet'
State public works department (PWD) minister Chandrakant Patil's promise of a discussion on toll with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will have to be taken up at a later date.
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