Brace for severe water cuts today
The civic administration has warned that water cuts are likely to continue today.
View ArticleDistrict plans 3rd party assessment of 166 schemes
The district administration is gearing up to conduct a third party assessment of its 166 schemes introduced and implemented to uplift and improve the society as well as some individuals.
View ArticleIFFI awards to city-based director’s Marathi film bring cheer
Marathi film ‘Ek Hazarachi Note’ scopped up two prestigious awards – the Special Jury Award and Special Centenary Award – at the closing ceremony of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014, Goa.
View ArticleThree cops indicted for Kolhapur custodial death
The criminal investigation department (CID), Kolhapur unit, has held three police officials responsible for the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man at the Peth Wadgaon police station, 15 km...
View ArticleCivic body urges IRB to clear 4.3 crore of negative grant
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation has demanded that the Ideal Road Builders (IRB), pay the remaining amount of negative grant of Rs 4.30 crore to civic administration.
View ArticleThird party audit of govt schemes from New Year
District collector Rajaram Mane has decided to conduct a third party audit of all schemes implemented in Kolhapur in the last two financial years.
View Article‘Take action against jewellers buying gold from criminals’
A delegation of district unit of Shiv Sena on Tuesday met superintendent of police Manjokumar Sharma and demanded that the cops should take action against those jewellers who buy gold ornaments from...
View ArticleMayor receives 40 plaints in third Janata Darbar
The number of complaints received during the third mayor’s janata darbar dipped to 40 this month. As many as 72 complaints were received during the same event held in November.
View ArticleNET workshop at SUK
The Department of Mass Communication of the Shivaji University will conduct a 10-day workshop for National Eligibility Test (NET) aspirants from December 15-24 at the university campus.
View ArticleOpen University invites proposals for study centres
The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) started inviting proposals for new study centres across the district from December 1.
View ArticleFebruary 10 deadline for action plan on river pollution
Pune divisional commissioner Vikas Deshmukh, who is also the chairman of monitoring committee for Panchganga river pollution, has set a deadline of February 10, 2015 for seeking detailed action plan to...
View ArticleSambhajiraje to inaugurate Royal India Luxury show in Dubai
Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, the scion of Kolhapur's erstwhile royal family, will be the chief guest at the annual Royal India Luxury Show from December 4.
View ArticleBJP to enrol 1.5 lakh women members in western Maharashtra
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a target of enrolling 1,50,000 women members across five districts in western Maharashtra during its latest membership drive in the state.
View ArticleVarsity study material can be accessed online now
Shivaji University's online public access catalogue (OPAC), which till now could only be accessed on the campus via intranet, has now been made available online for students worldwide.
View ArticleChain snatchers target elderly woman again
An elderly woman was robbed of her gold chain by two men on a motorbike while on her way home from a temple in the Pitali Ganapati area of the city on Tuesday evening.
View Article33 schools in district defy closure notices
At least 33 illegal schools in the district of the 58 that were sent notices to shut down six months ago continue to function unabashedly, Smita Gaud, primary education officer of Kolhapur Zilla...
View ArticleKshirsagar, Minchekar in cabinet race
Two Shiv Sena MLAs from Kolhapur, who have been re-elected to the state assembly, are set to be sworn in as ministers on Friday.
View ArticleFDA officials seize gutka worth Rs 72k in two-day drive
Food and drug administration officials have in two days raided seven paan shops in the city and seized gutka (scented tobacco) worth Rs 72,565 from them.
View ArticleOfficials in dark about student numbers
The zilla parishad's primary education department is clueless about the number of students in the 33 illegal schools that are operating in the district even after the passage of half of the academic year.
View ArticleMSRTC earned Rs 1.83 crore in Diwali
The Kolhapur division of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) earned Rs 1.83 crore during the Diwali season by running some extra buses.
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