German firms tap Kolhapur foundries for biz prospects
German Indian Business Centre (GIBC), an organisation formed by Niedersachsen state of Germany, has knocked the doors of Kolhapur-based foundry industry.
View ArticleKolhapur-based play advances to next round of contest
City-based Pratyay Haushi Natya Kala Kendra's play 'Crime and Punishment' won the first prize in the preliminary round of the Rajya Natya competition from the Kolhapur centre.
View ArticleRotary's youth leadership event from December 26
Rotary Club of Kolhapur and Rotary Club of Parleshwar-Mumbai have organised youth leadership awards in the city on December 26 to December 28.
View ArticlePolitics over NCP MP's Delhi tour hots up
Politics in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is brewing over the Delhi study tour organised by NCP MP Dhananjay Mahadik.
View ArticleCouple held for attempting self-immolation
A man tried to immolate his family and himself at the office of the Superintendent of Police on Sunday alleging police inaction over his complaint over a land dispute.
View ArticleCentre releases Rs 9.82 crore for ZP
The central government has given Rs 9.82 crore to the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad (ZP) and asked it utilise the money it by the end of the current fiscal.
View ArticleTwo policemen suspended as murder convict flees prison
Superintendent of police Manojkumar Sharma on Tuesday suspended two cops from Panhala police station after a convict in murder case escaped from custody while being taken for a court hearing in a...
View ArticleNew properties out of civic radar, tax collection suffers
The failure to identify untaxed properties across the city since the last couple of years has caused further financial hardship for the cash-strapped civic body.
View ArticleYouth steals valuables worth Rs 5 lakh, arrested
The local crime branch on Monday arrested a 20-year-old youth for allegedly looting valuables worth Rs 5 lakh kept in a car parked outside a hotel on November 27.
View Article'Takala quarry site inadequate to dump garbage'
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Tuesday filed an affidavit before the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stating that the Top quarry site was needed urgently to dump municipal...
View ArticleNew Year treat for transport body, 25 buses to find place in its fleet
The Kolhapur Municipal Transport (KMT) will receive the first fleet of 25 buses from Ashok Layland Ltd as part of recent agreement in the first week of January.
View ArticleBund repair over, water supply to resume today
Most parts of A, B and E wards of the city on Tuesday witnessed water supply at low pressure.
View ArticleOver 900 schools still await recognition
Over 900 primary and secondary schools across the district are awaiting recognition for the academic year 2014-15, revealed a report of the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad's (ZP) education department.
View ArticleShivaji varsity gets ‘A’ grade from NAAC
The anxious moments for Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) officials were finally over on Wednesday evening, when the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) announced the results of the...
View ArticleCaste survey draft list still not ready
Except Parbhani, the findings of the socio-economic and caste survey of all other districts in Maharashtra are yet to be ready, according to sources at the state rural development department.
View ArticleApproval to 50 proposals for self-financed schools in district
The proposals for self-financed schools from Kolhapur have gone down over the last two years, with only 50 of the 76 applications selected for the further scrutiny for the next academic year, said...
View ArticlePower subsidy of Rs 706 crore to be continued
The state government on Wednesday withdrew its decision to discontinue the Rs 706-crore subsidy component to the domestic, industries, agriculture pumps and commercial establishments in the state.
View ArticleVarsity researchers breed rare moth species in laboratory
Researchers from the department of zoology of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) have harvested over 40,000 eggs of the largest moth species in the world, the Attacus atlas, in a laboratory.
View ArticleBrakes galore on civic body’s Safe City route
The civic body has to clear the bottlenecks at the earliest if it wants an effective implementation of the Safe City project, an idea floated by the civic administration and city traffic department a...
View ArticleMaharashtra records 30% rise in escapes from jail, at second position after MP
The issue of escorting those in custody has again come to the fore following the escape of a prisoner from police custody in Kolhapur on Monday.
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