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Sena (UBT) workers stop BJP MLA outside temple in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena (UBT) workers briefly stopped Karnataka BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan and his entourage from entering the Ambabhavani temple in Kolhapur on Wednesday night

Visuals seen by HT showed around a dozen Shiv Sena (UBT) workers, led by Kolhapur district president Vijay Devane, gathering near the temple to prevent Karnataka BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan’s entry (PTI)

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Updated on Dec 13, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Sena (UBT) threatens to block Karnataka vehicles if MES convention is banned in Belagavi

The Kolhapur district faction of Shiva Sena (UBT) warned Karnataka, threatening to block Karnataka vehicles from entering Maharashtra if the MES is denied permission to hold its annual convention

In Mumbai on Wednesday, former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said Shiva Sena (UBT)’s Kolhapur unit had submitted a memorandum to Kolhapur deputy commissioner Sanjay Shinde, urging him to coordinate with Belagavi deputy commissioner Mohammed Roshan to secure permission for the MES convention (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Brother-sister duo dies of suspected food poisoning in Kolhapur

Shriyansh Angad (4) and Kavya Angad (7), residents of Chimgaon in Kagal tehsil, consumed meat on Sunday, followed by a cake in the evening, according to the police

A seven-year-old girl and her younger brother died within few hours of suspected food poisoning in Kolhapur district, police officials said on Wednesday. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2024 05:16 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

NGT expresses dissatisfaction with MPCB’s response to sugar factory in Kolhapur district

In May 2023, Shahu Mokashi, a resident of Kolhapur district, filed an application with the NGT regarding pollution in the Hiranyakeshi River

The NGT in its order dated May 12, 2023, said that the river was being polluted by two industries namely Hiranyakeshi SSK Niyamit located in the state of Karnataka and ‘Appasaheb Nalawade Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana’ located in the state of Maharashtra. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2024 10:54 PM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Kasba Peth in Pune, Indapur in dist, Kolhapur in state record highest voter turnout

Both Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hemant Rasane have claimed that it boosts their chances of win

Considering the election held five years ago and the by-election of March 2023, the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi candidates are claiming that the increase in voter turnout by as much as 10 per cent will lead them to victory. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByDheeraj Bengrut

Kolhapur assembly polls: Rebels threaten to topple established party contests

In Kolhapur district’s 10 assembly constituencies, rebels threaten to upend established party contests between the two alliances – ruling Mahayuti and opposition MVA

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Updated on Nov 13, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByDheeraj Bengrut

Maharashtra polls: Four candidates withdraw five nominations from two assembly constituencies in Kolhapur

Gokul (dairy) director Shoumika Mahadik withdrew her candidature as an independent from the south Kolhapur assembly constituency; MLA Ruturaj Patil’s wife Pooja Patil withdrew two nominations filed as an independent; and former MLA Maloji Raje Chhatrapati withdrew his nomination as an independent from the north Kolhapur assembly constituency

Out of a total 10 assembly constituencies in Kolhapur district, four candidates withdrew five nominations from two assembly constituencies. Monday is the last day to withdraw nominations and applications can be withdrawn till 5 pm. (Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 02, 2024 08:02 AM IST

ByDheeraj Bengrut

Two held for murder of man over business rivalry

The deceased and his brother accused Pravin were in the silver business. Pravin suspected that his brother was trying to influence his customers which was affecting his business

A case has been registered at Gokul Shirgaon police station. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 24, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Cop suspended for threatening woman

On Friday, traffic DCP Amol Zende issued the suspension order of Anagha Sunil Dhawale associated with the Kothrud traffic branch

She allegedly told her friend’s wife to maintain illicit relations with another man and when the woman refused to do so she threatened kill her by using electric shock, as per the complaint filed by the victim at Gadhinglaj police station. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 15, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Kolhapur: 10-year-old raped and murdered; maternal uncle arrested

The body of a 10-year-old missing girl was recovered from a sugarcane field at Shiye village, with the minor sexually assaulted before being murdered

The case gained significant attention as chief minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were in Kolhapur on Thursday to attend an event related to Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 23, 2024 08:51 AM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Four-member panel to visit Vishalgad Fort on July 26

After violence near Vishalgad Fort, four-member committee formed by state government’s ministry of minority affairs and Waqf will visit dargah at Vishalgad and mosque at Gajapur

Vishalgad Fort entrance in Maharashtra. After violence near Vishalgad Fort, four-member committee formed by state government’s ministry of minority affairs and Waqf will visit dargah at Vishalgad and mosque at Gajapur. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2024 08:42 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar, Pune

SP MLA writes to minority panel on Vishalgad violence

In his letter to the Commission, Shaikh said that a conspiracy was orchestrated by extremist right-wing groups to foment violence under the garb of an anti-encroachment drive at Vishalgad although the matter pertaining to encroachments was sub-judice

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Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Anti-encroachment drive at Vishalgad Fort will continue: Devendra Fadnavis

The deputy chief minister said that the anti-encroachment drive will continue as per government guidelines while also ensuring the prevalence of peace in the region

The anti-encroachment drive at Vishalgad Fort turned violent on Sunday as a mob hurled stones at police personnel and damaged properties, leading to the arrest of 21 people. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2024 08:02 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

Court cancels Dr Tawade’s bail in Pansare murder case

Special Public Prosecutor Shivajirao Rane said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had found proof of Dr Tawade’s involvement in the murder

At that time, he was in the CBI custody in connection with his role in Dr Narendra Dabholkar’s assassination. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2024 07:10 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

Sena (UBT) leader who opposed Shetti’s inclusion in MVA removed from post

Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Kolhapur district chief Murlidhar Jadhav was replaced with another leader Vaibhav Ugale

Jadhav had questioned the possible entry of Shetti into the MVA after he met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree on Tuesday. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 05, 2024 05:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Members of Uddhav’s Shiv Sena detained at K’taka-Maha border

Shiv Sena (UBT) workers raised slogans against the Maharashtra and central governments for not taking action to merge Belagavi and 840 villages into Maharashtra

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Updated on Nov 02, 2023 08:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Belagavi

BJP secretly worked against ally Shiv Sena to destroy it, says Pawar in autobiography

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who is considered the architect of the three-party Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, comprising the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP, has claimed that the BJP was out to finish its once ally, the Shiv Sena, in the 2019 assembly elections

The second edition of Sharad Pawar’s autobiography, ‘Lok Maze Sangati’, will be published on May 2. (HT Photo)

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Updated on May 01, 2023 12:37 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik

BJP’s Jarkiholi shifts poll war room to Maharashtra

BJP has shifted its election campaigns to neighbouring Maharashtra amid Code of conduct in force in the poll bound Karnataka.

BJP’s Jarkiholi shifts election works to Maharashtra. (ANI)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2023 12:24 AM IST

ByHirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi

Watch: How doctor saved patient's life who collapsed after heart attack

The doctor reacts instinctively and immediately reaches out to the patient and saves his life by giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by thumping his chest.

Rajya Sabha MP Dhananjay Mahadik lauded Dr. Arjun Adnaik, calling him one of the best cardiologists, from Kolhapur.(Twitter)

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Published on Sep 05, 2022 09:13 PM IST

Written by Nisha Anand | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar

Earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hits Maharashtra's Kolhapur

"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.2, Occurred on 14-10-2021, 18:21:40 IST, Lat: 16.73 & Long: 75.75, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 160km E of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India," tweeted NCS.

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Updated on Oct 15, 2021 06:14 PM IST

ANI | , Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Two Kolhapur residents move HC seeking probe into Maharashtra floods

According to the PIL, the floods were caused due to the mismanagement of water flow from the Krishna River and its tributaries.

The petitioners, Rasaheb Alase and Rajendra Patil, alleged that the floods, which brought the two districts to a standstill for more than 14 days, were man made, and could have been averted.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 20, 2019 05:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByK A Y Dodhiya

Sangli, Kolhapur floods: No early warning issued by govt, says public

Daulat Desai, Kolhapur district collector, said, “While it is true that our mechanism of reaching out to the people with the pre-warnings did not completely succeed in these districts, from our end, we tried the best in our capacity to reach out to people with the flood warnings.”

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continue the rescue and relief operations in Shirol, Kolhapur on Tuesday. NDRF teams also carrying fodder with them for affected animals.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Aug 14, 2019 02:17 PM IST

ByParth Welankar and Shalaka Shinde

Women thank NDRF personnel by tying them rakhis in flood-hit Maharastra

Many women and girls including lady police personnel expressed their gratitude towards security personnel by tying Rakhi on their wrists on Monday.

Some women in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district were seen tying ‘rakhis’ on the wrist of NDRF personnel.(Twitter/@indiannavy)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2019 05:54 PM IST

Sangli | ByAsian News International

‘Could have avoided Maharashtra floods’: Madhav Gadgil

If there was a judicious release of water from the dams, the current situation could have been avoided or at least the intensity of it could have been reduced significantly, Madhav Gadgil said.

Eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil has blamed “mismanagement” in the release of water from major dams such as Koyna, Warna and Radhanagari in western Maharashtra for widespread floods in Sangli and Kolhapur districts.(Ravindra Joshi/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2019 02:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByParth Welankar

In flood-hit Kolhapur district, state prohibits assembly of people to bring back ‘normalcy’

The order, which is similar to the one issued under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that prevent assembly of more than four people in an area, was issued under section 37 (1) and (3) of the Maharashtra Police Act.

Even as Kolhapur struggled to get back on its feet with the water levels receding, the state on Monday imposed orders prohibiting assembly of people in the flood-ravaged district for 12 days, starting August 12.(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2019 01:48 AM IST

Hindustan TImes, Mumbai | BySwapnil Rawal

Heavy rains maroon 139 villages in western Maharashtra, thousands trapped in Kolhapur and Sangli

139 villages have been marooned in the last 48 hours; Kolhapur district administration has ordered schools and colleges to remain closed on Thursday and Friday.

Aerial view of the flood situation in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.(Shivam Bodhe / HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 01:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByShrinivas Deshpande

Kolhapur loses road connectivity; 2,000 vehicles stranded on highway

The Pune-Bengaluru highway is closed for traffic and district and divisional administration have appealed to citizens to avoid this route.

Even after 72 hours, a stretch of National Highway-4 connecting Kolhapur to Mumbai via Pune is closed for vehicular traffic from Gandhinagar phata at Kolhapur district due to heavy rains, said a state highway police official.(Shivam Bodhe/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 07, 2019 11:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByHT Correspondent

Goa Coast Guard, navy helicopters deployed to relocate flood-affected Kolhapur residents

Guardian minister Chandrakant Patil and irrigation minister Girish Mahajan visited National Highway 4 (Mumbai-Bengaluru) on Wednesday morning and met residents affected by flood in Kolhapur district.

The Kolhapur district administration has deployed one helicopter of Goa Coast Guard and Indian Navy’s three helicopters in Sangli and Kolhapur districts to airlift flood-affected residents.(Shivam Bodhe/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 07, 2019 09:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByShrinivas Deshpande

35,000 people trapped in Kolhapur floods, IMD forecasts heavy rainfall over 48 hours

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall warning for Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur region on August 7 and 8 which could worsen flood conditions in the western Maharashtra.

Incessant rains followed by heavy discharge of water from Radhanagari and Koyana dams in western Maharashtra has led to floods in Sangli and Kolhapur.(ANI Photo (Representative image))

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Updated on Aug 07, 2019 08:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByShrinivas Deshpande

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Maharashtra’ Hatkanangle, a constituency that has had a rebirth

Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies will vote to elect members to the Lok Sabha in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

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Updated on Apr 19, 2019 03:29 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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Shiv Sena (UBT) workers briefly stopped Karnataka BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan and his entourage from entering the Ambabhavani temple in Kolhapur on Wednesday night

The Kolhapur district faction of Shiva Sena (UBT) warned Karnataka, threatening to block Karnataka vehicles from entering Maharashtra if the MES is denied permission to hold its annual convention

Shriyansh Angad (4) and Kavya Angad (7), residents of Chimgaon in Kagal tehsil, consumed meat on Sunday, followed by a cake in the evening, according to the police

In May 2023, Shahu Mokashi, a resident of Kolhapur district, filed an application with the NGT regarding pollution in the Hiranyakeshi River

Both Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hemant Rasane have claimed that it boosts their chances of win

In Kolhapur district’s 10 assembly constituencies, rebels threaten to upend established party contests between the two alliances – ruling Mahayuti and opposition MVA

The deceased and his brother accused Pravin were in the silver business. Pravin suspected that his brother was trying to influence his customers which was affecting his business

On Friday, traffic DCP Amol Zende issued the suspension order of Anagha Sunil Dhawale associated with the Kothrud traffic branch

The body of a 10-year-old missing girl was recovered from a sugarcane field at Shiye village, with the minor sexually assaulted before being murdered

After violence near Vishalgad Fort, four-member committee formed by state government’s ministry of minority affairs and Waqf will visit dargah at Vishalgad and mosque at Gajapur

In his letter to the Commission, Shaikh said that a conspiracy was orchestrated by extremist right-wing groups to foment violence under the garb of an anti-encroachment drive at Vishalgad although the matter pertaining to encroachments was sub-judice

The deputy chief minister said that the anti-encroachment drive will continue as per government guidelines while also ensuring the prevalence of peace in the region

Special Public Prosecutor Shivajirao Rane said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had found proof of Dr Tawade’s involvement in the murder

Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Kolhapur district chief Murlidhar Jadhav was replaced with another leader Vaibhav Ugale

Shiv Sena (UBT) workers raised slogans against the Maharashtra and central governments for not taking action to merge Belagavi and 840 villages into Maharashtra

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who is considered the architect of the three-party Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, comprising the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP, has claimed that the BJP was out to finish its once ally, the Shiv Sena, in the 2019 assembly elections

BJP has shifted its election campaigns to neighbouring Maharashtra amid Code of conduct in force in the poll bound Karnataka.

The doctor reacts instinctively and immediately reaches out to the patient and saves his life by giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by thumping his chest.

"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.2, Occurred on 14-10-2021, 18:21:40 IST, Lat: 16.73 & Long: 75.75, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: 160km E of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India," tweeted NCS.

According to the PIL, the floods were caused due to the mismanagement of water flow from the Krishna River and its tributaries.

Daulat Desai, Kolhapur district collector, said, “While it is true that our mechanism of reaching out to the people with the pre-warnings did not completely succeed in these districts, from our end, we tried the best in our capacity to reach out to people with the flood warnings.”

Many women and girls including lady police personnel expressed their gratitude towards security personnel by tying Rakhi on their wrists on Monday.

If there was a judicious release of water from the dams, the current situation could have been avoided or at least the intensity of it could have been reduced significantly, Madhav Gadgil said.

The order, which is similar to the one issued under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that prevent assembly of more than four people in an area, was issued under section 37 (1) and (3) of the Maharashtra Police Act.

139 villages have been marooned in the last 48 hours; Kolhapur district administration has ordered schools and colleges to remain closed on Thursday and Friday.

The Pune-Bengaluru highway is closed for traffic and district and divisional administration have appealed to citizens to avoid this route.

Guardian minister Chandrakant Patil and irrigation minister Girish Mahajan visited National Highway 4 (Mumbai-Bengaluru) on Wednesday morning and met residents affected by flood in Kolhapur district.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall warning for Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur region on August 7 and 8 which could worsen flood conditions in the western Maharashtra.

Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies will vote to elect members to the Lok Sabha in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

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