Kolhapur

Maha Assembly bypoll: Congress retains Kolhapur North seat; wins by over 18,000 votes

Congress-MVA candidate Jayashri Jadhav bagged 96,176 votes, while BJP's Satyajeet Kadam polled 77,426 votes. Jadhav emerged victorious by a margin of 18,750 votes, election officials said

Maharashtra govt allows 100% capacity in cinema halls, restaurants in 14 districts including Mumbai

A government notification said these are districts where first vaccination dose is more than 90 per cent, second dose over 70 per cent, positivity rate less than 10 per cent and bed occupancy of oxygen supported or ICU bed is less than 40 per cent

Tensions rise in Belagavi amid border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra; all you need to know

The latest trouble started a week ago, after a pro-Kannada organization blackened the face of a pro-Maharashtra organisation Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) leader. The MES had organised a protest demanding the inclusion of Belgaum into Maharashtra

Days after he accused Maharashtra minister of corruption, BJP's Kirit Somaiya 'barred' from entering Kolhapur

A few days back, Somaiya had accused Hasan Mushrif, minister for rural development and MLA from Kagal in Kolhapur, of indulging in corruption and holding 'benami' entities

Solidarity and protest: How an ASHA worker in Kolhapur addresses villagers' mental health concerns, fights for better wages

Even before COVID-19 duty, ASHA workers were overworked and underpaid, and the fallouts of these are visible.

Ahead of the curve: Revisiting Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj's 1902 decision to reserve jobs for backward castes

On 26 July 1902, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur issued a historic proclamation. 50 percent of the posts in the state's services would be reserved for the backward classes. It was the beginning of what came to be called 'reservation' or 'affirmative action'.

NDRF sends reinforcement to flood-battered Maharashtra; BMC sends two teams to Raigad, Kolhapur

NDRF deployed 8 more teams in Maharashtra in the flood-affected areas. Now a total of 34 teams have been deployed for rescue and relief work at various places.

Maratha quota row: Leaders across party lines stage protests seeking reservation in Maharashtra's Kolhapur

Among those present at the agitation were Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar and Congress leader Satej Patil

In rural Maharashtra, how lack of internet, awareness, healthcare facilities impact access to COVID-19 vaccine

As per a 2019 report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India, roughly 70 percent of the rural population has no access to the internet. This points towards how the digital divide is further leading to massive inequality and affecting the rural population, which is witnessing a severe surge in COVID-19 cases in the second wave of the pandemic.

Banabai Kamble's service to her village: How a Kolhapur woman fights corrupt officials, alcoholism with steely determination

Banabai's work covers a large spectrum of issues, from sanitation to tackling alcoholism, to battling casteism and helping people with their documentation work.