Kolhapur is a historic city of Maharashtra. It is the district headquarters of Kolhapur district. Prior to Indian Independence, Kolhapur was a nineteen gun salute princely state ruled by the Bhosale Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. Read More
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that due to the recurrence of floods in the state, a separate NDRF-style mechanism will be set up in all the flood-affected districts. ...
President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Sunday prayed for successful rescue efforts amid landslides in western India caused by heavy monsoon rains. ...
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams on Friday shifted people from Chikhali in Kolhapur district to safer locations. Several parts of the state are facing floods due to incessant rainfall. ...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has instructed the state health department to make ample preparations for the possible COVID third wave including providing oxygen, ICU beds, field hospital facilities to all the districts. ...