Rajendra Joshi

Actor and her father Raje Vikramsinh Patwardhan face off during Ganesh Chaturthi aarti at their royal temple Kolhapur: A long-simmering dispute within the Sangli royal family spilled into the public domain during the traditional Ganesh aarti at the Patwardhan royal temple on Tuesday. The confrontation between Raje Vikramsinh Patwardhan and his daughter, actor Bhagyashree, brought into the open differences that had been brewing within the royal institution for several days. What had so far...

Kolhapur: After 409 days away from home, Madhuri, the elephant belonging to the Swastishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Sansthan Math at Nandani in Shirol taluka, finally returned to the monastery on Friday night, bringing an outpouring of emotion among residents of Nandani and neighbouring areas. Thousands of people from across communities gathered to receive the elephant, with many visibly moved to tears. The return of Madhuri, also known as Mahadevi, followed a 1,160-km journey from...

Kolhapur: Ten minutes. That is the gap the family of Nalini Ganesh Mainkar says may have separated life from death. On Tuesday, as preparations for Ganeshotsav gathered pace in Kolhapur, Mainkar, a resident of Wangibol in Shivaji Peth, suddenly fell critically ill after her blood pressure dropped. Her family immediately called an ambulance. The ambulance came. But it could not reach her home without delay. According to the family and the ambulance driver, roads were blocked at two or three...