Kolhapur

10 injured in clashes between two groups in Kolhapur

August 24, 2025 1:34 am

Banners, posters and sound systems which were put up by the organisers to mark the occasion irked the local residents

Fight for the sole: The Prada controversy may have put it in the spotlight but the Kolhapuri chappal carries the footprint of 800 years of history

August 03, 2025 11:21 am

The Indian Express visits Kolhapur's Chappal Galli and to factories and homes where entire families, from parents to children, work together on the chappals, where caste, fashion and history come home

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How the transfer of an elephant in Kolhapur led to a boycott of Jio

August 01, 2025 9:00 pm

The controversy arose when the animal rights NGO People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) moved in Bombay High Court seeking for rehabilitation of the elephant.

Villagers at Kasba Beed village in Kolhapur. (Express Photo/Pavan Khengre)

No-confidence motion against Sarpanch passed in Kolhapur village

July 19, 2025 10:39 pm

The Maharashtra Village Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2022 allows for the gram panchayat to remove the sarpanch by passing a motion of no-confidence, which has to be initiated by three-fourth of the members.

Fake Birkenstocks bother me, but so does the appropriation of Kolhapuris by Prada

July 10, 2025 5:26 pm

Birkenstocks to Prada: From a courtroom battle in Delhi to the runway controversy in Milan, the fight over who owns design is about recognition, access, and fairness in fashion.

'It's due for a long time': passengers' association from Jejuri demand renaming of Mumbai-Kolhapur Vande Bharat Express

July 03, 2025 3:48 pm

The Jejuri Railway Passengers Association said it would carry out a rail blockade if its demands were not met.

'Sandals featured are still at design stage': Prada breaks silence on Kolhapuri chappal controversy

June 28, 2025 4:06 pm

A few days ago in its show notes, Prada had described the footwear as “leather sandals,” with no reference to an Indian connection, evoking outrage from India's fashion community as well as traditional makers of Kolhapuri chappals in western Maharashtra.