4th March, 2004

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To ALL MEMBERS

NOTIFICATION NO. 730

Following results as examined and decisions taken thereon by Bureau’s Council of Management/ Executive Committee are notified for information -

PART - I RESULTS OF BUREAU'S AUDITS:

a) SURPRISE -RECHECK AUDIT – JANUARY/JUNE 2003

In the following cases, Bureau’s Auditors for various inadequacies observed had not certified Publisher’s Circulation figures after Surprise-Recheck Audit. Accordingly, Circulation Figures of the respective Publications for the audit period January/June 2003 were treated as “Not Accepted” and filed.

1) Thozhilvartha ( Weekly), Kozhikode 2) Grehalakshmi (Malayalam Monthly), Kozhikode 3) Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika (Malayalam Monthly), Kozhikode 4) Mathrubhumi Sports Masika (Malayalam Monthly), Kozhikode 5) Pratham Pravakta ( Fortnightly), New Delhi

b) Circulation figures certified after a Surprise-Recheck Audit for the audit period January/June 2003 subsequent to the issue of “Addenda” to Serial Vol. No.109 are as under:

Average Net Paid Sales

i) Times (English Daily), and also 96,694 copies printed at Guwahati, Ranchi & * ii) Sunday (English Weekly), Kolkata 90,323 copies and also printed at Guwahati, Ranchi & Siliguri

* On Admission

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c) Circulation figures in respect of “” ( Daily) for the audit period January/June 2003 were subsequently treated as “Not Accepted”.

d) SURPRISE CHECK - JULY/DECEMBER 2003

1) (Hindi Daily), Lucknow

In view of certain discrepancies/inadequacies observed in local distribution of copies and books and records maintained by the Publisher for the audit period July/December 2003, Publisher’s Circulation figures for the period of Surprise Check i.e. July/December 2003 were treated at “Not Accepted” and filed.

Result satisfactory in following cases.

2) (Hindi Daily), Jhansi 3) Bartaman (Bengali Daily), Kolkata 4) Saptahik Bartaman (Bengali Weekly), Kolkata 5) Bikeler Pratidin (Bengali Daily), Kolkata 6) (English Daily), Kolkata 7) Daink Bhaskar (Hindi Daily), Bikaner 8) Daink Bhaskar (Hindi Daily), Jodhpur 9) Dainik (Marathi Daily), Solapur 10) Mid-Day (English Daily), Mumbai 11) Inquilab ( Daily), Mumbai 12) (Hindi Daily), Dhanbad 13) Prabhat Khabar (Hindi Daily), Jamshedpur 14) (Hindi Daily), Bangalore 15) Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi Daily), Bikaner 16) Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi Daily), Jodhpur 17) (Oriya Daily), Balasore 18) Sambad (Oriya Daily), Behrampur 19) Sanchar (Marathi Daily), Solapur 20) (English Daily), Bangalore 21) The New Sunday Express (English Weekly), Bangalore 22) ( Kannada Daily), Bangalore

PART - II PROGRESS OF MEMBERSHIP

A) NEW MEMBERS

I - ADVERTISING AGENCY 3

w.e.f.

Amola Advertising, Ahmedabad 01.01.2004

B) RESIGNATIONS

II - PUBLISHERS

1) Living Media Ltd., in respect a) INDIA TODAY (English Weekly), New Delhi of New Delhi

b) INDIA TODAY (Hindi Weekly), New Delhi

c) INDIA TODAY (Malayalam Weekly), New Delhi

d) INDIA TODAY (Tamil Weekly), New Delhi

e) INDIA TODAY (Telugu Weekly), New Delhi

f) BUSINESS TODAY (English Fortnightly), New Delhi

(with effect from 27th November, 2003)

2) Hathway Investments in respect a) OUTLOOK (English Weekly), Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi of New Delhi

b) OUTLOOK MONEY (English Fortnightly), New Delhi

c) OUTLOOK SAPTAHIK (Hindi Weekly), New Delhi

(with effect from 10th December, 2003)

3) Papers Ltd. in respect "YUVA SAKAL" (Marathi Daily), of Mumbai & also printed at Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune and Solapur

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(with effect from 1st January, 2004)

4) Express Publications in respect a) "THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS" (Madurai) Ltd. of (English Daily), Hyderabad, Vijayawada & Visakhapatnam editions

b) "THE NEW SUNDAY EXPRESS" (English Daily), Hyderabad, Vijayawada & Visakhapatnam editions

(with effect from 1st January, 2004)

C) TERMINATION UNDER ARTICLE 5-A OF BUREAU’S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (For failure to obtain an ABC Certificate for three consecutive audit periods)

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. In "THE SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA" respect (English Weekly), Patna edition of

Secretary