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Chapter 4 Profiles of Dailies Selected

96 Chapter 4 Profiles of Selected Dailies

As stated in the previous chapters, this study is being carried out on the basis of two dailies, namely, The Times of and The Indian Expressin

English, and and in Marathi. Given below are the profiles of these dailies.

4.1

Tracing its roots to 1838, is India’s largest media house with its flagship, Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL). BCCL and its subsidiaries, which are called The Times of India Group, are present in every existing media platform such as , magazines, books, TV, radio,

Internet, event management, outdoor display, music and movies among others.

With a dominant presence across all media platforms and a footprint spanning the whole of Indian sub-continent, the flagship daily of the group –

The Times of India – is today the largest English in the world with its sister publication – – being world’s second-largest English business daily, according to its official website. Also, according to IRS Q3 2012 survey, The Times of India remains among the top 10 dailies in Average Issue

Readership (AIR) with 76,53,000 and India's most readable newspaper.

(http://www.ficci.com/spdocument/20217/FICCI-KPMG-Report-13-

FRAMES.pdf)

Founded to serve the British residents of West India, The Times of India has now a circulation of more than 4 million copies, covering almost 8 million

97 readers. Originally, this paper was owned by British, but since Independence, it has been owned by the Times of India Group. The Times of India is particularly valuable for its coverage of key historical events in India, which included the rise of Gandhi’s Civil Disobedience movement, India’s Independence, Partition and many more. The Times of India provides exceptional depth to the study of colonial and post-colonial times, class and gender issues, religion, as well as international economics, international relations and cultural studies.

The Times of India has its roots in The Bombay Times and Journal of

Commerce which was first published on November 3, 1838 as a biweekly newspaper for Bombay's business community. Dr. J.E. Brennan, who was also the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was the editor, with the owners comprising a British syndicate of eleven firms, two barristers, a doctor and a native merchant– Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.

In 1850,the shareholders decided to increase the share capital.Thus,the paper was converted into a daily. In 1859,the Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India merged into The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce to form the Bombay Times & Standard. In 1861, the then editor, Robert Knight, merged The Bombay Times & Standard, and the Bombay Telegraph & Courier to formThe Times of India - giving it a national character.

After 30 years in 1892, T. J. Bennett became the editor and entered into a partnership with F.M. Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett,

Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).

Later, Stanley Reed, who was the editor, revolutionised news production by extending the deadline to midnight. Around the same time, the newspaper’s first price war was initiated. The Times of India cut its cover price from 4 annas(current 25 paise) to 1 anna (current 6 paise)– leading to a five-fold

98 increase in its circulation.

It took many years for its next transition. In 1948,The Times of India got the Indian ownership with Seth Ramakrishna Dalmia buying the company in

1946. In 1947,an exclusive Sunday edition of The Times of Indiawas launched in . The company also launched its daily – the Nav Bharat

Times in .Sahu Jain Group took over as the owner of the company after

Ramakrishna Dalmia sold the firm to his son-in-law,Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, who became the first chairman of the group. Today, is the chairman of the group.

At present, the group runs 14 newspapers, 18 magazines, 11 publishing centers, 26 printing centres across India. The newspapers are:

(1)The Times of India (TOI): It is the English language daily with a lineage stretching back to more than 170 years.The Times of India sells over

4 million copies daily across 41 locations in India, making it not only the largest English daily in India, but also the world. TOI which was voted as one of the world’s six greatest newspapers way back in 1988 by the BBC, has now moved ahead of international stalwarts such as The Sun, The Daily Mail, USA

Today, New York Times, theWall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the

Washington Post among others.

The daily has following supplements :

Times of India Metro Supplements (TIMS)

In 1994,The Times of India took a bold step of experimenting with not just news, but something more. The result was a supplement then called the

Bombay Times which broke the mould of capturing the latest happenings in and around the city.It captured the essence of the city: its people, culture, fashion,

99 art, theatre, sports, and private public social gatherings so on.

Times Pluses

Times Pluses are supplements with local news and advertising, which are customized for various readers through geographic zones within a particular market. The Pluses are a tool for readers to address their civic and other local and topical issues, which are specific to their location.

Times Ascent

It is a weekly supplement offering the best job postings and career- related news and views from doyens of corporate world and academicians.

Education Times

It is also a weekly supplement offering the best of content related to education and career options, right from primary level to doctorate.

Life

The suppliment is aimed at initiating a dialogue and provoking thought and debate among its readers. Life is the glossy lifestyle supplement published every Sunday with The Sunday Times of India. Often, the topics touched upon are the ones, which run-of-the mill newspapers would like to avoid in fear of generating extreme opinions. Life lays every aspect of life bare for the reader to think and decide.

100 Times Property

This is a weekly supplement containing the best of news, analysis and announcements on real estate.It is read by investors and buyers, sellers of real estate. Also Times group launches Magic Bricks NOW channel on Oct.2015.

Among the online media, the newspaper has:

The Times of India Online

The Times of India Online is India’s most popular news website.

With 13 million unique visitors and over 300 million page views per month, it consistently ranks among the world’s Top 10 English-language newspaper websites. It offers complete, in-depth and up-to-date coverage — in text and video formats — of national, international, city, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, business, health, science and technology topics.

The Times of India epaper

The Times of India is among the first newspapers in Asia to launch the online replica version of the physical edition.

The Times of India mobile paper

The Times of India was also among the first newspapers in India to launch the replica of the physical edition, exclusively for cell phone users.

(2) The Economic Times (ET) : Being published since 1961, The

Economic Times is India’s first pink financial daily. But it was not

just colour that made ET India’s largest and world’s second-largest

English financial daily, but also the quality of the content with a

circulation of almost 8,00,000 copies.

101 ET was the first to recognize the importance of economic

liberalisation and the need to move hand-in-hand with key

constituents in this journey. Today, The Economic Times has a

pan-India presence, being printed from 17 locations with 11 main

editions.

(3) Times (Marathi) : The group publishes the Marathi

language daily,. Launched in 1962, Maharashtra

Times is the Mumbai’s largest read and circulated Marathi

language daily. With God ‘Ganapati’ being its brand

symbol, Maharashtra Times has the distinction of being the first-

all language daily in Mumbai to go all-colour and also introduce

separate pages in English through the supplement Education Times

every week.In addition to Mumbai,the Maharashtra Times also has

editions in , , and .

(4) (Hindi) : Established in 1947, the Navbharat

Timesfrom Delhi and Mumbai is the largest read Hindi daily among

educated urbanites with significant disposable income. It has a

combined circulation of over half-a-million copies.

(5) Vijay () (VK) : Launched in 1999, the Vijay

Karnataka from Vijayanand Printers, became the number one

Kannada newspaper in the state in a short span. In 2006, the Vijay

Group exited from the newspaper business and BCCL acquired the

company. Since then, it has grown with a high penetration in the

state with multiple editions.

(6) (English) :The Mumbai Mirror, the English

tabloid,was launched in 2005. Today, along with Mumbai it has its

102 presence in Ahmadabad, Bengaluru,andPune.

(7) The Speaking Tree (English) : The English weekly was launched

in February 2010. The Speaking Tree caters to the reader seeking

any form of wellbeing of the mind or body. It is not designed only

for the evolved person already steeped in the pursuit of spirituality.

Rather, it is for the person who has some yearning for self-

realization and self-improvement.

(8) ET Wealth (English business weekly) : The Times Group is

the first media house to publish a weekly newspaper devoted

specifically to personal finance. The ET Wealth, a national paper,

which is circulated every Monday from eight centres - Delhi,

Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Pune, , , and

Bangalore.Ithas news and analysis on a vast range of topics such

as investment in stocks and funds, insurance, banking, borrowing,

pension and taxation to stories on career and salaries, and those that

help one spend smartly.

(9) The Economic Times (Hindi) : The content is same like The

Economic Times (English) but is in Hindi language.

(10) The Economic Times (Gujarati) : The ET (Gujarati)was launched

in 2007.It is published from and Mumbai,and is the

language variant of The ET (English). These variants have the

objective of reaching out to readers who want business news but

are comfortable reading it in their mother tongue.

(11) Sandhya Times : The largest afternoon tabloid in Delhi, the

Sandhya Times is the popular information and entertainment source

for the commuting reader in Delhi.

103 (12) Bodhi Vruksha : The weekly newspaper does not propagate any

religion.It addresses people who have some yearning for self-

realization and self-improvement whether or not he/she does

anything very actively about it. It also compliments their spiritual

inquisitiveness and further enhances their understanding of

spirituality.

This newspaper is targeted at the spiritual psychographic profile of

audience who are inquisitive to understand more about spirituality

and discover their inner spiritual life. The weekly has e version

also.

(13) EiShomoy : A news edition in Bengali.

The Times Group publishes magazines, namely,, , iDEVA, Time Nstyle, TimeNstyle Luxury, Top Gear, Hello, Grazia, Good

Homes, Lonely Planet India, Home Trends, BBC Knowledge, ZigWheels. These are some of the English magazines. Aamar Somoy,and Ami Udita magazines are also published by the Times Group in Bengali.

The Times Group publishes books through Times Group Book.

BCCL, as a group, has been an early mover online and in radio too. A late entry in television has seen it miss out on opportunities that others have captured in entertainment, but it has clawed its way into electronic media with its various channels like , ET NOW, ,

Magic Bricks NOW.

The Times of India has taken various initiatives such as

(A)

Lead India was a nation-wide talent hunt for the next generation of

104 political leaders. The main objective of this programme was to enable short- circuiting the otherwise convoluted path up the political ladder, to catapult a chosen few straight into the public limelight. The programme was rolled out in eight cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad,

Lucknow, Pune and Hyderabad. The first phase of this programme was started on August 7, 2007 with registration.

(B) Teach India

It is an effort by The Times of India to bring the educated middle class closer to millions of underprivileged children who are deprived of formal education. It formed a bridge between the educated readers who are willing to make a contribution to society, and the NGOs, schools and other social organizations.It trained over 50,000 volunteers for teaching assignments. The programme was launched on July 6, 2008.

(C) Aman Ki Asha

Aman Ki Ashathat is,Hope for Peace is a unique people-to-people movement that dared to look beyond the violent history shared by India and

Pakistan, and focus on the ancient bonds that tie together the peoples of these two great nations. The initiative was launched jointly by The Times of India and the Jung Group of Pakistan.Aman Ki Asha recognized that people of these two countries should seek to take the relationship beyond the dead-end it found itself in.

The initiative has three main aspects cultural exchange, conflict resolution and commerce.

(D) Power of Ideas

Power of Ideas was started in January 2009 with the objective of creating

105 a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in the country.

(E) Young Leaders

Young Leaders was a first ever initiative to recognize and acknowledge the leadership potential among young executives. The initiative was also aimed at providing a forum for young managers to test themselves against their peers and showcase their ability at an unprecedented level.

(F) Times Foundation

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of Bennett Coleman

& Co. Ltd, the Times Foundation was registered as a society in December

2000. The Times Foundation aims at promoting equity through leadership and innovative approaches, which has the potential to impact people’s lives.

(G) Times Cricket Shield

Established in 1930, the Times Cricket Shield is the oldest and the largest corporate tournament in Asia and also the most enjoyable cricketing event for inter-offices, duly recognised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) since its inception. Started in 1930 with just 1 division and 20 teams, it has grown to

6 divisions with 152 teams from Mumbai.

(H) Filmfare

Bollywood, the largest industry in the world, is captured in all its glory by Filmfare. Filmfareis India’s leading film magazine and has a cult status among its readers.

(I)

The Miss India or Femina Miss India is one of the oldest and most popular beauty pageant in India, which is organised by the popular women's

106 magazine from the Times stable - Femina.

(J) Kaan Awards

The Mirchi Kaan Awards acknowledge and honour contributions of individuals and organisations that have led the way in developing clutter-busting radio advertising. The awards have been instituted to encourage continued creative focus on radio advertising.

(K) Mirchi Music Award -

To honour the excellence in music industry, Radio Mirchi came up with the first ever awards for the music industry, Mirchi Music Awards in 2008. The award recognizes contribution of the fraternity behind the Hindi music industry.

While the parentage of the idea was that of Mirchi, the design was created and crafted by the music fraternity itself.

(L) ZigWheels Awards -

The basic motto of the ZigWheels Awards has always been to honour and celebrate vehicles that excel at their purpose, and remain relevant in the

Indian context.

The Times of India has its own code of conduct for its employees, which is also mentioned on its official website.

4.2

The Indian Express is an English language daily newspaper.Today, The

Indian Express is a generic term applied to a chain of national newspapers printed from various centers across the country that are part of the Indian

Express Group,a holding and managing company that covers more than 30 national newspapers and several regional language dailies, and has subsidiary

107 interests, such as book publications.

The Indian Express began life as a single daily newspaper in the 1930s and achieved fame and fortune under the guidance of businessman Ramnath

Goenka (1904-1991),whose death in 1991 led to a split.Today, its north Indian branch has its headquarters in Mumbai while the south Indian one is based in

Chennai. The south Indian edition of the newspaper is called The New Indian

Express.

The Indian Express was founded in 1934 in Madras (Chennai) by a member of the (INC) party, Varadarajulu Naidu,to support the anti-imperialist cause and specifically to function as a mouthpiece for the premier Indian nationalist C.Rajagopalachari,who later went on to become the first Indian Governor-General succeeding Louis Mountbatten.

Naidu's chief competitors were the long -established the Madras Mail and

The Hindu. Very soon,however, he sold out the newspaper to S.Sadanand

(d.1953),founder-editor of . The closure of the Free

Press Journal in 1935 had impact on the fortunes of The Indian Express which passed into the formal ownership of Goenkas. It was a tough time for The Indian

Express with a merger circulation of around 2,000 and limited revenue. Thus,

Goenka brought in an efficient financial regime as well as the services of the famed journalist,PothanJoesph (1892-1972), in 1937,whose editorial skills helped establish the fortunes of The Indian Express.

The newspaper, from Independence till date, is among the successful commercial newspaper chains in the country. Goenka began acquiring titles in major cities such as the National Standard in Bombay (Mumbai) and the Indian

News Chronicle in Delhi, and very shortly relaunched them.

Currently, the Indian Express Group owns following publications:

108 (1) The Financial Express (FE):The Financial Express is a business

paper. From business policies to market trends to new developments,

The Financial Express comes with incisive news on every relevant

issue. Further sharpening business acumen, The Financial Express

carries a number of special pages every day of the week. These

pages carry reports and analysis on wide-ranging subjects such

as PSUs, automobiles, infrastructure, business of entertainment,

capital markets, small and medium enterprises, trade and banking.

(2) : The daily,launched on January

14, 1948, has stood by its belief of being a forum and voice of

democracy in Maharashtra. It is known for its impartial coverage

and liberal viewpoint. Loksatta is one of the most widely read

Marathi dailies in Maharashtra.

(3) Jansatta:The Hindi language daily, Jansatta, was launched in 1983

with a single-minded purpose to reach out to a large section of the

Hindi-speaking Indian intelligentsia. By offering wide discussions

and analysis on politics, society, economy, environmental

development etc. The Jansatta gives Hindi readers a unique forum

to voice their opinions.

(4) Screen: The Screen is entertainment business weekly of the group.

Established by the Express Group in 1951, the Screen has earned

its reputation as the most reliable and the comprehensive source

for information and analysis on the entertainment industry in India,

and has been the premier source of news for the film fraternity for

over six decades.

(5) Lokprabha: TheLokprabha, launched in 1974, is a Marathi weekly,

109 from the Indian Express group. It gives extensive and in-depth

coverage on topics which range from social, political to cultural,

educational and many more. The Lokprabha is considered to be one

of the few magazines that represents Maharashtra in its true form.

(6) Online Indian Express: The Express Group began its

online journey in 1995 with a leading general interest portal

www.expressindia.com and websites for print publications,

including www.indianexpress.com, www.financialexpress.com,

www.screenindia.com and www.loksatta.com.

The group runs the Institute of Media Studies. Also,it has the Business

Publications Division (BPD), which was established in 1990.It manages leading B2B publications and events catering to major industry verticals such as Information Technology, Hospitality, Travel, Pharma and Healthcare. The group publishes various books too.

4.3 Lokmat

The Lokmat was conceptualized and started by Loknayak Bapuji Aney in

1918 as a weapon to fight the British imperialism during the freedom movement of India. (http://www.lokmat.net/history.html) The name ‘Lokmat’ was given by the great freedom fighter and literary person Bal Gangadhar Tilak.The publication was first started as a handwritten newspaper from Yavatmal,

Maharashtra.

Inspired by the great luminaries of the freedom movement, late Shri

Jawaharlal Darda took over this fortnightly in 1953. The former , Pandit , formally inaugurated Lokmat as a daily publication in 1958 at Yavatmal, and on December 15, 1971, the first full-

110 fledged edition started from , Maharashtra.

The official website of the Lokmat states that the Vision of the group is

‘Informing and Entertaining, Remaining Relevant and Creating Super Brands’.

The Mission statement of the group is ‘Enriching lives by informing, educating, voicing and entertaining’.

Under the dynamic leadership of late Shri Jawaharlal Darda and his sons, Vijay Dardaand RajendraDarda, the Lokmat achieved a great height in the late 80s and the 90s by focusing on the needs of the readers.

Today,Lokmat has one of the leading print media businesses in India.

It publishes three newspapers: Lokmat in Marathi, Lokmat Samachar in Hindi and Lokmat Times in English, which collectively have 17 editions and 58 sub- editions.

As per the Marathi Dailies IRS Q4 2013 figures, Lokmat Group’s flagship newspaper Lokmat is at the 5th position (http://www.afaqs.com/all/news/misc/

38475_Print_Special.pdf). As per ABC Jan-Jun 2013 figures, Lokmatis the No.

1 Marathi newspaper in the states of Maharashtra and . (Audit Bureau of

Circulation, Jan - Jun '13).

Today, Lokmat has 11 Marathi editions covering entire Maharashtra and Goa. To cater to the local needs and dialect, Lokmat also publishes 46 sub-editions to customize the interests of readers in each market. Lokmat is published from Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Kolhapur,

Jalgaon, , , and Panaji.

In addition to the flagship publication, LokmatGroup has following publications:

(1) LokmatSamachar : The Hindi newspaper was launched in 1989

111 for the Hindi readers in Maharashtra. It is published from Nagpur,

Aurangabad, Akola, Kolhapur and and has 15 sub-editions.

In July 2013, one more edition of Lokmat Samachar was launched

from Chhindwara, .

(2) Lokmat Times : It is the English language daily of Lokmat Group

and is published from Aurangabad, Nagpur and Nashik. The

newspaper was launched in 1987 and has a content tie-up with The

Asian Age.

(3) Online Editions of Lokmat Group : In order to keep pace with the

changing trend of digitalization of news content, Lokmat launched

online versions of Marathi, Hindi and English newspapers -

Lokmat in 2005, and Lokmat Samachar and Lokmat Times in 2009,

respectively.

(4) G2 : LokmatGroup also brings out G2 or The Global Gujarati

which is a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine published in English

and targeted at the Gujarati and Parsi communities in India and in

certain international locations.

The LokmatGroup is also engaged in event management business.

It has its presence in the broadcasting media too. Lokmat has a 24x7

Marathi news channel, IBN Lokmat –a joint venture with IBN7 channel, which went on air on April 6, 2008.

The group, in association with Ramesh Deo Production Private Limited, ventured into the film production and distribution business in August 2010 with the debut film in Marathi ‘Jetaa’.

112 4.4 Sakal

Sakal was started in 1st January, 1932 by Dr. N. B. Parulekar. Sakal celebrated its platinum jubilee in 2006-07 had its humble beginning as a small four-page daily, but has grown today into a powerful organisation reaching most of the areas of Maharashtra with its editions published from

Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad & Solapur. It has the distinction of having the most balanced readership between the urban and rural readers. Over the years, it has grown into an eminent service organisation having its own programme of social work in various fields.

Sakal has added four more dailies to its fold namely The Sakal Times

(An English daily from Pune), Agrowon ( The first ever daily for Agro-sector),

Gomantak and Gomantak Times (Marathi and English dailies published in

Goa.) and Weekly Saptahik Sakal and Magazine Tanishka.

An unique daily, Agro-won, was launched specially for the farmers of Maharashtra. Sakal has now ventured into the vast and highly interactive medium of Internet, through www.esakal.com; www.saptahiksakal.com; www.gomantaktimes.com; www.agrowon.com; www.sakaltimes.com

www.esakal.com is projected to be the premier news based Marathi

Portal in the world. It caters to all Maharashtrians across the globe. Sakal entered in to the interactive-mass communication network through its 4321

SMS service recently.

Sakal began its publication in Pune in a novel way. Its founder, Dr. N.

B. Parulekar, who later became an eminent and active personality in Indian journalism announced a competition inviting apt titles for his proposed newspaper. He seems to have created enough enthusiasm among newspaper

113 readers at that time. No less than 1500 persons sent in 4000 suggestions. The title “SAKAL” which in Marathi means `morning’, was chosen and the prize was won by a college student. Among the titles suggested was one in English:

`Heart of Poona’. It was not finally chosen but that is what Sakal has come to be over its first 50 years. In the next decade, it enlarged its scope to remote corners of Maharashtra, by introducing multiple editions and sub-editions. Sakal’s birth coincided with the beginning of Gandhiji’s mass movement and Sakal supported it. In the editorial of the first issue, Dr. Parulekar said, “A newspaper is a medium of public education and of social change. A few intellectuals of the earlier generation in Maharashtra selflessly adopted this profession with that purpose in mind. We deem it essential to carry forward that tradition”. And carry forward he did, in pursuit of the basic objective of educating the masses and working as a catalyst for social change. In addition, Dr. Parulekar created new tradition in Marathi journalism. Sakal came on the scene exactly a hundred years after the first Marathi paper, the weekly Darpan, began publication on

January 6, 1832. These hundred years saw the rise and fall of a number of newspapers which were, in fact, opinionated papers sponsoring political and social causes. There was hardly anything in the nature of news of the day as we know it. Sakal was the first Marathi daily which put news of the day at the centre of the newspaper. It made full use of the speediest available means of communications at the time, and widened its coverage to include not only local and regional news, but gave prominence to national and foreign news also.

Sakal added another dimension to the concept of the news. Earlier, reports of political activities and meetings, especially of speeches were all that the reader got by way of news. Occasionally, literary and social activities received some coverage. Sakal was the first daily to widen the view of news and to make it as wide as the life of the people. Any matter that concerned the

114 common man was newsworthy for Sakal. For example, the vegetable market- rates formed a regular news item in Sakal. In the beginning there were not a few who made fun of it. But gradually, readers began to talk and show curiosity about it and finally it was accepted as a newsworthy subject by all. Another field in which Sakal was a trend-setter from its beginning was the rural bias in its news and features. Reports on the rainy season, crops, plant and animal diseases, weather conditions, rural festivals, sports like wrestling etc. found regular and prominent place in Sakal. That is why Sakal became the major in

Western Maharashtra and North Karnataka.

A newspaper is a powerful medium of public education and the nucleus for constructive activities in various spheres of life. Dr.Parulekar effictively used the medium of Sakal for a number of such activities. These activities started in the fifties, are continuing with the same zest and enthusiasm. The basic idea behind all these programmes is that the newspaper as a centre of communication and public education can play valuable role in the reconstruction of its environs.

Sakal’s India Foundation is a Public Trust established by Dr. N. B.

Parulekar in March 1959. One of the objectives of the foundation is to help students going abroad for further education.

The Sakal Relief Fund is another important activity of social service. It has its roots in the relief fund organised for victims of acute famine in Bijapur in 1942. Sakal has continued this work ever since. Sakal was on the war front to rescue of affected and to rehabilitate them in every possible way. This service will be supplementary to services of police & fire brigade.

Madhurangan is unique forum of Sakal which provides a platform for the discerning women who realised dreams through thoughts and applications.

115 The Madhurangan club offers an opportunity for member to opine, debate, discuss, network between themselves. It is a platform to showcase talent and other inherent skills. It acts as an interface with the world of music, culture, art and it create strong bond through value base activities.

Tanishka is a magazine for women. Sakal mentions it as a movement.

News Paper in Education (NIE) is an effort to support school children for their personal and community development by Sakal.

Sakal has Saam TV, which is an entertainment channel in Marathi language.

Sakal began as proprietary concern on 1st January 1932. It became a

Private Limited Company on 16th February 1948 with Dr. N. B. Parulekar as Director. In 1989 it was converted into Public Limited Company. Now

Prataprao Pawar is Chairman and Abhijit Pawar is the Managing Director of

Sakal Media Group.

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