Namasthe Telangana
Mana Rashtram, Mana Patrika | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Print, Online |
Owner(s) | Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd |
Publisher | Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd |
Editor | Thigulla Krishna Murthy |
Founded | 6 June 2011 |
Political alignment | Center-Right |
Language | Telugu |
Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Sister newspapers | Telangana Today |
Website | www.ntnews.com |
Namasthe Telangana Indian Telugu-language daily newspaper published from Hyderabad, Telangana. It was launched on 6 June 2011.[1][2][3] The paper aims to mainly focus on politics and developments of Telangana State.[4] The newspaper is published by Telangana Publications Pvt. Limited, owned by K. Chandrashekar Rao, the former chief minister of Telangana.[5]
With more than 3,00,000 copies sold per day, it is the third-largest newspaper In Telangana after Eenadu and Sakshi.[6]
History
[edit]The newspaper started in June 2011 with Allam Narayana as Editor in Chief, at Telangana Bhavan, TRS party headquarters.[4] Now Thigulla Krishna Murthy took over as the editor of the paper. Chairman and managing director C. L. Rajam, who managed the paper from October 2011 to 1 July 2014, handed over the reins again to Divakonda Damodar Rao, the founder and managing director of the paper. The columnists include; Editorial by Katta Shekhar, R. Vidyasagar Rao.
Publishing
[edit]It is published from Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar.
Readership and revenue
[edit]According to India Today survey 2017, Namasthe Telangana stood as the third most read newspaper in Telangana, with 31.49 lac circulation, behind Eenadu and Sakshi.[7] Since 2014, It grew by 88% in three years since.
Based on the data obtained from Right to Information, Expenditure of the Government of Telangana on Namasthe Telangana has seen an increase of 387.4%, from ₹2.6 crore to ₹12.8 crore between 2016 and 2018.[8]
See also
[edit]- List of newspapers in India
- List of newspapers in India by circulation
- List of newspapers in the world by circulation
References
[edit]- ^ "NamastheTelangana Celebrates 5th Anniversary". News. Hyd. 6 June 2016.
- ^ Namaste Telangana launched | Business Standard
- ^ TRS to launch daily, 'Namaste T' - Times Of India
- ^ a b Siddique, Mohammed (6 June 2011). "Telangana movement gets its own newspaper". Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Telangana's newest English daily likely to serve as KCR's mouthpiece". Hindustan Times. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Babu, T. E. Narasimhan & Gireesh (6 June 2016). "Telangana to have a new English daily next month". Business Standard India. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "పాఠకులకు వందనం". ntnews.com. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "When the Chief Minister Is Also a Media Owner". The Wire. Retrieved 14 August 2020.