Punjab Kesari is a Hindi-language newspaper published from many centres in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi in India. It is owned by the Punjab Kesari group (The Hindsamachar Ltd.). It is one of the four newspapers started by the group; the other three are Hind Samachar in Urdu, Jagbani in Punjabi languages and Navodaya Times in Hindi languages from Delhi NCR.
The newspaper was established by Lala Jagat Narain and later on his elder son Romesh Chander took over the reins. However, during the days of terrorism in Punjab, both were assassinated, in 1981 and 1984 respectively.
During those days of terrorism, Punjab Kesari continued to work against terrorism. The management also established Shaheed Parivar Fund (martyrs' welfare fund) to provide help to the terrorism-affected families.
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History
In 1948 the group came to existence with the publication of the Urdu-language daily 'Hind Samachar. Lateron with other daily newspapers Punjab Kesari (1965) in Hindi, Jag Bani (1978) in Punjabi and Navodaya Times (2013) in Hindi. The group publish from 13 centres- Jalandhar, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Mohali, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Palampur, Shimla, Hissar, Panipat, Ambala, Rohtak and Jammu from the states of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The in total daily average readership is more than 1.40 crore.
The Punjab Kesari Group has been involved in the rehabilitation of terrorists' victims by helping the families of the victims of the separatism and terrorism of the 80's and 90's from Punjab and J&K.
Publication commencement dates
Hind Samachar (Urdu): First published on 4 May 1948, Hind Samachar is the first newspaper of the group. Today it is published from Jalandhar, Chandigarh and Jammu.
Punjab Kesari (Hindi): Began on 13 June 1965 with an initial print order of 3500 copies. Today, its circulation is 7,43,000 copies. Today it is published from Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Palampur, Panipat, Hissar, Jammu, Bathinda, Rohtak, Shimla.
Jagbani (Punjabi): Launched on 21 July 1978, today boasts a circulation of 3,29,000 copies. Today it is published from Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Bathinda.
Navodaya Times (Hindi): A Hindi daily launched on 6 August 2013 from New Delhi now has a circulation of over 1,00,000 copies.
Publication centres
The newspaper has a daily circulation of approximate 15,71,000 copies which are printed from the following locations:
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Punjab Kesari on internet
Digital Portals: publish news on their respective websites from two different places in India, i.e., Delhi on PunjabKesari.com and Jalandhar on PunjabKesari.in. As per Alexa, a web traffic data and analytics, Jalandhar group's website PunjabKesari.in is ranked 952 in India and Delhi group's website PunjabKesari.com is ranked 9425 in India on 17 March 2018.
Video Channels: The Jalandhar group also launched Yum, a food recipe video channel, and Jugaad, a DIY video channel on Facebook and YouTube directly competing with the market dominant Tasty and Nifty by BuzzFeed respectively.
Bollywood Kesari: Delhi group launched a Bollywood niche website under the brand name Bollywood Kesari. Its Facebook page has over 800k likes.
Cricket Kesari: Delhi group launched a Cricket niche website recently under the brand name Cricket Kesari and Its Facebook page has over 121k likes.
Shayari: Delhi group also launched a Shayari specific Facebook page named Shayari and it already has over 94k likes.
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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