Vartha Bharati Shimoga

Founded in 1948, Amar Ujala is one of India’s leading Hindi newspapers with 22 editions in 179 districts in 6 states and 2 union territories. With a total daily readership of 4.70 crore (Source: IRS2019Q2, TR), making it one of the most widely read broadsheet newspapers in the country. The geography of Amar Ujala covers North India, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, and Delhi NCR.Post-independence, India saw a clear dominance of British-established English dailies. Amar Ujala was founded with an objective of promoting social awakening and introducing a feeling of responsibility among the citizens of a recently independent India, heading towards building a new India. Amar Ujala has now entered its 75th year since inception and has constantly contributed towards nation-building through a bold, unbiased, and trust-based news reporting.The strength of Amar Ujala lies in its consistent and superior editorial coverage, with a clear focus on a variety of local issues in our 179 districts of operation, as well as issues of state, national, and international prerogatives.Amar Ujala Web Services has its focus on quality content, videos, ground-stories, and the assurance of credible news. Amarujala.com and the app have a reach of over 50+ million unique worldwide visitors and more than 150 million video views per month. It has an active social media presence, with over 8 million Facebook followers, 3 million YouTube subscribers, 957K Instagram followers and, 1.5 million Twitter followers. AUW offers Amar Ujala mobile app in the Hindi language for both Android and Apple users to make it easier for the audience to consume the content.We, at Amar Ujala Limited, take pride in spreading awareness about the issues that matter, voice our opinions in-depth, and cover them from an informative yet objective perspective, thereby giving a true reflection of the state -of -affairs. We have also diversified into other industries, such as healthcare, through Ujala Cygnus Hospitals, commercial printing, through Impressions Printing and Packaging Limited, business activation, through Touchpoint.

"The Hindu, started in 1878 as a weekly, became a daily in 1889 and from then on has been steadily growing. The Hindu's independent editorial stand and its reliable and balanced presentation of the news have over the years, won for it the serious attention and regard of the people who matter in India and abroad. The Hindu has a wide network of full-time and part-time correspondents and photographers across India. The Hindu is known for its strong reportage from the national capital as well as from the southern States and cities. The Hindu has a major presence online: it was the first Indian newspaper to start an Internet edition, in 1995. The Hindu's digital versions, including the website, app, and e-paper, cater to an ever growing audience. Apart from the morning English daily, The Hindu Group, owned by Kasturi and Sons Limited, publishes the business newspaper The Hindu BusinessLine, a general interest fortnightly, Frontline, and a sports weekly, Sportstar. The Hindu is printed in 19 centres across the country. Tailored in parts to suit different circulation regions for unique news and advertisement content, it has more than 40 different versions produced each day.