| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | DB Crop Ltd. |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Political alignment | Liberal |
| Language | Hindi |
| Headquarters | Bhopal |
| Circulation | 2,268,042 Daily |
| Official website | bhaskar.com |
Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi: दैनिक भास्कर) is a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India published by Bhaskar Group. It was started in year 1958 from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Its is owned by the Agrawal family in Bhopal and its current national editor is Shravan Garg.
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Location
Dainik Bhaskar has 27 editions in 9 states- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab , Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
In Gujarat, Bhaskar Group publishes Divya Bhaskar a Gujarati daily launched in 2003. This ;aunch is a case study in IIM ( Indian Institute of management - Ahmedabad) and the door-to-door-twin-contact launch programme has been recognised as an Orbit shifting innovation. It has won Business Process Innovation award by Marico Foundation.
Divya Bhaskar is the largest circulated daily of Gujarat as per ABC ( audit Beauro of circulation ) and has the maximum edition by any newspaper in Gujarat. It is published from Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Rajkot,Jamnagar, Mehsana, Bhavnagar ( saurashtra Samachatr ).
The company launched English newspaper DNA in Mumbai in 2004 in partnership with the Zee Group. DNA is today published from Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. DNA is the second largest broadsheet newspaper of Mumbai. as per Indian Readership survey ( IRS R2 09)
History
Dainik Bhaskar was first published in Bhopal and Gwalior of the central province. The newspaper was launched in year 1956 to fulfill the need for a Hindi language daily, by the name Subah Savere in Bhopal and Good Morning India in Gwalior in year 1957, it was renamed as Bhaskar Samachar In year 1958 it was renamed as Dainik Bhaskar.
See also
- DNA (newspaper), a joint venture between Dainik Bhaskar Group and Essel Group
- Divya Bhaskar (newspaper)
Dainik Bhaskar the most widely read newspaper in the country.
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