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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Sakal Media Group[1] |
Editor-in-chief | Rahul Gadpale |
Founded | 1 January 1932 |
Language | Marathi |
Headquarters | 595, Budhwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Circulation | 1,064,721 Daily[2] (as of 2022) |
Sister newspapers | Sakal Times Agrowon |
Website | https://www.esakal.com/ |
Sakal (meaning "Morning") is a Marathi-language daily newspaper by Sakal Media Group, its headquarters established in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal Media Group. It ranks among the largest circulated Marathi newspapers.
Pratap Govindrao Pawar has been in the board of Sakal since 1985 and is currently the chairman of the Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation's (ABC) latest report, Sakal is the highest circulated and the most sold newspaper in Maharashtra with a daily circulation of approximately 1.3 million.[3]
Dr. N. P. a.k.a. Nanasaheb Parulekar was the founder of Sakal. It is published in the cities of Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Sangli, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Solapur, Nagpur, Satara, Akola and Jalgaon.[4] The group's other operations consist of regional newspapers, magazines and Internet publishing, together employing over 3000 people. Its online website, eSakal, reaches to 300,000 Internet users across the globe.[5]