Type | Weekly newspaper/Weekly newsmagazine |
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Format | Tabloid |
Founder(s) | Russi Karanjia |
Editor | Russi Karanjia |
Founded | 1 February 1941 |
Language | English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi |
Ceased publication | Mid 1990s |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Country | India |
Blitz was a popular investigative weekly tabloid newspaper or newsmagazine published and edited by Russi Karanjia from Bombay.[1] Started in 1941, it was India's first weekly tabloid and focussed on investigative journalism and political news.[2] It was published in English, and with editions in Hindi, Urdu and Marathi languages.[3]