Punjab Kesari

Punjab Kesari
Youth India, Young Paper
Punjab Kesari header with the photos of late founders Lala Jagat Narain and Romesh Chander
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Ashwini Kumar Chopra
Founder(s)Lala Jagat Narain
PublisherThe Hindsamachar Ltd.
Editor-in-chiefVijay Kumar Chopra
EditorVijay Chopra (Jalandhar) and Ashwini Kumar Chopra (Delhi)
Managing editorVijay Kumar Chopra
Founded1965
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageHindi
Headquarters Jalandhar, Punjab
 Delhi
Country India
Circulation1,159,489 Daily[1] (as of Jul - Dec 2015)
WebsiteJalandhar
Delhi

Punjab Kesari (lit.'The Punjab Saffron') 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.[2]
The management also established Shaheed Parivar Fund (martyrs' welfare fund) to provide help to the affected families.[3]

  1. ^ "Submission of circulation figures for the audit period July - December 2015" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. ^ NT-Oct22,2013 The Struggle
  3. ^ 108th Shaheed Parivar Fund