''The Afternoon Despatch & Courier'' was an evening tabloid in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, India. The newspaper was launched by

Behram Contractor Behram Contractor (1930 – 9 April 2001), popularly known as Busybee, was a Parsi journalist, humorist, and the founding editor of The Afternoon Despatch & Courier, a weekly that was published in Bombay/Mumbai between 1985 and 2019. Humorist A t ...

, better known as "Busybee", on 25 March 1985. This newspaper served as a launch pad for several well-known journalists in India. The Afternoon Despatch & Courier concentrates on news and features from Mumbai and the adjoining cities. Anant Rao Kanangi was the Associate Editor of this newspaper.

Kamal Morarka Kamal Morarka (18 June 1946 – 15 January 2021) was an Indian union minister and businessman. He was a National president of the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya). Political career When Janata Dal was formed in 1988, he was made treasurer o ...

- former union minister and businessman and National president of the Samajwadi Janata Party Chandrashekhar, was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this newspaper. The newspaper ceased publication in Feb, 2020.

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External links

The ''Afternoon Despatch & Courier'' website

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Afternoon Afternoon is the time after solar noon. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and s ...

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