''The Telegraph'' is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with '' The Times of India''. The newspaper is the eighth most-widely read English language newspaper in India as per '' Indian Readership Survey'' (IRS) 2019. ''The Telegraph'' has three editions Kolkata, South Bengal and

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History

''The Telegraph'' was founded on 7 July 1982. The design director of London's '' The Sunday Times'', Edwin Taylor, designed the newspaper and provided a standard in design and editing. In 31 years, it has become the largest-circulation English daily in the

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published from Kolkata. In 1982, M. J. Akbar used to edit and design the daily newspaper; thus it had a major impact on

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in India. ''The Telegraph'' is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt. Ltd; the group also published '' Anandabazar Patrika'' (a Bengali language newspaper) since 13 March 1922. Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like '' Anandamela'', ''

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'', '' Sananda'', ''

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'', ''The Telegraph in Schools'' and ''Career''. '' Businessworld'', which was initially part of the ABP group, has been sold to Anurag Batra, of Exchange4Media and Vikram Jhunjhunwala, an investment banker for an undisclosed amount. The paper currently has three editions Calcutta, South Bengal and North Bengal. Previous editions include

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edition ( Guwahati split), Jharkhand edition (

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splits), Patna and

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editions. Bhubaneshwar & Patna Editions ceased on 14 December 2018 and Northeast and Jharkhand editions on 20 May 2020

Editorial stance

According to an analysis of the major English language newspapers in India, during the run up to the

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, the political coverage of ''The Telegraph'' was found to be less aligned in favor of the Bharatiya Janata Party and less negative of the Indian National Congress relative to that of '' The Times of India'' and the '' Hindustan Times''. In a 2020 '' Newslaundry'' article, the paper's coverage of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the central government and that of the Bengal government were contrasted; according to it the paper provided more critical coverage of the former and less of the latter in its editorials and frontpage headlines. In an interview to ''Outlook'', ''The Telegraph'' editor R. Rajagopal rejected the conception that it was harsher on the former and soft of the latter, stating that the scope of the events decide the prominence they receive in the paper which is being noticed because only a few others are providing similar coverage and that the tendency among media outlets to seek a false balance just to be able to claim neutrality was detrimental to journalism.

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