''The Hans India'' is an Indian

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-language daily

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published in the states of

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and

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as well as in

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. The newspaper was started on 15 July 2011 and belongs to Hyderabad Media House Ltd., which also owns

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-language news channel ''

HMTV HMTV is an Indian 24-hour Telugu news channel launched on 12 February 2009. The channel is operated by Hyderabad Media Pvt. Ltd, which also runs the English newspaper ''The Hans India''. HMTV is a part of Kapil Group, promoted by K. Vaman Rao. ...

''. The chief editor is V. Ramu Sarma. ''The Hans India'' is a part of Kapil Group, promoted by K. Vaman Rao. Kapil Group is a business conglomerate of over 30 companies whose first company, Kapil Chit Funds was started in 1981.

Name

The name of the newspaper – The Hans India – has been derived from the word 'Hans', meaning

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. K. Ramachandra Murthy, MD and CEO of Hyderabad Media House at the time, noted, “We chose the swan as the symbol for HMTV and also named our paper after this bird as it has the ability to separate milk from water. In the same way, we aim to separate truth from untruth and fact from fiction.” The paper has the tagline 'Free, Frank, and Fearless'.

History

Hyderabad Media House Ltd. which operated the

news channel ''

'', expanded into print media with the launch of ''The Hans India'', an English-language daily newspaper. The newspaper was started on 15 July 2011. K. Ramachandra Murthy, MD and CEO of Hyderabad Media House at the time, mentioned that the programme, 'Andhra Dasa Disa' on HMTV gave them the confidence to venture into print media. PNV Nair, who earlier worked as the Editor at ''Deccan Chronicle'', was the first Editor of ''Hans India''. ''Hans India'' started with its primary focus on

(which included

) apart from national and global news. It was launched with five editions from

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

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, and

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. Later, it also added editions from

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, and

Ownership

''The Hans India'' is owned by Kapil Group, promoted by K. Vaman Rao. Kapil Group is a conglomerate of over 30 companies having presence in over 16 business activities. Kapil Chit Funds, the first company of the group started in 1981 at

Karimnagar Karimnagar is also known as Elagandula (Ancient name) is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration and fifth largest City in the state. It is governed by Municipal corporation a ...

by K. Vaman Rao, a Chartered Accountant by profession. It later diversified into sectors like construction, property management, hospitality, manufacturing, media, energy, agriculture, healthcare, finance, IT.

Content

''Hans India'' publishes 20 pages of news, views, reviews, and information about the nation, world, technology, business, sports, and entertainment. At its launch, the newspaper had regular columns by journalists like

Kuldip Nayar Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political com ...

M. V. Kamath Madhav Vittal Kamath (7 September 1921 – 9 October 2014) was an Indian journalist and broadcasting executive, and the chairman of Prasar Bharati. He worked as the editor of ''The Sunday Times'' for two years from 1967 to 1969, as Washing ...

Nilotpal Basu Nilotpal Basu is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India ...

, George Verghese, and Pallavi Ghosh. The paper was launched with two supplements – Hyderabad Hans and Sunday Hans. Hyderabad Hans is a city-centric four-page pullout, printed everyday. Sunday Hans is an eight-page pullout with features about food fests, travel, counseling etc. It has one page each in the main paper dedicated to education, health, and property.

References

External links

Official site

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