''Hai Bangalore'' is a mass circulation weekly Kannada language tabloid published in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. It was founded by

Ravi Belagere Ravi Belagere (15 March 1958 – 13 November 2020) was an Indian writer and journalist based in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was the editor of the Kannada-language tabloid ''Hai Bangalore'' and fortnightly magazine ''O Manase''. He founded Bhavana P ...

along with R. T. Vittalamurthy, MaSuri, & Jogi in 1995 which he published from his Padmanabhanagar office in

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. The columns like ''Love Lavike'', ''Bottom Item'' and ''Khaas Baat'' apart from ''Papigala Lokadalli'' which was about the underworld, created many admirers and his paper was the most-circulated newspaper over the five years. The tabloid articles include reports about

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s, affairs, background

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to the public eye, although the accuracy of the reports is often questionable. Apart from these reports, it contains columns and articles about various fields like psychology, sports, science and cinema news. In 2003, its coverage accounted for 13 of the 46 complaints investigated by a

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inquiry into defamatory and damaging journalism in the southern states of India.

Sister publications

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O Manase ''O Manase'' ''(meaning: O Mind)'' is Indian fortnightly youth magazine published in Kannada language, in Karnataka, India. Journalist Ravi Belagere is the CEO and editor of the magazine. Sister publications *''Hai Bangalore'', a weekly Kannada ...

'', a fortnightly Kannada language youth magazine

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Mass media in Bangalore Newspapers published in Bangalore Kannada-language newspapers 1995 establishments in Karnataka Publications established in 1995 {{India-newspaper-stub

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