News18Lokmat is a 24-hour
Marathi-language
news channel
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or tele ...
based 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 secon ...
,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...
, India. It is a joint venture between
Network 18
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned b ...
and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper
Lokmat
''Lokmat'' () is a Marathi language newspaper published in Maharashtra state. Founded in 1971 by Jawaharlal Darda, it is the largest read regional language newspaper in India with more than 18 million readers and the No. 1 Marathi newspaper in ...
.
The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on 6 April 2008, the day of the Hindu New Year festival
Gudi Padwa
Gudhi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus, but is also celebrated by other Hindus as well. It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and the union terr ...
. It was branded as News 18 Lokmat from 6 November 2017.
Journalist
* Manoj khandekar
* Ashutosh Patil
* Vilas bade
* Hrishikesh Suryawanshi
* Tushar rupnavar
* Udya jadhav
* Kiran khutale
* Parajkta tandel
* Nimisha dharurkar
* Yamini mahamunkar
References
24-hour television news channels in India
Television stations in Mumbai
Marathi-language television channels
Network18 Group
Television channels and stations established in 2008
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