''Nawan Zamana'' is an Indian

Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...

daily newspaper owned by the Arjan Singh Gargaj Foundation, published in

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

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. After partition,

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brought out its Urdu weekly Naya Zamana from Jalandhar in 1952. The CPI converted Naya Zamana into the Punjabi daily, Nawan Zamana, as Urdu was losing its readership after partition.

Jagjit Singh Anand Jagjit Singh Anand (28 December 1921 – 19 June 2015) was an Indian communist activist, journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, ...

, a former member of Rajya Sabha, was its Chief Editor for 50 years until his death in June 2015. Its online edition was launched in 2007.

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