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''The Sunday Guardian'' is an Indian
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, founded by journalist and politician
M. J. Akbar Mobasher Jawed Akbar (born 11 January 1951) is an Indian journalist and politician, who served as the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs until 17 October 2018. Akbar is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, and was inducted i ...
, and currently owned by
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. It was launched on 31 January 2010 from New Delhi and is printed in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. The 40-page newspaper is divided into two sections of 20 pages each: ''The Sunday Guardian'' and ''Guardian 20''. Together, they offer a mix of news, investigation, opinion, entertainment,
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and issues of human interest. The newspaper is now a part of iTV Network, which also runs the
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and
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channels.


Content

It was the first to report about the controversy surrounding the allotment of coal blocks in November 2011. The news item "''CBI did not probe fodder allegations against Bihar CM''" (29 September 2013) was picked up by other media outlets and created a stir in Patna. This newspaper was the first to report that there existed a note by the
National Investigation Agency The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is the primary counter-terrorist task force of India. The agency is empowered to deal with the investigation of terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states under written ...
saying that
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT; ur, ; literally ''Army of the Good'', translated as ''Army of the Righteous'', or ''Army of the Pure'' and alternatively spelled as ''Lashkar-e-Tayyiba'', ''Lashkar-e-Toiba'', ''Lashkar-i-Taiba'', ''Lashkar-i-Tayyeba'') ...
terrorist
David Headley David Coleman Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is an American terrorist. He is currently serving a 35-year sentence in the United States after pleading guilty to 12 international terrorism charges. It has been alleged that Headl ...
had mentioned Ishrat Jahan’s name as an LeT terrorist. A few other widely discussed news reports include ''Congress chalks out anyone but Modi strategy'' (5 January 2014), "''PMO unconcerned about scientist deaths''" (26 October 2013), "''Ragging, harassment a ‘tradition’ at Naval Academy''" (19 May 2013). The "Comment & Analysis" pages of the newspaper start with M.J. Akbar’s weekly column "Byline". The pages also have columns by senior jurist and
Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...
member
Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union minister of law and justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court B ...
, strategic affairs expert M.D. Nalapat, security expert V. Balachandran, veteran journalists
Saeed Naqvi Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the ''Wor ...
and Virendra Kapoor, scholars Monika Chansoria, Debotri Dhar and Raziuddin Aquil and academic Vivek Gumaste. Former Pakistan ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom Maleeha Lodhi is also a columnist. Nora Chopra’s writes a diary on politics and politicians in the "Covert" section. Cricket expert Dileep Premachandran gives his insight in "Sports Guardian". "Business Guardian" features stock broking tips from financial expert
Rajiv Kapoor Rajiv Raj Kapoor (25 August 1962 9 February 2021) was an Indian actor, film producer, film director and a member of the Kapoor family, best known for his lead role in ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili''. He was the youngest son of Raj Kapoor, the legenda ...
.


Notable columnists

* M.J. Akbar * M.D. Nalapat


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunday Guardian Sunday newspapers 2010 establishments in Delhi English-language newspapers published in India Newspapers published in Delhi Publications established in 2010