''Vijaya Karnataka'' is a
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published from a number of cities in Karnataka.
The newspaper is published from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, Gangavathi, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Chitradurga. It was started by VRL group, headed by entrepreneur and politician,
Vijay Sankeshwar
Vijay Sankeshwar is an Indian businessman from Dharwad, Karnataka. He along with Anand Sankeshwar (managing director) is the chairman of India's largest logistics firm VRL Group. He is also known for being the owner of the largest fleet of comm ...
in October 1999. The newspaper along with sister publications (Vijay Times) was purchased by the
Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., publishers of India's leading newspaper, ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
'' in 2006.
Editors
# Ishwara Daitota ''(Founder, chief editor from July 1999, to February 2001)''
# Mahadevappa
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Vishweshwar Bhat
Vishweshwar Bhat is a journalist in Karnataka, India and a well known writer in Kannada language. He was the editor of ''Vijaya Karnataka'' and Kannada Prabha newspapers and the television channel Suvarna News. He started a media house in Karnata ...
# E Raghavan
# Sugata Srinivasaraju
# Thimmappa Bhat
# Hariprakash Konemane
Controversy
In the March 28, 2020 edition of Vijaya Karnataka, It criticised the Muslim community and blamed it for the spread of the corona virus.The Press Council of India has issued a bailable warrant against the editor of ''Vijaya Karnataka'', for not appearing for proceedings in a hate speech complaint against an article published by the newspaper.
See also
Chanakyaloka*
List of Kannada-language newspapers
The following is a list of notable Kannada language newspapers
Daily
* Hosa Digantha
* Janathavani
* Kannada Prabha
* Karavali Ale
* Karavali Munjavu
* Mangaluru Samachara
* Mysooru Mithra
* Prajavani
* Samyukta Karnataka
* Sanjevani
* ...
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List of Kannada-language magazines
This is a list of Kannada-language magazines.
India
References
See also
* Media in Karnataka
* List of Kannada films
* List of Kannada newspapers
* List of Kannada radio stations
* List of Kannada television channels
* List of mag ...
*
List of newspapers in India
, there were over 100,000 publications registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India. India has the second-largest newspaper market in the world, with daily newspapers reporting a combined circulation of over 240 million copies . There are ...
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Media in Karnataka
Karnataka has been a leading state in electronic communications, in India, since the start of first private radio station in Mysore, in 1935.
Newspapers
The era of Kannada newspapers in Karnataka started in 1843 when Hermann Mögling, a miss ...
*
Media of India
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References
External links
''Mini Vijaya Karnataka'' e Paper
''Vijaya Karnataka'' e Paper
Website of ''Vijaya Karnataka''
Kannada-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Bangalore
Publications of The Times Group
1999 establishments in Karnataka
Publications established in 1999
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