''Vartha Bharati'' ( kn, ವಾರ್ತಾ ಭಾರತಿ) also spelled as ''Vartha Bharathi'' is a prominent

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daily News paper (ಕನ್ನಡ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ) published simultaneously from

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and

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. It was launched in August 2003. It is one of only 9 State level Kannada Daily newspapers of Karnataka, as recognized by the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Karnataka. Its main focus was to provide voice and due representation to the deprived and marginalised sections of the society. Janapith and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr.U.R.Anantha Murthy was a great admirer and a regular contributor to this newspaper. Once, in a public meeting he called vartha bharati "

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of Karnataka.

is the best and most honest newspaper of

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, and has created a revolution in the whole of its nation. In the same way, Vartha Bharathi is

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's Guardian," he lauded. Abdussalam Puthige, the editor-in-chief of Varthabharati was inspired by veteran journalist Vaddarse Raghuram Shetty, who had launched Mungaru Kannada daily back in 1984. Mungaru was well known for its generous policy of providing fair representation to all castes, communities and sections of the society. It left a significant mark in the history of Kannada journalism by identifying and nurturing several talents from Dalit, Muslim, Christian and Backward Communities. Numerous well-known Kannada leftist, social activists and Dalit ideologues including

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, U. B. Banakar, Dr. Niranjan Aradhya, write regularly for the paper. In 2017, a Vartha Bharati journalist was detained and served a showcause notice by the

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police. The notice was later stayed by the Karnataka High Court. In 2017, Vartha Bharati's social media page was blocked by

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. Though it was later restored, there was no clear explanation as to why it happened.

Special issues

* Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the 14th annual issue of Vartha Bharati at his office on 13 October 2016 * Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the 13th annual issue of Vartha Bharati at his office on 5 October 2015 * Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the 12th annual issue of Vartha Bharati at his office on 12 October 2014 * 10th anniversary special issue was released by Janapith laureate

and the filmmaker

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during the Vartha Bharati reader's convention. * 11th anniversary special issue was released by the Chief Minister of

Siddaramaiah,

and the former Editor-in-Chief of

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in Bangalore.

Awards and accolades

, the former editor-in-chief of ''

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'', congratulated the daily for being a voice of the weaker section of the society for over a decade. * Siddaramaiah commended ''Vartha Bharati'' for espousing the cause of all sections of society despite being a newspaper with a Muslim management. *

lauded ''Vartha Bharati'' by saying "Secularism is still alive in India, and we need to raise our voices against anti-secularists, just as ''Vartha Bharathi'' is doing. ''Vartha Bharathi'' has been doing what each Indian needs to do." * ''Vartha Bharathi'' has been awarded by Karnataka chapter of the

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for its quality journalism. * The book published by collecting the weekly column ''Bhoomi geete'' by the ecologist Dr. T.S. Vivekananda's won him the Karnataka Literature Academy Award for the year 2005.

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