''Usha Kirana'' was an Indian

Kannada language 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 sp ...

newspaper which had its headquarters in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was established by

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 March 2005 as a sister publication to the ''

Vijaya Karnataka ''Vijaya Karnataka'' is a Kannada newspaper published from a number of cities in Karnataka. The newspaper is published from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, Gangavathi, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Chitradurga. It wa ...

'' daily.
- Originally, the paper had several simultaneously published editions. In 2006, the paper was sold to Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., publishers of India's leading newspaper, '' The Times of India'', along with all of its sister publications including ''Vijaya Karnataka''. After Bennett, Coleman & Co. took over, they closed five editions of the newspaper in September 2006 and started ''The Times of India'' Kannada version. ''Usha Kirana'' ceased.

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